Itinerary: Thursday - Fly to Cleveland, Ohio Friday - Cedar Point Saturday - Impromptu pub crawl Sunday - Cuyahoga Valley National Park Monday - Fly out Dates: August 31 - September 4, 2017 Our Odyssey: What do Polish heritage, America's densest concentration of roller coasters, Drew Carey, and a casino + Taco Bell + bachelorette … Continue reading Cleveland Rocks! No, Really.
Itinerary: Thursday: Fly to Boston, Massachusetts Friday: Drive down to Newport, Rhode Island (about 2 hours away) for the day Saturday: Wedding in Boston Sunday: Fly back Dates: June 29 to July 2, 2017 Our Odyssey: While planning a trip for me and Tim to the Boston area for a friend's wedding, we decided to … Continue reading Rhode Tripping – A Day Trip to Newport, Rhode Island from Boston
Itinerary: Thursday: Fly to Rapid City, South Dakota Friday: Explore Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse, Custer State Park, Wind Cave National Park and Mammoth Site Saturday: Explore Badlands National Park, Minute Man National Historic Site, Wall Drug Store, Chapel in the Hill, Dinosaur Park, and downtown Rapid City Sunday: Fly back Dates: July 27-30, 2017 Our … Continue reading Why South Dakota Belongs at the Top of Your USA Travel Plans
Tim and I work in Gainesville, Georgia, about an hour and 10 minutes northeast of Atlanta. Earlier this year when we learned that Gainesville would reach 99% totality in the Great American Eclipse of August 21, 2017, we decided we'd take a late lunch that day to drive the 30 minutes further north east to … Continue reading What It’s Like to be in Eclipse Totality
Itinerary: Thursday: Fly to San Juan, Puerto Rico Friday: Beach day and night out in San Juan Saturday: Pool day and evening kayak trip in bio-luminescent bay Sunday: Fly back to Atlanta Dates: July 20-23, 2017 Our Odyssey: Tim and I flipped a coin and it landed in Puerto Rico. Two weeks later on a … Continue reading Trips to Puerto Rico, Say the Word and We Go
Itinerary: Thursday: Fly to Fresno, CA and drive to our Airbnb in Mariposa Friday: Day 1 in Yosemite National Park; hiked Mirror Lake loop Saturday: Day 2 in Yosemite National Park; hiked the Nevada and Vernal Falls loop via the Mist Trail; dinner out Mariposa Sunday: Fly back to Atlanta Dates: June 8 to 11, … Continue reading You Had Me at Yosemite
After the World Nomad's writing scholarship, Tim Neville encouraged me to start taking my writing more seriously. His first piece of advice - to start small and local. When I saw that the Virginia State Parks had their own blog/website, I decided to reach out and see if they would be receptive to my writing … Continue reading Virginia’s secret wedding venue hidden in plain sight
About two months ago I entered a travel writing scholarship competition- my first ever. It was hosted by World Nomads, a travel insurance company. I didn't win, but out of 8,000 applicants, I was selected as one of only 20 finalists. It was, and still is, a tremendous honor to be featured on the shortlist. … Continue reading Journeys in Life and Death
Itinerary: Day 1: Fly to Guatemala City from Atlanta Day 2: Fly to Flores from Guatemala City for a day tour of Tikal. Fly back to Guatemala City in the evening and transfer to Antigua Day 3: Exploring Antigua Day 4: Fly to Atlanta from Guatemala City Dates: March 3-5, 2017 Our Odyssey Sitting at … Continue reading Grand Guatemala
Itinerary: Day 1: Land in Managua, transfer via private driver to Granada Day 2: Walking tour of Granada and evening tour of Masaya Volcano Day 3: Isletas boat tour and visit to chocolate museum Day 4: Transfer back to Mangua for flight Dates: February 9-12, 2017 Our Odyssey: Nicaragua was our second trip as part of … Continue reading Magmarvelous Nicaragua
Our 21st Century Odyssey 