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How the Saltwater Retreat Creative Photos I Love & You Should Try on Your Next Trip

May 23, 2024

I recently spent 5 days at the Saltwater Retreat in Virginia Beach and it was amazing. Jennifer Carr puts on a great retreat with so much love and fun packed in. It was five days of photography, nature, and meeting new friends. We were given BINGO cards of different creative photos to try and it really sparked my creativity. That’s why I’m challenging you to try them as well! This post may contain affiliate links. Which means I get a portion of the sales if you make a booking through my link at no extra cost to you! Top Travel Resources After decades of traveling, there’s 3 companies I tend to use over and over and recommend to everyone: 18

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You’ll Love these 5 Family Friendly Texas Vacations in the Texas Hill Country

May 5, 2024

Summertime is upon us and more times than not I hear “I’m not ready for the heat” from so many people in the Texas Hill Country. And while, yes, I get it, it gets very hot, there’s a lot of ways to cool off! And many of them are very affordable. These five family friendly Texas Vacations are perfect for that. These are my top 5 spots to cool off in the Texas Hill Country. However they are also family-friendly so you won’t get a lot of drunk tubers coming by. This post may contain affiliate links. Which means I get a portion of the sales if you make a booking through my link at no extra cost to you!

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Everything You Need to Know to Visit the Enchanted Circle New Mexico

May 18, 2021

Why the Same Trip Can be the Best Trip Why are you going there? You’ve already been. Hands up if anyone has said this to you. This was said to us when we decided to visit the Enchanted Circle New Mexico. However, if you’ve ever returned to the same vacation spot over and over again, someone has probably said this to you. Usually, for me, it’s people who just don’t understand why my family would go camping in the exact same location every year, but we did. Or why we feel the need to go to Disney World every few years. Or why when summer hits in central Texas, I hit Schlitterbahn. Over and over again. Why? Because sometimes the

The Best Way to See Elephants in Thailand + 10 Reasons Why You’ll Love It

May 11, 2021

There’s a lot of mixed feelings out there about seeing Elephants in Thailand. Feelings range from completely against it to trying to find an ethical way to see them, to simply riding elephants where they can. I’m not here to tell you what’s right or wrong, I’m just sharing my experience that was fantastic. If you really want to spend quality time with elephants then this is for you. You essentially get to take care of an elephant for the day. This post may contain affiliate links. Which means I get a portion of the sales if you make a booking through my link at no extra cost to you! Top Travel Resources After decades of traveling, there’s 3 companies

How to Fall In Love with an Ireland Road Trip

March 4, 2021

The best way to see Ireland is by an Ireland road trip. But before we get to that… Did you know that St. Patrick was not born in Ireland? Or that blue is the color most associated with him, not green? Like a lot of holidays there have been stories, myths, and twisted facts that have changed the way we celebrate them. Regardless of this, no matter who you are, you probably associate St. Patrick’s Day with Ireland (at least in your head). This post may contain affiliate links. Which means I get a portion of the sales if you make a booking through my link at no extra cost to you! Top Travel Resources After decades of traveling, there’s

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How Many Days for the Perfect Yellowstone National Park Itinerary?

November 12, 2020

I’m going to be honest right off the bat with you: I LOVE Yellowstone National Park. It ranks right up there with Australia. I do believe it is the best National Park I’ve been to and that you must see it in your lifetime. It gets neglected a lot because it’s far, it’s huge, and it’s NOT a “drive thru” park. You need to plan a Yellowstone National Park Itinerary. It greatly pains me to speak to anyone that has been to Yellowstone and doesn’t love it. The reason for this is quite simple: they did it wrong. Yes, there is a right way and wrong way to do Yellowstone and I’m here to tell you how to make the

The Best Way to Have Australian Animal Encounters

July 30, 2020

Think Australian animals are only out to kill you? Think again. This is a huge misconception about Aussie animals. They’re actually really quite amazing and you can have some pretty special Australian animal encounters across the country. Australian animals are one of the main reasons I wanted to go to Australia. I loved the koalas and was so looking forward to holding one. They are so stinkin’ cute and I love small furry animals. When I arrived in Australia, I was shocked to learn you can only hold a koala in the state of Queensland. I was in New South Wales. This was right after I graduated from university and was on an unpaid internship. I was only in the country for

The Best Experiences You’ll Love to Add to Your Travel Bucket List

May 14, 2020

Do you love to travel? Are you constantly adding places to your travel bucket list? I get it. I’ve been there. In fact, I’m still there. These are my favorite travel experiences you should definitely add to your travel bucket list. Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about the best travel experiences I’ve ever had. Then, with all the things being cancelled and everyone staying in, I began to wonder if my cancelled trips really mattered. However, that then raised a bigger question of does travel matter? And I’m here to tell you it does. It’s critical to my well-being personally but I also truly believe it’s critical to a well-balanced world. This post may contain affiliate links. Which means

5 things I wish I'd known before moving to australia from the us

5 Things I’d Love to Know Before Moving to Australia from the US

April 16, 2020

Moving to Australia from the US If you’ve met me, you know I moved to Australia from the US several years ago. It pretty much comes up within the first 5 minutes of knowing me and I can’t help it. I love Australia. If it were cheaper and a closer to family, I’d still be there. I started this post 3 years ago when we were on our way back home, but never published it. I’ve decided to come back and finish it because there are 5 things I wish I’d known before moving to Australia from the US. This is a subject that is near and dear to my heart: travel. I often wonder why people who have made

10 Touristy New York City Fun Activities to Do

October 17, 2019

A few weeks ago we took an extended weekend trip to NYC with a couple of dear friends and had the best time. It’s true there’s loads to do in that city and sometimes things get left out or the touristy New York City fun activities get bumped from the list. However, I’m here to tell you there are a few tourist activities you really shouldn’t miss in NYC. While you may not have time for them all in one weekend, we had two full days and did all of the below. Don’t disregard these items just because they may be for tourists, they are truly worth it. With a little planning you can definitely get them all done in

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