This  tree  drawn  by  Alex's  uncle  Dale  Straight
Alex at the Scarborough Faire Renaissance Festival in a homemade medieval style shirt, black pants, sandals, long blond hair.
Alex at the Scarborough
Faire Renaissance Festival
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The Adventures of Cheryl and Alex
The Adventures of
Cheryl and Alex


Adventure Terminal | The Adventures of Cheryl and Alex
Alligators and coyotes and snakes! Deserts and mountains and beaches! Canadians and Navajos and Hillbillies!
This is the true adventure of a mom and son, their cats and an old red work truck. We hope you enjoy reading about it.
You can let us know at gorillacheeze@aol.com


The Adventures of Cheryl and Alex

This adventure is filled with fun and amazing experiences. From getting too close to a hibernating alligator in the bayou of Louisiana to being surrounded by coyotes in the desert of California, and all sorts of heart-stopping situations in between, this is an adventure of a lifetime!

I'll be skipping around some, but I hope to have everything here eventually. Alex and I traveled for eleven months and with it all being so new and exciting, (and just plain awesome!) it's hard to choose what to write about.

We also have some pictures, with most of them being later in our journey. We didn't start taking pictures until we went to Legoland in California. I don't know why. We just never thought about it until then. We were having such a blast!

If any of the friends we made are reading this, we would like to say a big, "Hello!" We are back home in Texas and have settled into our "normal" routine. We would love to one day retrace our steps and take pictures and meet up with you guys, but you know how that goes. I'm so grateful we could experience this kind of freedom even one time. Life has a way of getting too complicated and before you know it, you can't even escape for a few days. Then again, who really knows what tomorrow will bring? We may see you soon!

next - The Introduction - Just a little bit about us.
or see the index a little farther down this page

Our Cats

Everyone was amazed that these cats didn't run away! They would stay with the truck or go exploring with us. Haldir, the white one, even followed me into the middle of a baseball game! We all laughed so hard when a time out had to be called--first for me being there, and then again for him. Our adventures wouldn't have been nearly as interesting without our babies.

our truck and the cats           our truck and the cats


Somewhere Over the Rainbow
This is one of our favorite travel songs. You can listen to it while you're reading.


The Adventures of Cheryl and Alex Index

Our Adventure Pictures
1) Home - What? Home! Isn't this story supposed to be about travel? 2) The Introduction - Just a little bit about us. 3) Here We Go - Our adventure begins.
4) Purtis Creek Eustace, Texas - Our first night of camping may be our last. 5) Purtis Creek pt 2 - Keys locked in the truck and our first hike. 6) Logansport, Louisiana - A perfectly charming little town!
7) Atchafalaya Basin, Louisiana - Real cajuns! 8) Lake Fausse State Park - Who are these boys? 9) Lake Fausse pt 2 - Swarming mosquitoes everywhere!
10) Metairie, Louisiana - Wow, did a hurricane just pass through here? 11) Where to Now? - Deciding on the fly. 12) The Deserted Hospital - Why would a hospital be left open and unattended?
) ) Holly Grove Cemetery - Visit a cemetery at night? ) Holly Grove Cemetery pt 2 - Are we really doing this?
) Kitty Dunk Dog - Our cat's self-defense technique. ) )
) ) ) Hollywood and Beverly Hills - The real life Beverly Hillbillies.
) ) Box Canyon Road, California - Getting up close and personal with a rattlesnake. )
) ) Alex Learns to Wire Wrap - Quartzsite, Arizona ) Contentment - I'm living my dream

Alextown Index

Medieval Kingdom -- Armor Pictures -- Hammond Renaissance Festival
Mom's House -- Photo Collection -- Mom's Writings -- Alex's Writings
The Cat Shack -- Cat Posters -- Magnets -- Cat Pictures 1 -- Cat Pictures 2 -- Cat Stories
Alex's Family Tree -- Surnames Index -- Relationship Index
The Art Museum -- Art Page 1 -- Art Page 2
InuYasha Club -- Puzzles -- Posters -- InuYasha Journal
Adventure Terminal -- Adventure Pictures -- Adventures of Cheryl and Alex
The Recreation Center -- Stick Figures -- PS2 Games -- Alex's Legos -- Martial Arts
The Library -- Learning Korean -- Learning to Read -- Judy's Cancer Journals

Thanks for stopping by! If you have comments about the site, please
send an email to Cheryl or Alex at gorillacheeze@aol.com

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