by Steve | May 26, 2017 | USA
We thought we’d kick off this summer travel season with a series of blog posts featuring some of the postcards that we’ve received. We love going down to the post office, opening our P.O. box, and finding postcards from far-away places. It is so neat to...
by Steve | May 17, 2017 | Feature The Midwest, Places to stay, The Midwest, USA, Where we've been
Sometimes you just gotta go. I know, I know. You’d like to travel more but feel like you never have the time. But trust me, you can pack a lot into a long weekend. Sure, the garage might need cleaning. But let’s be honest. It can wait. Would you rather...
by Ann | Feb 13, 2017 | Feature The Midwest, The Midwest, USA, Where we've been
It seems like a fitting time of year to write about a place we love to visit — Valentine, Nebraska. Meghan and I drove to Valentine for the first time on one of our annual Nebraska road trips when she was in middle school. We went to see Smith Falls,...
by Ann | Feb 8, 2017 | The Midwest, USA, Where we've been
One of the primary goals of our blog is simply to inspire people to travel more. So, when we got a call from a nearby community college asking if we’d be interested in teaching a course on Nebraska travel, we jumped at the opportunity. And so, last night,...
by Steve | Jan 5, 2017 | Cruising, USA, Where we've been
I never sleep well the night before we fly out early for vacation. The combination of the excitement for the trip, along with a worry that I will sleep through my alarm and miss the flight, often conspire to give me a short night with lots of waking moments wondering...
by Ann | Dec 22, 2016 | At Home, Feature Holidays, Holidays, Real Life, The World, USA
For the past several years, we’ve decorated what we like to call our Christmas travel tree. [We wrote a blog post all about it that you can read HERE.] We had lots of help decorating for Christmas this year. Our daughter, Meghan, was home and we invited a couple...