As an avid traveler, wanderlust hits me hard each summer. Oh, who am I kidding? Wanderlust hits me every 4-6 months, especially since I've been living in BHH. I love it here, but resetting and relaxing in a long-term rehabilitation project while working from home is nearly impossible. I have always marveled (and been slightly…
This summer, I'm excited to be partnering again with Holiday Vacations. Last July, I was one of the media hosts for a super fun excursion to Scotland and Northern Ireland. I took my mom with me, and we loved it. Since it was my first time on a tour, much less being a host, I…
I began writing this post from a very quiet rental house in Idaho. I was there with Andy's family, including my in-laws, nieces, and nephews. It had been a few years since we had all been together, so it was wonderful to see everyone. My nieces and nephews are mostly grown now and have turned…
Last month, Andy and I celebrated our 20-something anniversary. We spent 24 hours in Zion National Park to commemorate the big day. The park is special to us because we met, got engaged, and married in Zion.
Back then, Andy was a recent U of M college graduate traveling west without an end destination…
I struggled with a title for this post, and now that I've written it, it sounds like we all died at the end of the trip. Fortunately, that's not the case. Instead, we ended the tour with happy memories and a low-level dread about returning to a house with numerous construction projects underway. Oh wait,…
As I bring this travelogue series to a close with the next two posts, I'm not even going to try to pretend that I remember where we went on which day. It's broad strokes from here on out, friends.
If you would like to catch up on the first part of the trip, here…