Looking for travel ideas? You’re in the right place!
Here I share my past itineraries and reviews, lessons learned from each trip, tips and tricks for packing light and camping quickly, and a variety of other travel-related topics.
You’ll see recommendations of places to eat, museums to visit, gorgeous natural locations to stop at, and pictures (and possibly videos) of our adventures.
I have wanted to visit Machu Picchu via hiking the Inca Trail since I was in the sixth grade. I have a vivid memory of opening a textbook (yep, a real-life textbook with hard covers and actual pages) in my first Spanish class and seeing a photo of this wonder of the world. That one […]
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Having visited Dallas just once five years ago to run the Dallas Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon – the last year it took place coincidentally, I am by no means an expert on the area. However, if you’re interested in a non-extensive visitor’s guide to Dallas, Texas with several of my favorite quick picks, you’ve […]
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Planning a weekend in Denver and aren’t quite sure what to do? We made a short visit a few years back when we came to town to run the Denver Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon, so here is my non-extensive Visitor’s Guide to Denver, Colorado featuring a few quick picks. What are “Quick Picks”? They […]
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2022 was a spectacular year of travel. We took two different trips with Escape Campervans so we could try out vanlife, had some big work-related trips, snuck in a family vacation, and visited 9 different National Parks. I can look back on my photos from this year with so much joy and appreciation for all […]
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After wistfully watching other people embark and dreaming about it for years, our first Escape Campervan trip was a highlight of this spring. How did this come about? The internet, of course! If you’ve spend any amount of time on social media sites in the past few years, you’ve probably witnessed the surge in popularity […]
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In the middle of 2018, my husband and I decided to set a goal of running a race in every state in the U.S. You can read more about the why behind the goal and see what states we’ve crossed off the list so far in the full post HERE. After running a half marathon down […]
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In the middle of 2018, my husband and I decided to set a goal of running a race in every state in the U.S. You can read more about the why behind the goal and see what states we’ve crossed off the list so far in the full post HERE. While our efforts to run […]
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The Elroy-Sparta State Trail is a 32+ mile trail between two small towns in northwest Wisconsin. Said to be the first rail trail when it opened in the late 1960s, the trail is open for foot, horse, and light motorized traffic as well, though the most popular mode of travel is via bicycle. Having recently […]
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Last spring we were able to travel to Boston, Massachusetts so my husband could attend a business conference. While I actually think Boston is a small enough city that you can see a lot of the major attractions in a long weekend, we had the luxury of being there for five full days. With this […]
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In less than two days, somewhere around 25,000 fitness-loving fiends will descend upon Downtown Indianapolis for four days of workouts, business workshops, and incredible motivational speakers. What is this madness? Beachbody Coach Summit, of course! I am super excited to attend my second Summit this year. Last year’s Summit in New Orleans was my first, […]
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