Tag Archives: Travel

Going To Hell In the Panhandle

Posted on June 16, 2010 by Terry Taylor

It is an interesting name: Tate’s Hell, a swamp in north Florida. I’ve been there once. The place wasn’t a state forest then. I don’t know who owned it, which was the case with a lot of places I wandered … Continue reading →

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The Meaning Of D.C. Traffic

Posted on April 9, 2010 by Terry Taylor

Saying that Washington, D.C. has a traffic problem is like saying Angelina Jolie has huge lips. It is too obvious to even utter. But if you spend time in it, you begin to realize some patterns that lend prescience to … Continue reading →

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Airporn

Posted on April 5, 2010 by Terry Taylor

Have you seen the images from the new full-body scanners being used at airports now? It is supposed to better detect weapons by seeing through travelers clothes, allowing TSA officials to get a damned good look at your body, as … Continue reading →

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Irony Of The Road

Posted on April 2, 2010 by Terry Taylor

Another 1,800 miles on my odometer. Only 300 more to go. Over 6,000 on I-95, I-85 and I-65 since Christmas. The road is crowded, but lonely, everyone in their moving cans like tomatoes on the way to the shelf in … Continue reading →

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The Holes Of Winter

Posted on February 15, 2010 by Terry Taylor

The snow in Virginia continues. People who live in places like Chicago, Boston and Minneapolis see this yearly, and scoff at our confusion and school closings. But, to bastardize the phrasing of Scotty on Star Trek, Virginia is not built … Continue reading →

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Whuzusayinbutmebo?

Posted on January 20, 2010 by Terry Taylor

 On a recent trip to the Deep South to take care of some unpleasant business, I began to notice a few incidences of the famous Southern accent evolving into something akin to a foreign language. Not everyone speaks it, but … Continue reading →

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4,300 Miles In Two Weeks

Posted on January 15, 2010 by Terry Taylor

In the last two weeks, I have driven a little over 4,300 miles, not by choice. I have hit every city from Hartford, CT to the Gulf Coast, and several of them twice and four times. That’s what happens with … Continue reading →

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Fast Food

Posted on December 28, 2009 by Terry Taylor

  I hate to admit this, but I have eaten an animal we hit during a rainstorm as we were driving down the road. Truth is, I have eaten more than one. It’s been a long time, and it was … Continue reading →

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Rain in Wilmington

Posted on November 20, 2009 by Terry Taylor

Recently, we had the opportunity to shoot in Wilmington, North Carolina. Michael Jordan is from Wilmington. They shoot movies and TV shows there. It is a friendly town, filled with college kids from UNC Wilmington and Cape Fear Community College. … Continue reading →

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Cheap Vacations

Posted on August 7, 2009 by Terry Taylor

With no money for vacations and more people taking staycations, other cheap excursions are gaining in popularity. We went to the Smithsonian Museums in Washington, D.C. this summer. They are free and filled with things to keep a family occupied … Continue reading →

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Trip To The Zoo

Posted on July 10, 2009 by Terry Taylor

A little girl walked out of the Ape House at the Washington Zoo last week. The sign above the door promised apes. It definitely smelled like apes, but the apes were not at home. They were all lounging and roaming … Continue reading →

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Retching By the Waves

Posted on July 3, 2009 by Terry Taylor

My father did not take many vacations, but when he did, we always packed a box of groceries, filled the ice chest and drove to Destin, Florida. It was a very different place in the 1960’s. The Frangista Motel sat … Continue reading →

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Rest Stop Culture

Posted on February 4, 2009 by Terry Taylor

Recently I took a little tour of rest stops across the Deep South. It hardly seems worth more than a few sentences since the nature of a rest stop is so repetitive and ubiquitous, but some rest stops are better … Continue reading →

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The Trip To Crazy

Posted on November 12, 2008 by Terry Taylor

My son and I left early, drove to New Haven, past Yale to the State Street Station where we boarded and rode the Express train into the city. We were going to refill our brains. We loaded up some neurons … Continue reading →

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The Difference Between Traveling and Going Somewhere

Posted on September 5, 2008 by Terry Taylor

Beginning at 6 am on a Friday in August, I drove from Richmond, Virginia to Hartford, Connecticut. To make it more difficult, I chose to drive a 14-foot, lane-hugging U-Haul truck. Adding to the stress and expanding my carbon footprint … Continue reading →

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