Festival, or not to Festival? That is the Question!

At this point in the fall, there is festival after festival after festivals, and they are all kinds of different themes too. The subjects of festivals can be something else (in a good way!) . We have seen topics ranging from festivals celebrating sweet tea to apple butter, pecans, and potatoes, you will be hard-pressed […]

A great blend in Charleston, South Carolina

Hello HITW friends, Earlier this summer we had a great opportunity to trip over to Charleston, South Carolina, and I was completely taken with the variety of experiences, enjoying the people-watching (so to speak) and the fabulous food amongst other things!  From the natural elements of the city to the mix of Revolutionary War era architecture, […]

Crisis in Confidence..

Hello old friends, Wow. I realized it had been awhile since I have done anything with our little travel indulgence but I didn’t fathom it had been quite as long as it had. Truthfully, I have been bogged down in “real life” and have also been dealing with a crisis of confidence myself. With the resurgence […]

Gobsmacked by the bug

Hello friends of Hole In The Wall, Well, like many of you, we have finally had our turn with the resident buggy buddy that has been bothering all of us now for a little over a year. This past month, we been grappling with the Covid. Thankfully, we have been blessed with being on the […]

On the road to see the mouse, part 2.

Woof, sorry you all, life caught up with me a little bit and I haven’t been able to update the site as I hoped.  When last we left, we had gotten through the initial ticket/security lines and were getting into the parks. We started our visit at Hollywood Studios and finished our weekend away at […]

Touching down in the land of the Delta Blues..

Well, I think as you have probably gathered this is not my “day job” so to speak (at least not yet anyway! (*lol*). With that, my apologies that I am a bit later than normal on my post this go around. I hope you won’t hold that against me and what we are trying to […]

Services of the travel world, questions from the field.

I am often asked many questions about travel, travel services, and other elements of the industry. Probably one of the bigger questions is should we or should we not use a travel agent for fill-in-the-blank trip that a family may be planning. The straight up, outright answer is that I believe it depends on several […]

The vacations you remember fondly…

For most of us, there are things we remember about most all of our trips, after all, no one wants to go to someplace that isn’t memorable right? And memories, well, they are subjective right? It is complete human nature to want to remember the best things about the best places. We are certainly not […]

Peaceful, easy feeling…and a lot of cardio to boot..

Ok, no secret, there are a lot of untapped treasures in our country as placed to go and things to do. One of the things we have highlighted here before, and we want to share another one, is our state park system. We had the good fortune to experience one of Arkansas’ gems not too […]