Happy Thanksgiving to you! As a family we have had a rich tradition of celebrating Thanksgiving, sometimes in somewhat unconventional ways, places, and circumstances. We have, as a family, celebrated Thanksgiving over the years at home either in Lexington, MA or Marietta, GA, in our trailer at Big Bend National Park in southwest Texas and… Read More Thanksgiving – Nov 2024
“The journey is the destination.” (Reverend Niles, from his forthcoming book, Hold My Beer) Wow! It has been 10 years since TravelwiththeSlowskys first posted! Happy Anniversary to us! It was 10 years ago this month that we created our Slowsky travel blog. Our first post was about the Canyonlands National Park (technically, we visited in… Read More Slowsky Blog’s 10th Year Anniversary – July 2024
As happens every year at this time, I sit down to recap the year, and I think to myself, what the hell did we do? If this didn’t happen to me every year, I might think I was losing my mind. It could be the horse is already out of the barn. Karen had her… Read More 2023 in Review – Dec 2023
Going to visit your kids never gets old. For us. For them, of course, it is interminable. We made a trip to Washington, DC to see Child Unit 1, and as always had a fabulous time. Now I won’t lie – taking a 55-foot long rig into DC is no prize, much less the roads… Read More Washington, DC – Apr 2023
2020 has been the worst year ever – right? Watching 2020 unfold was like watching porn. First it was titillating, then it felt unseemly, and lastly you got a sinking feeling in the pit in your stomach like you get two minutes after wolfing down a quarter pounder and large fry. No happy ending, so… Read More 2020 in Review – Dec 2020
OK, we weren’t really in Atlanta and we didn’t really go to Boston. But you get the idea – we headed north. In our never-ending search for the perfect climate, we have departed the Atlanta area and have headed north to New England. Nothing says leave Atlanta better than 90+ degree temperatures. Our first stop… Read More ATL to BOS – June 2020
In today’s environment, it is hard not to talk about the goings on in Washington, our nation’s capitol, without some snarky comment. But the fact is this is a magnificent city! You need a month or two to do any justice to this city, touring neoclassical monuments, endless historic sites, and world-class museums. We visited… Read More Washington, DC – May 2018
Life can be circumstantial. Fortunately, that is not the rule or we as a civilization would be doomed. We exult that we can live our lives beyond our circumstances, beyond our experiences, beyond our immediate conditions – we live for the hope, dream and reality that we can live better, be better, and do better. But… Read More Break the Cycle – May 2018