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Welcome back to my progression of blog posts about my epic ‘Tour de France’ roadtrip of summer ’25. If this is your first time to Catching Katie, I have a whole series of posts about this epic trip, starting in Dijon, followed by Annecy, Lyon and a bunch of adorable small towns in the French …
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 …
You know that I love a road trip! (And if you’re new to the Catching Katie blog- welcome, thanks for coming, I’m Katie and I love a road trip). Sometimes you don’t need to take a long road trip in order to explore someplace new. And while I love driving around and exploring other countries …
Recently I took my first cruise ever on the Norwegian Jade. It was a five day cruise, leaving from Miami, and the Jade stopped at four ports. I wrote all about my experience on the Norwegian Jade in my recent blog post. If you haven’t read it, what are you waiting for? Lol, but in …
I’ve never been on a cruise before, and while I’d always heard mixed reviews about them (you love them or hate them), I always wanted to experience one for myself. Cruising is definitely a lot different from my normal travel style- like road trips from my hometown of Columbus or exploring Europe– but I was …
A few weeks back my friend Kelly and I opted to take a winter guided hike at Johnson Woods State Nature Preserve, located southwest of Wooster in Wayne County, Ohio. And while we were there we made a day of it, exploring all the different things that the Wooster area has to offer. Wooster, Ohio, …
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, …
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 …
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 …