Posts Tagged ‘ Adventure ’

Semana Santa 2014: A Spanish road trip!

If you’ve been reading my blog for the past year or so, you know that I love a good old-fashioned road trip.  There’s nothing like the feeling of the steering wheel in my hands and my favorite song on the radio while cruising at 70. Unfortunately, I don’t feel...

The Weekend Files: Hiking in Cercedilla, Spain

So I’ve been a resident of Madrid for 5 weeks now (how did THAT happen) and although I absolutely love living in the heart of the city, I was starting to go a little stir crazy. I missed changing leaves, fresh mountain air and feeling soreness in my legs...

A helicopter tour of the Grand Canyon

Part of me feels like a terrible American because I had never visited the Grand Canyon before last week.  It’s not like I hadn’t tried!  The last time I was in Arizona, a freak snowstorm caused the south rim of the Canyon to close and seemingly dash my hopes of...

If you’ve ever needed travel inspiration…

Hi friends! If you follow me on Facebook or Instagram (if you don’t follow me, what are you waiting for?), you know that I’m currently on a southern road trip.  For the past five days I’ve been eating my way through North Carolina before heading down to South Carolina and...

Black History Month…Travel Tuesday style!

In addition to being a month full of national events and holidays, February is Black History month! I was raised to believe that February is one of the most important months of the year (outside of May, birthday!), and my family and I celebrated tidbits of Black history each...

“What didn’t we do today?”

The above statement/ironic question was my friends response to my mom when she asked us what we did on our first day in Park City as a foursome.  To review things chronologically, three of my best friends arrived to Park City the night of the day I went hangliding. ...

The Art of the Inter-vacation Road Trip

I just made up that term but I like it!  So, when most people go on vacation, they tend to stay in one town/city and try to get a feel for the place by partaking in sightseeing activities or lounging by the hotel pool or beach.  Not I!  I...

Putting my life in the hands of a piece of tarp…a.k.a. hangliding in Utah

I know, I tend to have a flair for the dramatic.  But seriously, the title of this post is basically what hangliding is.  Here’s the back story.  When I was planning this trip with my girlfriends, I really wanted to do a ton of things I a) had not...

Travel Tuesday: What’s on your Life’s Ultimate To-Do List?

The other day I was reading my August/September issue of National Geographic Traveler, one of my favorite travel publications, and I came across an ad for Hilton Garden Inn that was publicizing a contest they are currently running called “Life’s Ultimate To-Do List”.  Now, I know we all have...

Breckenridge, CO

I am a horrible person. I have not blogged in almost two months and I’m completely ashamed of myself. I refuse to say “I was busy” because honestly everyone is busy and when it comes down to it, we make time for what we make time for.  Bottom line,...