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Presidents Day weekend has become a little tradition for my friend Sheri and me. For the past five years, we’ve packed our bags in the middle of winter and set off together for a long weekend, trading Ohio’s gray February skies for somewhere new to explore. Gettysburg, Nashville, Buffalo, and Savannah have all been stops …
If you’re new to Catching Katie, welcome! I’m Katie, and I have a serious obsession with travel and adventure. If you’ve been here before, you know that one of my favorite ways to explore is by visiting National Parks. I’ve been to quite a few, but one I’ve been wanting to explore for a long …
After having explored Dijon/Beaune, Annecy and Lyon, the next portion of our 2025 Tour de France brought my friends Lindsey, Jed and I to the southern Mediterranean part of France. We stayed in Antibes for several days, making that our home base. However, we wanted to explore more of the French Riviera and so decided …
After exploring the charm of Annecy, the grandeur of Chamonix, and the quiet beauty of Dijon, we headed off for our next city on our Tour de France- Lyon. We only had one day planned in Lyon, France so we had to maximize our time. And what better way to get acquainted with a city …
For our second leg of our 2025 Tour de France, we packed up the car in Dijon and headed south to Annecy, a place that somehow feels both wildly Alpine (hello beautiful mountains!) and effortlessly French. Instead of staying in the city itself, we booked a cozy Airbnb tiny house in Talloires, a lakeside village …
My friend Sheri and I have been wanting to go to Buffalo, New York ever since we found out there are a few Frank Lloyd Wright houses in the city. The problem is getting there in the winter, as our annual trip is over Presidents’ Day weekend. But last year we were able to find …
In the summer of 2024 a couple of friends and I headed to Romania. There, we were met by my dear friend Dan, who currently lives in Vienna but grew up in Romania- making him an excellent tour guide. We began our trip flying into Bucharest, and we spent several days exploring the capital city, …
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 …
My friend Sheri and I decided to spend a long weekend in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, a 6 hour road trip from Columbus, Ohio. Being history fans, we were exciting about touring Gettysburg Battlefields and Museum. We also spent some time exploring the town of Gettysburg, which you can read about in my blog post about the …
Looking for something to do in Columbus? Why not consider a quick day trip to Cesar Creek State Park, located about an hour outside of Columbus, Ohio