Bourbon, Houseboats, and Farm Animals | Visiting KY & TN

For our anniversary, Mark and I celebrated by taking a road trip to Kentucky and Tennessee! It started with the long-haul trip to Knoxville (ps - stayed at the cutest AirBnB while there) in an effort to get as far as possible in one day, plus a stop in South Caroline to see Mark's sister.

After that, we headed to Kentucky to experience a part of the bourbon trail! That was a sweet spot for my bourbon-loving husband and some the best scenery and people that I've ever met! We wrapped up our trip by linking up with my family and enjoying Memorial Day Weekend on a houseboat. It was all very exciting!

"Elegant Tryon Bed, Barn & Breakfast"

When Mark and I decided to go to the Blue Ridge BBQ Festival, we knew we wanted to stay at an AirBnB. Since he was gearing up for a deployment, we wanted to maximize the opportunity to relax and enjoy our little vacation. I found this cute bed and breakfast and knew we had found "the spot."

Humphries Holiday: Provence

The morning [read: we slept in and it was nearly afternoon] after arriving in Apt, my sister and I took the car and set off to explore more of the Provence area. This area of France is known for their lavender and sunflower fields, which we were hoping to get a glimpse of. However, we missed the sunflowers by, what seemed like, days. Don't worry, though, because Provence is still beautiful without them!

Humphries Holiday: Versailles to Apt

The previous posts about our Humphries Holiday covered our Europe vacay up to our time in Paris and our experience with our rental car. So, we were planning to make our way to Lyon, but decided to take a detour to check out the Palace of Versailles and grab lunch. Then, we made a straight through drive to Lyon where our next AirBnB apartment was located.

"Friendtrip" - Etajima & Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park

After the failed attempt to Space-A to Iwakuni, we finally made it to Hiroshima. We had one last ferry to take before we made it to our accommodations on Etajima, but we were here! Thankfully, we didn't have trouble making it onto the boat or getting to our house, which that has everything to do with Rikki and his friend, Yohei, who answered all of my frantic phone calls and picked us up at the ferry port... with beer!

Wanderlust Wednesday

 The roof of our Air BnB house in Etajima (near Hiroshima)