Our trips to foreign countries no matter how we got there.
Due to how our school district handled our February Break, we were looking for a last-minute trip somewhere warm for not a lot of money. Additionally, the on-again-off-again government closures during the…
Love it or hate it, if you’re going on a cruise to the Bahamas, chances are good that you will visit Nassau. Some folks will tell you don’t get off the ship.…
When we started planning our Bahamas cruise and realized that we’d have the opportunity to visit a national park, we were thrilled! The fact that the ship’s shore excursion to Lucayan National…
One of our favorite vacations and one of our consistent recommendations for others in terms of travel is an Alaskan cruise. We have been on two Alaskan cruises, one in 2010 for our…
When we first started planning our visit to Big Bend National Park, I felt completely overwhelmed. To be fair, I suppose planning a first visit to most anywhere is overwhelming, but this…
For this post, I am taking a bit of a different direction and I hope you will indulge me. In my American Literature class, I assign students to read “Song of the…
Writing this year in review article feels a bit cliché, but it also feels good! It is fun for us to look back on the new places we visited and relive the…
Yep, you read that title correctly. We are tough, but until a few years ago, we never would have described ourselves as “walking off a heart attack” tough. That’s right, Grant had…
Before our 2017 trip to Italy, Grant and I both got new backpacks. I am excited to share my thoughts on my bag, the eBags TLS Mother Lode Weekender Convertible. First, why…
Italy typically ranks in the top five of the most visited countries in the world and for good reason! I have now visited Italy on three separate occasions (two with Grant) and…
We just got back from our first international trip with our new backpacks and I am excited to share my thoughts on the Lowepro Highline BP 400 AW. The Lowepro Highline BP…
We decided about a year and a half in advance that we would spend Thanksgiving week of 2016 on a cruise. Specifically, Royal Caribbean’s Southern Caribbean Cruise aboard the Adventure of the…
San Juan was our sixth and final stop on our Southern Caribbean cruise. Since neither of us had spent any time to speak of in San Juan, we made a point to…
Barbados was the final stop on our southern Caribbean cruise aboard the Adventure of the Seas. Compared to the other stops we made, the port at Bridgetown was far more industrial, with…
