I can't get enough of National Parks- seriously. I love hiking. I love being outdoors. I love exploring new and different landscapes. And I love spending quality time with my hubby. This trip provided all of those things. I think we spend the perfect amount of time in each place, got to see and do a ton, and still got in some pretty legit rest and relaxation time despite all this. Our journey began with a rainy night in Vegas. A couple got kicked off our plane, which delayed

DID YOU KNOW- the Dry Tortugas National Park is the least visited place in North America?!?! Kind of crazy. I mean, I get it, it's hard to get to. You have 2 options- boat or plane. The ferry ride is an all day experience from Key West, and costs about $150. You leave at 8am from Key West, it takes 2.5 hrs, you get a few hours at the park, then another 2.5hrs of sailing time back. You do get meals on the boat. I think the seaplane option is the way to go, but I'm biased since

Maine is really growing on me. This is the 2nd year in a row I've had to travel to Maine for work, and I gotta say, I really like it up there! Granted, both times I was blessed with nice weather- not sure how much I'd rave about Maine in say January. But June has been the ideal month both times for me. This trip I started in Portland during the week (flew into Portland, about 20min drive to South Portland/Waterfront area), and drove up to Bar Harbor for the weekend (flew out

I basically spent this past Memorial Day weekend living in a painting (at least that's what it felt like). I had a work conference the week before at the Biltmore in Phoenix, Arizona (talk about a luxury property- if you want to truly pamper yourself and get lost in a maze of a hotel- check it out), and on Wednesday night Joe flew in. Thursday morning after a quick canal run, breakfast at the hotel and some pool time, we picked up our rental car and headed 2 hours north to Se