McKinney Gypsy Caravan

As they say in New Orleans, “laissez les bon temps rouler” or “let the good times roll!” We are off to the Bayou state this week for a week of exploring and Christmas and New Year’s celebrations. We have a lot packed in, per the usual…and basically eating our way through New Orleans with reservations made at some great restaurants most nights. We start out with 3 days of Christmas explosion with lights, festivals, teddy bear tea, Christmas brunch and…

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Hey everyone! Its officially Fall Break today and we are headed out for a fun trip to New York! In true McKinney vacation fashion, I have our itinerary jam packed to see as much as we can in our week there. And also, in true McKinney vacation fashion, we’ve already had tons of fun travel issues. ha This is another “free” vacation. We are booked for 8 nights at the Holiday Inn Times Square in Midtown. I had been keeping…

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Our drive today into Minnesota from Sioux Falls was a quick one. ha Just 15 miles or so outside of Sioux Falls to the East and you’ve arrived in Minnesota. Another state Kegan and I hadn’t been to before! So, now the only states I haven’t been to are: North Dakota, Rhode Island and Alaska. For Kegan, it’s North Dakota, Alaska, Delaware and most of New England (Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Maine)- we’ll be fixing that…

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Today we had to leave for the airport early – by 6:30am! (We are not early risers by nature, if you can’t tell! ha) It was a quick easy drive to a small airport. 7 gates. ha Before we even got to Starbucks from the airport, my mother was already at her gate. Norah couldn’t hack it that early. haha We got our coffee and headed out East towards Badlands National Park. But about 50 miles before a town called…

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Our first order of business today was a two hour drive away from Rapid City to hit Devil’s tower National Monument and then backtrack through towns such as Spearfish, Sturgis and Deadwood. Native American Legend of the Kiowa and Lakota tribes of the area say that one day a group of girls were playing when their brother turned into a giant bear and chased them. The girls climbed onto a big rock and fell to their knees, praying for the…

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