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In the summer of 2024 I traveled to Romania and Bulgaria with a couple of my friend. Both are countries that we’ve never been to, so there was a fair amount of mystery and intrigue involved. Perhaps the main reason we had for visiting Romania is that my friend Dan, who I met through traveling …
If you’re new to my blog, let me tell you a few things about myself. I love traveling. International, National Park, small town, weekend road trip- I’ll take them all. Throw in a historical site and I’m even more excited. But make it a historic house by architect Frank Lloyd Wright and I’m over the …
During the summer of 2024 my friends Erin, Tricia and I made our annual US National Park trip to Isle Royale in Lake Superior. This was no easy feat, involving a 12 hour drive to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. One of the best parts of this road trip, besides the amazing company of my …
My friends Erin, Tricia and I have been going to US National Parks together for the past four years. It started with Hawaii Volcanos, and then expanded to Indiana Dunes, Rocky Mountain, Grand Tetons, Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks. So when we were planning our summer 2024 National Park trip to Isle Royale NP in …
If you follow my blog, you may know that I have an ongoing New Years life resolution to have a new adventure every month. Only requirement- see or experience something I never have before, could be far or near. The result is that sometimes I take just a quick jaunt in Ohio. A few weeks …
Recently I took a trip to Marion, Ohio with my mom and frequent adventure buddy Erin. The goal of this trip was to visit the home of the 29th U.S. President- Warren G. Harding. Harding was president from 1921 until his death in 1923 and his home and presidential library is open for visiting. Read …
In the summer of 2023 my boyfriend David and I traveled to Paris, Belgium and Morocco. It was our first overseas trip together, and his first trip across an ocean. Being a French teacher, I have learned and taught about Morocco, so it was thrilling for me to finally make it there. For David, he …
Earlier this year, my beau and I took a trip to New Mexico to travel around the state and visit as many of its sites as possible. We visited two national parks: White Sands, and Carlsbad Caverns, and also Bandelier National Monument. After spending half a day in Bandolier, we decided to visit the nearby …
Over my spring break of 2023 my (boy)friend David and I traveled to New Mexico. It was such an amazing trip! I have never been and I was just amazed at all the natural beauty that exists there. I have been on a quest to see as many National Parks as possible. So I was …
I’ve been to Nashville, Tennessee a few times. Being just a six hour drive from Columbus, Nashville is a fairly easy road trip for a long weekend adventure. It’s made even easier because Nashville is in Central Standard Time and is therefore an hour behind Cbus. I had an amazing time there recently when I …