Tag: travel

Mount Mitchell: Visiting the East Coast’s tallest Mountain

Mount Mitchell: Visiting the East Coast’s tallest Mountain

Living on the east coast and specifically in Florida we don’t have a lot of opportunities to visit the mountains. While looking for “things to do” during our recent visit to Asheville, I found Mount Mitchell. If you haven’t heard of it, Mount Mitchell is 

Asian Lantern Festival: Into the Wild

Asian Lantern Festival: Into the Wild

Have you ever been to an Asian Lantern Festival? Our zoo, the Central Florida Zoo is having one right now! During the event the entire zoo is transformed into a night time wonderland. Even before you enter the actual Zoo the walkways are lined with 

10 Awesome Things to do in Asheville

10 Awesome Things to do in Asheville

When most people think of Asheville they tend to associate it with the Biltmore. I know that’s the main reason we just recently made a visit to this quaint mountain town. After digging a little deeper while planning our trip did I realize that there’s 

Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum

Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum

We recently visit Charleston and made our way to the Patriots Point Navel & Maritime museum. In full honesty this place was not on my original list of activities. When I did all my “Things to do in Charleston” searches it never came up on 

What to do in San Francisco

What to do in San Francisco

San Francisco is one of those cities that you hear a lot about, but you can’t really understand how great the city is until you visit. We headed out to California for a wedding, the Rock n Roll Half Marathon, and to visit Friends. This 

Alaska: A video Journal of our Cruise Tour

Alaska: A video Journal of our Cruise Tour

During our trip to Alaska we took a bunch of videos at each stop. Mostly to send to our Family so they could get more of a feel of the exciting places we were visiting. Today I’m sharing our video journal with all of you. 

Alaska Cruise Tour Days 1-3

Alaska Cruise Tour Days 1-3

This is the first post in a series of posts sharing our Alaska experiences. Make sure you also check out days 4-7, and the land tour adventures! When we were planning our wedding one of the most important decisions we had to make was where 

Visiting Philadelphia: A Guide, Part 2

Visiting Philadelphia: A Guide, Part 2

I’m back with our second day of adventures in Philly. If you didn’t catch our day 1 activities, you can check it out here. Our second day of sightseeing was also the day we were leaving to head home. We managed to cram everything except 

Visiting Philadelphia: A Guide Pt. 1

Visiting Philadelphia: A Guide Pt. 1

We love to take long weekend trips. I think 4 days is just the right amount of time to balance budget and enough time to experience a new city. On our last trip to Philadelphia we planned it for a Saturday to Tuesday. I had 

Things to do in New Orleans

Things to do in New Orleans

Once you plan your trip the first step after that is deciding what to do! I always start by check ever list I can find of “Top things to do in _________” and seeing what seems to match across all the lists because that’s usually