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Sharing stories, photos and insights about the places I’ve visited. Simply sharing my experience and giving travel tips to help others plan their own dream trip and travel independently.
Just outside Miami, in Biscayne Bay, you’ll find Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park. Cape Florida has been many things through the ages. Ponce de Leon found this pristine area on his first expedition to Florida back in 1513 and named it the ‘Cape of Florida’. It was inhabited by Seminole Indians, and even served […]
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, located on Old Cutler Road in Coral Gables just south of Miami, is a nice outdoor venue with a lot of Florida history. It’s been a local attraction in Florida since it opened in 1938. More than just a tourist venue, it is a sanctuary for locals to stroll amongst exotic […]
A national landmark, the Deering Estate was the Florida home of Charles Deering between 1922 and 1927. Located just south of Miami in Palmetto Bay off Old Cutler Road, the sprawling 444-acre estate is now owned by the State of Florida and open to the public so everyone can enjoy the beautiful waterfront grounds.
The US Virgin Islands had been on our radar for a long time and with all the travel restrictions, organizing a dive vacation in St. Thomas seemed like the ideal plan. Since it’s a United States territory, no covid test was required to come back to the mainland. Perfect! While the resort bills itself as […]
The Cartanza, sometimes called the Cartanza Senora or Cartanser Senior, has an interesting story as do many wrecks. We just love learning about the history of these artificial reefs. In this case, there is also a wonderful conservation angle. Local divers organized an around the clock protest which was instrumental in preserving the wreck which […]
Thankfully this is no longer required to visit the USVI. We just got back from a fabulous scuba diving vacation in the U.S. Virgin Islands. It was wonderful and well worth jumping through hoops to get there. When we booked, it sounded simple enough. All we needed to do was to take a covid test […]
Over the course of the pandemic, my husband and I have been doing a lot of shore diving. One issue that came up was: What do we do with our electronic car key? We looked and asked but never really found a good answer. While we saw some good options for surface-based watersports, there was […]
Canyonlands is known for its colorful canyons, arches, buttes and mesas. The Island in the Sky area is a huge, flat-topped mesa that rises over a thousand feet above the majestic canyons below. With a full day, it’s possible to get a good overview of this area via the scenic 34-mile roundtrip road, stopping at […]
On our way back to Las Vegas from Moab we took the scenic route and made a small detour to see some of Capitol Reef National Park’s highlights. With only a limited amount of time, driving along the park’s scenic drive was the best option. On the way we also drove through the Fruita Historic […]
Goblin Valley State Park, in Utah, is located just off highway 70 along highway 24 and definitely worth a detour to visit if you’re heading out to Canyonlands or Arches national parks. As our trip started in Las Vegas, we found that Goblin Valley was a great place to stop on the way to Moab […]