Author Archives: journeywithmadonna

 The first two pictures are the view we woke up to this morning.  Then we drove out to the lighthouse   to see the deer havinjg breakfast and to view the tallest lighthouse in the US – quite the way to … Continue reading →

Cape Hatteras National Seashore is unbelievable!!! So glad we woke up to sunshine this morning in spite of the colder weather, 6 degrees, which was quite the change from yesterday’s mild tornado type weather, which as you can imagine, is … Continue reading →

Cape Hatteras is not happening today, Nov. 17, as it’s blowing a gale outside, there’s a risk of a hurricane and there’s no way we want to be on a boat in this wind. So we’ve hunkered down at Hampton … Continue reading →

…..is just outside of Charleston and that was our next stop with the plan to spend the next day in Charleston. However we woke up to a day of heavy rain, our first, and decided to do a quick tour … Continue reading →

 Hilton Head, cold but beautiful and surfers in the backgroundSavannah, Georgia is the home of Paula Deen which really did not mean too much to us except for the fact that she was in the news within the past year … Continue reading →

 Hike along the waterfalls Our new car – which one? The Biltmore! We did a wine tasting at the Biltmore but lone behold we couldn’t afford the wine!!!!In Ashville the highlight for many is the Biltmore house and gardens………and it was for us as … Continue reading →

 “Holy shit, more rhodos” Blowing Rock ……Shenandoah………the movie with Jimmy Stewart , is one of my earliest memories with regard to movies and music. Travelling with Gerry Murphy reminded me of the music, and Jimmy Stewart, and needless to say we … Continue reading →

……was definitely the highlight for Gerry Murphy so far on this trip, and the rest of us quite enjoyed it as well. The town of Gettysburg, pop. 7,655, is an amazing little place with a huge history and when you’re … Continue reading →

Ever since I saw Harrison Ford starring in The Witness movie over 25 years ago I have been quite fascinated by the Amish. As a result Lancaster, Pa. was one of our destinations and even though I wasn’t driving we … Continue reading →