I’ve found that being prepared and packing the right items makes all the difference between a good travel experience and one that is a little more hectic.  I have compiled a list of the essential items we bring with us when we travel that have been life savers. Packing smart is the beginning to any…

We were debating what I wanted to do for my birthday / our anniversary (they are only a day apart) for a while.  Jon unfortunately did not have a lot of vacation time left so we were limited to the days we could take off and our anniversary and my birthday happened to fall on…

San Francisco is somewhere we have both been before, when we were younger and a quick drive through a couple of years back.  This year, a wedding brought us into town and we decided to make a nice long weekend out of it.  I have to admit, the hustle and bustle of San Francisco is…

Jon had to go to Ohio for work and since we dislike being apart from each other for any long period of time and the fact that I had never been to Ohio before, I decided to go with him. We booked a red eye flight that would get us into Cleveland early in the…

We started out the morning bright and early making our way to the Senior center where we would take a bus to the Long Beach Catalina Express Depot.  My Momma had arranged for the three of us, herself, Jon and I to go along with the Senior group for a Catalina Island excursion.  We would…

There was a while there during my teenage years that I went to Mammoth Lakes quite often.  A few times with family but mostly every summer with church for a couple of years.  It was always a fun time and I definitely loved the nature that encompasses Mammoth.  Jon on the other hand had never…

Forgive me for I know we are well into 2018, heck 2018 is almost over but it’s been a busy year.  For me writing is something that I love to do, it helps me feel creative.  However, one thing I have learned recently is that I have to be inspired about a subject to write…