by Steve | Feb 16, 2018 | Blogging, Feature Holidays, Holidays, Real Life
We love being home together on Valentine’s Day. Typically, we spend the evening cooking together while listening 80’s love songs and then enjoy a nice dinner by candlelight. This year, our Valentine’s Day celebration started a bit earlier in the day,...
by Steve | Oct 20, 2017 | Feature Destinations, The Midwest, USA, Where we've been
We’d been on the road for several days, now, and while Valentine marked the turn toward home on our Nebraska adventure with my folks, we were far from done with our trip. We set out from Valentine, our sights set on the Ashfall Fossil Beds, and made it east of...
by Ann | Oct 19, 2017 | Food and Drink, Fun Stuff, Real Life, The Midwest, USA
With more than 500 million candid traveler reviews, TripAdvisor has quickly become a go-to online resource for many travelers, including us. We often roll into a new city with cell-phones in hand, searching for a top-10ish restaurant to stop for dinner. We typically...
by Steve | Oct 16, 2017 | The Midwest, USA, Where we've been
Valentine, Nebraska is an easy place to love. And not just because of its name, either. When we took our trip around Nebraska this summer with my folks, we knew that one of our stops had to be Valentine. There is just so much to see and do in and around this city of...
by Steve | Oct 10, 2017 | Feature USA, The Midwest, USA, Where we've been
There is nothing quite like getting off the interstate to help you get to know a place better, and nowhere is that more true than Nebraska. Our state has a reputation for being flat and boring because the interstate used by hundreds of thousands of people each year...