Here we go...

...it's travel time! Oh how I love to hit the open road.

I love waking up at 3 a.m., I'm groggy, but excited. We pack up the car with our favorite snacks and drinks in the cooler. Armed with a portable DVD player, my favorite scrap mags, sudoku puzzles, pillow and a blanket, we head out, it's still dark outside, but that's when we make our best time. No traffic, just cool early morning travel.

I always seem to wake up just in time to witness sunrise in the Great Smoky Mountains. Beautiful country! I wonder where the "smoke" comes from?!!!

I really have missed going to the Jersey Shore during summer. The last time we went, it was Thanksgiving about 2 years ago and it looked like this:

and we stayed all about 3 minutes....'cause it was FREEZING!!!!

But this time we'll get some sun and fun...

And eat some of my favorite "down the shore" foods like:

Pizza from Tony's and....

...THIS!!! My favorite, Rita's Gelati-Strawberry ice with chocolate custard! Tastes just like chocolate-covered strawberries...yeah baby!

And to top it all off, a great fireworks display on the beach.

And if you've never see fireworks over the water, make it a point to go, it's beautiful!

Meanwhile, back at the ranch...

Thanks everyone for the congrats and comments, I really love visiting and hearing from you.
Stacy asked to see some of the goodies I purchased from the win over at Scrapbook.com. I did promise to show you some of the goodies and so far this is it:

Yummy huh? Yeah it's fun to shop with other peoples money and I have just a little more to do. And if I can win a contest, so can you so keep on keepin' on!

And as usual, I've had little to no time to scrap, just some digital here and there, got to get back in the game and use up some of my toys. I'm expecting to have a crop when I get to my sisters, so I'm excited about that, and there's always pictures to scrap after you've travelled. So enjoy yourself, whatever you may do, and remember...Let Life Inspire You!!!