"Don't live the same year 75 times and call it a life." - Robin Sharma Almost four years ago, my husband and I moved from San Diego to Western Connecticut. We wanted to move closer to our families and become parents, and Adam had gotten a finance job in New York. Our plan was to stay for a couple of years and see how we felt. Well, the time has come... and we're feeling like we're ready for a new chapter in our lives. We're looking forward to a new adventure, and we've got a big one in the works... Next month, we're moving out of our home here and setting off on a year of traveling as our little family of three, plus our four legged child. Our plan is do long term Airbnb stays in around a dozen destinations around America. The first three stops will all be places that we've ... [Read More]
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A New England Autumn Road Trip to Bethel, Maine
Autumn in New England is lovely! The vibrant colored trees make everything look gorgeous & the temperatures are mild and comfortable - making it a great time to soak up the outdoors & get time in nature before winter hits and the temperatures drop. What better time for a New England road trip? When I moved to Connecticut two years ago, I created a list of places I wanted to travel to in New England, including Vermont, Rhode Island, Boston, Nantucket and Maine. I've visited the former four, and decided that October would be a nice time to venture out on a road trip up to Maine. Sitting pretty as the most northeastern state in America, Maine is known for its natural beauty. For this trip, I envisioned hiking, soaking up small town country life, and getting some relaxation ... [Read More]
My 2020 Travel Plans & Aspirations
Happy New Year! Anyone else have some serious wanderlust going on? In 2019, having just made a cross-country move and both my husband and me changing careers, along with having bought a house, and the biggest factors, being pregnant and having a baby, we were pretty preoccupied with everyday life and didn't manage to get in a ton of travel. While our vacation to Turks & Caicos and road trip to Vermont were our travel highlights, typically we like to do a lot more exploring. So, here we are in the beginning of 2020, and I'm finding myself itching to change up my scenery, to experience new beautiful places. I've got a ton of airline miles to use, and I really want to start traveling with my daughter while she's young - got to take advantage of her two free lap seat ... [Read More]
5 Tips for Road Tripping with a Dog
"Life is short and the world is wide." I adore traveling, and I'm obsessed with my dog.... but rarely do I combine the two. Typically when I travel, my pup goes off to play at the "pet resort" with her friends. Considering my dog gets anxious in new environments and isn't great in the car, I find that it's usually easier to leave her at her normal kennel spot (and I've got the pet resort bills to prove that I do this often!). However, when my husband and I moved 3,000 miles from California to the northeast in August/September, we elected to send all of our stuff in a pod and drive my car cross-country - our pup in tow. I was a bit nervous for our sanity with having our dog in the car with us for 45 hours, but we survived! Harley also became a much better passenger during the ... [Read More]
My 25 Favorite Experiences Road Tripping from San Diego to New York
A month ago, I left my home in the San Diego area to road trip 2,800+ miles to New York with my husband and dog. I talk about it more in this post, but we moved back to the east coast where A and I are originally from after almost a decade living in beautiful Cali, and are currently looking for our next home in coastal CT. It's pretty wild to check out the complete route on a map - It's a LONG trip! Being the adventurer that I am, I had no intentions of driving for days nonstop to get to our destination. Rather, I wanted to take our time making our way out and make it fun. When we moved out to the west coast we took a more northern route, so this time we opted to take a more southern route to get to see some places we've never visited before. Admittedly, our timing was not ... [Read More]
3 Ways I Save Money on Airfare
Hi friends! I just got back from Kauai, where I had an amazing getaway with my husband. We hiked, zip lined in the tropical forest, relaxed on the beach, went swimming in the ocean, ate good food, enjoyed some drinks, and explored the beautiful island together. I didn't want to leave, though we really packed a lot in in the short time we were there. I will be sharing more about my trip soon, but today I want to talk about another travel topic: my favorite ways to save money on airfare. I travel often and love getting a good deal on flights. In recent years, I feel like I've become pretty good at planning travel (and I really enjoy it!), so I thought I'd share a few of my favorite ways to save money on airfare. Use Hopper to monitor flights. One of my favorite travel ... [Read More]