roberma

My mom bought into Club Wyndham in Branson. Once you buy in, they will not stop upselling every chance you get. We used her points at Emerald Grand in Destin last year for a family trip. The front desk held the parking pass hostage until you agreed to attend a "refresher meeting". We finally had to become major aholes before they relented. Every time we use her club wyndham they want you to attend an hour meeting and its horrible pressure at check in. We did use it in Orlando recently and they were not just rude about the NO like the folks in Destin. Neither myself or my brother want this timeshare when she passes.

I travel for work to Greenville quite a bit. I like
The Lazy Goat
the Trappe Door ( basement Belgian place)
The Jones Oyster- their Crab rice was out of this world good.

TPA - by far the best.
Philly - its like stepping back to 2002
St Louis- no decent food/ overcrowded
KC- SW terminal awful
Tulsa -good easy airport
Memphis most improved

This has been a thing for a while. My son turned 16 in 2012 and he had zero interest in getting his DL. I asked why. He said why should I, when I have you to drive me around? Well that stopped that. Forced him to get his permit. Now he lives in downtown Chicago with no need to drive. Full circle!

As someone said the roads are beyond terrible, especially if you head out of town toward Santanna's restaurant. Buy some fresh lobsters from the boat landing in town. The restaurants open when they want to, close when they want. Only place that was consistently open was a seafood place where all of the shacks are. Groceries are expensive. Dont get in any hurry for anything, island time is huge there.

Old News. They have had that property for a few years now. Sadly, Nashville is the new CA

At Black's in Dallas it was $27.00 a pound last month. Crazy for a BBQ dinner to be $55.00

Son flying home from college for winter break. He and his frat buddies think its a great idea to stay up all night partying since his ride was at 4am. Guess who got to the airport, fell asleep at the gate. Woke up hours after he was supposed to be at connecting airport. Mind you this is Iowa to Lubbock, a tough route anytime for flight choices. Cost 2K to get him on a flight that afternoon to get him home for Christmas. He couldn't stay in Iowa, Frat house closed so zero options but that flight.

We have one here in Ft. Myers. It is absolutely gorgeous. Has a bar in it with a bartender and snacks. The interior is all glass to see the service bays.

Get up very early to beat the masses in every park. The only park that wasnt packed was canyonland when we did the 5. Stop at the pie shop in the Canyonland park. We enjoyed the loop hike in Bryce and the narrows in Zion. But early is the key!