Coming Up With Interesting Vacation Ideas for Our Family

Tupelo is a Mississippi town with growing pains. If I have to guess by all the furniture outlet stores over here, the furniture business is the main industry.
Lots of places that seem to be geared toward conventions and such. If this place is any indication, the state of Mississippi is getting on the map. The buzz is that they are getting a Toyota plant sometime soon. I know people need jobs, but it seems a shame that this area is being industrialized. While the town itself is flat, the outlying areas remind me of North Carolina which should be considered when dreaming up vacation ideas for this area! It's really worth coming to see. The Natchez Trace is not very far away, either. Once you get outside of the city limits, you're in the country!

We decided against staying in the cabins at Tishomingo Park and opted for the BRAND NEW cabins at Little Bear Creek Lake about 70 miles away in Alabama. Hubby said I never really gave Tupelo a chance and he's probably right because I wanted to be in a place where the kids and I could walk and explore! He just didn't want to have to drive so much and I do have sympathy for him there.

The cabins here are so nice. They are new and everything is so nice. The water in the lake is so clean it's amazing and there's a little pier over the water. There are mussel shells at the water's edge and you'd think they had valuable pearls in each one the way the girls get so excited every time they find one.

There's not much traffic and we're so close to the little beach that we can walk. There's a family that's staying here from only 7 miles away! They brought their little boys for a mini-vacation. The kids are playing together pretty good for now, but we all know how that goes; in a couple of days they'll be familiar enough for the fusses to start!

Our cabin has a screened in balcony, but it's too hot to sit on it right now. It's HOT! I'm keeping the AC rolling cause Little One has heat rash. We have a lovely lightweight travel crib that I can highly recommend that is very easy to use and to pack. The only problem with this portable crib is that Little One won't sleep in it. So far all the kids seem really adamant about co-sleeping till they go off to college!

I want to make some day trips like to Huntsville and music stuff so if anyone reads this and knows the area and can make suggestions on tourist spots as well as those wonderful local spots of interest, please include it in the blog comments!

Looking for the Best Place to Stay around East Alabama or Tupelo Mississippi

When dad heard he had a month's worth of business in Tupelo Mississippi I was really glad. I have been wanting to do a little exploring in the area but I realized pretty quickly that Tupelo was not going to enough tourist attractions or educational activities for kids or adults (me) to keep a family occupied .

I knew that I wanted to look around and possibly rent a cabin close by rather than go the motel route. I'm checking on the cabin rentals at Tishomingo park. I've heard that they have an authentic log cabin there that I would like for the kids to see. I think I would enjoy some light hiking with baby in the backpack carrier and hubby could climb a few of the rocks I hear they have there.

With most of the country suffering through a heat wave, cool streams and shady trees sound better than a hot asphalt motel parking lot even if it does have a swimming pool. When I decided to travel with the babies as much as possible before they have to hit the books, my plan was to expose them and us to something other than motels. Meaning, I like historic bed and breakfasts even if it's just for a night or two and when we can afford them or cabins close to recreational areas. The good (and bad ) thing about cabins is that they have kitchenettes and laundry facilities.

Little One is six months old with her sisters a few years older so I also need a place to keep my baby travel diary, journal or blog up to date. I try to type on the laptop or dictate the day's high spots into a recorder for later transcription. Sometimes I have to do things from memory, so bear with me and understand that I'm still in a Pampers state of mental disarray.

I'm looking forward to meeting new friends and hope that somebody out there will benefit or enjoy my amateurish but heartfelt ramblings. Please comment, or let me know by adding me to your list of blogs if you have stopped by as I want to include that kind of thing for the girls, too!

HEADING OUT BABY IN TOW - We're Alabama (or Mississippi?) Bound

I called mom day before yesterday and told her that we were Alabama Bound. She laughed and asked if I had my pistol in my pocket. My first thoughts were that I wasn't aware that Alabama had a high crime rate and said as much. Apparently her question didn't have as much to do with crime stats in Alabama as with a flashback to a Skynyrd concert she went to in the 70s! My mom at a Lynyrd Skynyrd concert, that's a mental image I could live without! The name of the song is unknown, perhaps if anybody ever reads this blog about my travels with my babies and hubby, you can let me know.