I’ve been away from my blog a bit this year as I focus on creating Shutterfly photo albums of our past road trips. As I worked on a photo book from our Highway 1 trip up the coast from San Diego to San Francisco, these photos were a couple of my favorites that were not…
Category: Adventure
Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge, Texas
Just a few miles northeast of Surfside Beach, you will find Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge. We actually visited this location twice because we enjoyed the auto tour so much, and had some extra time our last day at Surfside Beach. There were a lot of birds, and we found a slew of alligators! Definitely worth…
Gateway Arch National Park, St Louis, MO
The final national park that we visited on our road trip this spring was Gateway Arch. We added it to the itinerary when we realized it was literally on our way home! The hope was that we would get an early check in at our hotel and have the afternoon to explore the park. Not…
Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio
Just south of Cleveland is the beautiful and unique Cuyahoga Valley National Park. This national park was created in 1974 as part of the federal Parks to People program. This program called for national parks in population centers. CVNP is 33,000 acres nestled in the Cuyahoga River valley and is full of walking and biking…
Flashback to 2008: Antiqua BVI
These photos have been on my mind recently. I decided to pull them up and reminisce about our stop in Antiqua in 2008. We cruised the Eastern Caribbean and this was one of five stops. I fell in love with Antigua, I’m not quite sure why. But the water was amazing, and I enjoyed the…
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