Destinations

For the first time in 511 days, I went to an airport, boarded a plane, and flew to another city. I can’t think of a time in my adult life when I’ve …

Dakota Confusion My 7th grade geography teacher assigned yet ANOTHER diorama, and while I usually relished a fun, creative, easy project like that, I did not relish not getting to choose the …

Recently, the husband told me his idea for a blog post about the places that changed his life. As he told me about his choices, I started thinking which ones I would choose. It’s …

After a year of not being able to GO anywhere or DO much outside of the house, we were all itching to go and do and not be at home. I needed …

Overview I grew up in Florida with the distinct pleasure and privilege of having a variety of theme parks at my disposal. My parents often bought an annual pass to one of …

In 2005, my family spent six weeks living in Whistler, British Columbia. My dad and brother flew, but my mother and I drove an SUV full of everything we’d need including four …

In case you missed any of our blog posts during our awesome six week Eurotrip adventure, you can catch up with this handy list! 🙂

In New York you can be a new man. – Alexander Hamilton, Hamilton Look around, look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now! History is happening in Manhattan …

How do you sum up a city? How do you convey the sense of an entire place, made up of so many people and buildings and cultures? How do you explain how …

During our month in the Hague, we took a few side day trips to other Dutch cities: Groningen, Amsterdam and Rotterdam. The Netherlands is a small country. Slightly less than twice the …

In March, the husband and I took a much-needed 8 day vacation to Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico as part of a non-simultaneous home exchange. This was meant to be a true vacation, which …

Greetings from the road! Literally. I’m typing this from the front seat of the car as justin drives us to Plymouth Rock. Today is Day 6 of our 24 day road trip …

If you missed my first update about our 3-week northeast road trip, you can check it out here. The second one was American History themed and you can read it here. Greetings …

Justin and I recently completed a 23-day road trip around the northeast United States and Canada. (Check out the previous posts: Update 1 • Update 2 • Update 3 • Update 4) …

It’s taken me a long time to get this blog done, so I apologize for the delay. Buenos Aires was my favorite stop on our South American adventure and is a city …

Playa del Carmen was an excellent place to spend a full month. I’m pretty sure some of our friends and family thought we were nuts to spend a month anywhere. So I …

Two weeks in Verdun: How our family of three spent 15 days in a charming neighborhood outside of Montreal, Quebec. Curious what our family of three did during our two-week stay in …

This past summer, we spent a quiet week relaxing in Beachwalk Resort, Michigan City, Indiana (that’s not confusing, is it?) If you’ve never witnessed the beauty of a Lake Michigan beach, then …

We have become quite the fan of the long weekend. Instead of using all of your PTO on one or two long vacations per year, why not spread it out so you …

This weekend was one of the rare ones where we didn’t have any plans. We woke up Saturday morning with nothing on the calendar, nowhere we had to be. I didn’t even …