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Nov 14-17, 2025 Atlanta and Athens, GA I can't help to think about one of my favorite bands singing "Oh Atlanta" when I hear the city's name. This was the decided upon destination for the annual college football trip. Athens, in fact, home of the Georgia Bulldogs - woof woof - or as our group came to shout out - bow wow. As always, looking to combine the weekend with some sort of outing, music, other sports or just plain old fun. Unfortunately, didn't have much time this year and only had...

Montreal, QC October 30 - Nov 1, 2025 This was the last one. The last hockey tournament of my son's career and of course mine too. Montreal was decided upon for many reasons. A great town, a great spot for the parents and in Quebec, the legal alcohol consumption age is 18 which MOST of the boys are. The weekend, planned in August, just happened to coincide with games 6 and 7 of the World Series in Toronto. NOOOOOOOOOO! Who knew the Jays were going to make a run - unreal really,...

New York, New York - September 12th-14th, 2025 In early summer, as my dad's health started to decline, my brother and sister and I started talking about life and death and the realization that this could be the last chapter for my dad. 88 and declining but still sharp as a tack and mobile enough, albeit with a walker, we thought it would be fun to take a trip all together to one of his favorite places, New York City. "What do you think?" "I think it would be fun and dad would love it -...