The 2020 holidays sure were different. Understandably, neither of our families wanted to host Christmas. Having a large gathering indoors isn’t the smartest thing to do during a pandemic after all. So, Nisheet and I decided to take a road trip and put some miles on our new Subaru Forester. We were itching to get […]
Like we mentioned in our last post, Cades Cove is a must when visiting the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. But, because it is so popular, it can get extremely congested. We were lucky to visit on a slow day, and even then there were some serious traffic jams on the one-way road. If you […]
If there is one place in the Smoky Mountains that everybody talks about, it is Cades Cove. It was obviously an absolute must on our list. This area features spectacular views of the valley along with some excellent opportunities to see wildlife. Another big attraction is the houses from when the original settlers used to […]
On our first full day in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, we decided to tackle Chimney Tops Trail. This is a very popular trail, and we were told to arrive no later than 9am if we wanted a parking spot. And when we pulled up at 8:59am, we snagged the very last spot. Wohoo! […]
We had a lovely anniversary weekend at our cozy cabin in the Georgia mountains, but it was time to head north to the Great Smoky Mountains. We were super excited to camp for the next 4 days in the national park, and had a jam packed itinerary. It included hiking to waterfalls, driving through Cades […]
Nisheet and I were supposed to spend our anniversary this year on an Alaskan cruise. I spent hours researching the trip, and we booked almost a year in advance. And then the pandemic happened. Sound familiar? Yep. This was the second year in a row that our Royal Caribbean cruise was cancelled because of Mother […]
With half a day left to explore Los Angeles before the final night of wedding festivities, we headed for the downtown. We had been to Venice Beach, Malibu, and the Griffith Observatory, but we couldn’t say we explored the LA area without visiting LA itself. Being that LA is 2nd most populous city in the […]
The next day, we had a wedding event in the morning, and then the plan was to go to the Griffith Observatory for sunset. The wedding was beautiful and nothing like I’d ever experienced before. It was the first Sikh wedding I had ever attended. It started with the groom coming up the road in […]
On our second day in LA, we didn’t have any wedding events to attend. That meant we had the entire day to explore. Wohoo! We planned to spend the day driving along the pacific coast hwy and checking out some beaches in the Malibu area. However, there was something we needed to do first. The […]
This blog post is way way overdue. Like 5 months overdue. Last October, Nisheet and I took a trip to Los Angeles for a dear friend’s wedding. And, of course, we took several side trips to check out the surrounding area. Due to work and other variables, Nisheet and I flew in separately. He flew […]
