LIVING LIFE AND LEARNING ALL I CAN ALONG THE WAY
My husband, Tom, and I recently returned from an 8-day trip in Iceland. Iceland? “Why Iceland,” you may ask. Iceland first came on my radar as a potential vacation destination four years ago when we were planning our trip to England, Wales and Ireland. There are several airlines that have layovers in Reykjavik, the capital…
Sometimes you need a last minute vacation. Okay, “need” is a strong word, but sometimes vacation ideas and opportunities present themselves at the last minute. After Tom being unable to get the time off he wanted between Christmas and New Years, and having a few “use it or lose it” vacation days before the end…
On top of the world — or at least the tallest mountain in Wales Tom and I decided to do a big trip this year — the biggest we’ve ever taken: a two week trip through the UK and the Republic of Ireland. I’m not exactly sure what spurred on this trip, but we’ve talked…
Tom and I were reminiscing last night about a trip we took two summers ago. I hadn’t yet started my blog at that point, but I wanted to share some videos and experiences from that trip here — so, sorry it’s two years late, but here’s an overview of our epic adventure around Lake Superior.…
To follow up on my previous posts (read Part 1 here and Part 2 here), I wanted to share with you our experiences at each of the ports we stopped at on our cruise. It was a “7-Day Western Caribbean” cruise through Carnival, with four stops along the way: Cozumel, Belize, Roatan and Grand Cayman.…
If you’ve never been on a cruise, I’ll tell you that it’s a very different sort of vacation than anything else I’ve done. Last week I went on my second cruise. The first time I was twelve. So, needless to say, this experience was a bit different, but every bit as much fun as I…
We got home last night from a wonderful 10-day vacation. I’m calling it “Summer Vacation” even though it isn’t really summer yet, because it sure felt (and still feels!) like summer…and, “Late Spring Vacation” just doesn’t have the same ring to it. At any rate, we started out our trip with a wedding in Key…
Summer is upon us. As I type, the time has just rolled to the first day of summer, the day of the summer solstice, the longest day of the year. Although not my favorite season, if we’re judging just on the beauty and essence of it (that would be Spring or Fall), Summertime in Michigan…
Our long awaited family vacation has come and gone, but we created some lasting memories while we were there! We spent a week out in Colorado – most of the time in Breckenridge with a little time in Denver at the end. I think we had a total of 19 family members out there at…