Another weekend, another opportunity for me to question my husband’s sanity and my own. Which begs the question, who is crazier – the guy who attempts a road trip to visit both Point Reyes National Seashore and...
Before we adopted dogs, I wasn’t a huge fan of road trips. The very idea would conjure up images of cramped seats, monotonous scenery and not-often-enough potty breaks. This all changed when we became a dog-centric...
There once was a time when my husband and I would spend a week or two of our vacation days sprawled poolside at a fancy beach resort doing nothing more than lose track of time and contemplate what to order at our next...
Ever since our trip to Asheville over Labor Day weekend, Jimmy has been enthralled with the notion of going back to drive the Blue Ridge Parkway in the late fall. As someone who sat in the backseat during Jimmy’s first...
Two days and a full tank of gas inspired us to undertake a road trip that would be considered a stretch for even the most seasoned travel maximizer. To round out what my husband has termed our “National Parks Extravaganza”...
I want to kick off the countdown to ten years ago with an unsent letter to my mom that I fished out of my draft folder just the other day. It was a casualty of the confluence of last-minute travel plans and everyday...
Make no mistake that cramming 4 adults into a confined space (car, plane, hotel rooms) for extended periods of time with few intermissions for over 20+ days is a guaranteed recipe for conflict. In fact, by day 5 we’d...
Like a scene from an epic adventure movie, our first glimpse of Machu Picchu was shrouded in mist. Past the turnstiles, we were greeted with a narrow, non-nondescript trail that turned a sharp corner several hundred...
On route to the main attraction – the ruins of Machu Picchu – we decided to make a brief stop on the terraces to refuel and rest our weary feet. Along with a few wandering llamas and a handful of hostel-hopping...
