I grew up in upstate New York. We have bears sure, but not grizzlies, not in large quantities, and never do you hear of bear attacks up this way. Our bears are all very people shy and stay very much out of sight and out of the way. (Except for the occasional bear strolling into […]

Angel’s Landing: From first hand experiences and research, we knew we wanted try to be on the first shuttles into Zion National Park and get an early start on Angel’s Landing. That meant we got up at 4:30am, got to the park at 5, packed lunches and then got in the shuttle line at 5:30. […]

Thanks to Covid making traveling a little lackluster, and not being able to take time off work, it’s been a while since I went somewhere. I saw a two week gap where I would be able to snag time away from work, but unfortunately I had to ditch the hubby on this one. We’ll go somewhere […]

After a 5 hour plane trip from Beijing (see previous post), we arrived in Chiang Mai, Thailand. I have tons of stories from our time in Chiang Mai, but I’ll break it down into highlights of what we did, tips and recommendations.         || WHERE WE STAYED: We booked an Airbnb to […]

Our flight departed from Newark around 11am. At 14 hours it was the longest flight I had done. Adam has been to India and Russia so he’s been on long flights.   Surprisingly, it really wasn’t that bad. We flew Air China which is not high end, but they had onboard entertainment for every passenger, […]

I went to Asia.   WHAT?! It still seems surreal. But dang, it was an amazing adventure.   Earlier in the year we realized we’d have a lull in work at the end of the year, and even though we had a family cruise planned for thanksgiving, we wanted to take advantage of the lull and […]

A couple years back I went to a seminar about traveling the world for next to nothing. One of the recommendations the presenter gave was in regards to finding cheap flights. Have you heard of ITA Software? If not, check it out!   ITA Software technology is widely used by domestic and international airlines, online […]

So I wasn’t aware of these sites until about a year and a half ago, but since then have used them about 4 times. These 3 sites i’d recommend to anyone looking for an affordable getaway to anywhere around the world. Instead of paying for a hotel, which are both boring, simple, and cramped, you […]