Travel

You know I love a hike and so when we booked our trip to Crete, I wasn’t mad that it included a day on the trails.

If you know me IRL, you know that I’ve always been one to poo-poo a little bit on beach vacations.  I really, really don’t like hot weather, I don’t love dirt (ie, sand) and there is something about the lay-on-the-beach-drink-in-hand vibe that isn’t really me. …

When asked the this-or-that question of whether I’d choose to live by mountains or water, even though it’s reeeeally hard to answer, I’d have to go with water.  I grew up around it, from the Atlantic to the Gulf, to Lake Erie to Lake Michigan…

We’re home! It was a great trip, though with a few more transportation hiccups than I’d have preferred. Still, as Mom liked to remind me time and again, it’s all about the adventure.  She’s not wrong.

Summer’s here, and in Michigan, we #optoutside and I’m happy to report that in the week or so since summer’s kick-off, my hiking boots have already gone to good use.

Last vacation post, I promise. But I couldn’t close the #PlayinOnLaPlaya book without telling you about what was perhaps the most charming pit stop, a little village in the southeast corner of the island called Cala d’Or.

Ready for a road trip? We moved on from our city adventures and head to the northeast or so corner of Mallorca to a little resort town called Capdepera.  We picked up our mini-electric toy car (which Ham still misses daily, it seems), found the…

Let’s talk about Spain! I’m finally home, about 90% over the jet-lag and ready to reminisce about my latest jaunt to The Continent with Ham. In case you missed it, we spent the week on the lovely island of Mallorca.  It was wonderful and beautiful…

It’s a given after any trip that I write about my travels, and while they’ve been somewhat fewer and far between the last few years, a constant, no matter the circumstances are bi-annual trips to Walt Disney World. If you know me, you know that…

Our trip around The North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii.