Hi there! I arrived home a few hours ago from my wonderful getaway to Lake Tahoe. It was the first time I visited the area, and just as everyone who has been there had told me, it's breathtakingly beautiful! I surprised my hubby by booking us a getaway to South Lake Tahoe. We own a timeshare, so I exchanged a few of our days for a stay at The Ridge Tahoe. Our room was pretty nice, and the resort was around a 15 minute drive from downtown. South Lake Tahoe is about a 4 hour drive from our home in the South Bay Area, which wasn't a bad trip. We drove up there on Friday afternoon and zipped back home on this Monday afternoon. On Saturday, we wanted to go snowshoeing to explore the mountains a bit. Much to my disappointment, the snowshoe rental guy told us that because the winter there ... [Read More]
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Thursday Travel Throwback: Hawaii
Hello, hello! Welcome to Part 2 of my Thursday Travel Throwback series. Last week I featured my time in Sicily, and this week I'm talking about... Hawaii! During my Marine's first deployment, I met him for a week in Waikiki. It was 8 months after our civil ceremony and 6 months before our big wedding shindig, so we consider our Hawaii vacation to have been our honeymoon. Naturally, we spent a lot of time lounging on the beach relaxing... We also did some touring around the island to some cool spots, including Hanuama Bay... ...and this gorgeous lookout point: I love that photo so much, I had it blown up into a canvas picture that is now hanging in my kitchen! In Hawaii, I was pretty much obsessed with getting flowers arrangements made to wear in my hair. They were so ... [Read More]