So HAPPY In Florida

So HAPPY In Florida

Gimli Welcomes You to Florida   So Cool!!! Welcome back to Tire Mom! Florida was my last mainland state. Talk about a combination of feelings and thoughts. I was a tiny bit sad to be nearly at the end of what had turned out to be a life-changing journey, yet I was...
Treasures In Mississippi

Treasures In Mississippi

Gimili Welcomes You to Mississippi I knew when I left Louisiana that I wanted to take the Natchez Trace Parkway that stretches 440 miles from Natchez, Mississippi to Nashville, Tennessee. So glad I did that. The route is a treasure, much like the Colonial Parkway...
Goodness in Louisiana

Goodness in Louisiana

Welcome back to Tire Mom! You know, our country is nothing if not a place of infinite variety. Being in the Deep South opened my eyes to all kinds of things we don’t find in New York or Ohio or Hawaii. Fried everything. Slow moving and talking. And old tires...
Not Alone in the Lone Star State

Not Alone in the Lone Star State

Visiting JFK Memorial Welcome back to Tire Mom! Today marks the start of our last part of this journey together. I’m happy to say that when I reached Texas, I didn’t get what sailors call “channel fever” when the end is near and you want to rush to get there. I...
Hot Water in Arkansas

Hot Water in Arkansas

Welcome back to Tire Mom! In search of Tire Mom #45 I drove to Hot Springs, Arkansas. To get the lay of the land, so to speak, I went up into the lattice steel Hot Springs Mountain Tower, 1,256 feet above sea level. Actually, I took the elevator to the observation...