Category: United States
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A Love Letter to Palm Springs (and All the Things You Should Do There)
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I love showing my love for a place with a classic love letter post (see Laos, San Diego, and New Orleans). But this is more than that. I’m running down all the things you should have on your list for your trip. Palm Springs is one of those magical places…
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Six Months in Seattle: A Little Recap
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For those of you that have been here a while, you might remember our monthly recaps from our 12 months of travel. We put that series on hold when our travels went on hold due to the pandemic, but we figured it would be fun to bring it up as…
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Finishing What We Started
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After a year of enjoying the sunshine of San Diego, we are finally finishing our road trip up the Pacific Coast. Our initial road trip plan in 2020 was to make it to the Pacific Northwest and find a new place to call home. The pandemic shut down so many…
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Joshua Tree – How to Enjoy this Stunning Desert Escape
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Joshua Tree National Park was established in the desert of Southern California in 1994, but it has long been a place of wild, beautiful nature. It is an incredible desert getaway with unique plant life and some of the best rock climbing. I was shocked how close it was to…
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Love Letter to San Diego
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With COVID, a two week visit to America’s finest city turned into our new full time residence and it took a while to find out if I love San Diego. Such a strange year with lots of unknowns. Now that we are almost a full nine months in, I think…
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Montana Getaway: An Escape to the Mountains
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After six months of lockdown in California, we needed an escape – a Montana getaway. Don’t get me wrong, San Diego weather is pretty amazing but sunshine and blue skies every single day in a world that is already a constant repeat (see Groundhog Day) gets a little stale. We…
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How to Have an Unforgettable Yellowstone Visit
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Yellowstone is one of the largest and most unique parks in the United States, with about 4 million visitors last year. It is easy to see why a visit to Yellowstone is a popular choice for classic family road trips. With such a concentrated wildlife population, crazy features like Old…
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Our California Bucket List: Discover Golden State Magic
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Now that we have officially settled in sunny San Diego, we decided to sit down and dream up all the amazing things we could possibly do while living here. Coming up with our California bucket list was so fun. With the pandemic, our travels and adventures are limited right now,…
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Zion National Park – Our Short Tour
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We made a quick last minute decision in February to change our route. The plan never included Utah or Zion National Park. We were going to spend another night at the Grand Canyon and then head west. But the weather was going to be cloudy which meant no sunset or…
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US Road Trips to Add to Your Bucket List
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I have read many lists of the best US Road Trips. Many include the coastal highways, Route 66, Colorado’s Mountains and the Mississippi River, but I wanted to share our favorite US Road Trips because they are a little different and a bit less travelled. I truly believe that the…