Inside you will find first-hand information from someone who has already been there and tried a few things out in many USA destinations.
No one was here. Literally, I couldn’t see anyone for miles as we hiked across the plains of Theodore Roosevelt National Park’s Petrified Forest Trail. We’d come to Medora, ND to escape the crowds of other national parks and cities in the U.S.A. and we had found it. We booked rooms at the Elkhorn Quarters …
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Wander through Northern Virginia and one thing you will notice is an eclectic mix of towns, cities and rural land to explore. Cities like Fairfax, Falls Church, Lorton and Alexandria are hopping with shops and restaurants, high-rise apartments and single-family homes with parents who commute into Washington, D.C. Understanding Northern Virginia The entire region around …
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Living in Washington State, you can’t help but fall in love with blackberries. Wander around the Puget Sound and you’ll find them growing over fences, along back roads, streams and the edges of forests. A Blackberry Bramble is easy to make as long as you have a little lemon and gin lying around. There are …
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Florida is filled with fun little towns, but not all are built around the nation’s history like St. Augustine. Known as the oldest city in America, there are so many things to do in St. Augustine, Florida. Bonus- you don’t have to go very far to find them. While down in Northern Florida for a …
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The trees are trimmed, the lights are up, the mantels are dusted and corsets are being tightened. Cinnamon sticks are swirling around the cider while marshmallows take a float in a bath of hot cocoa. It’s time to get ready for another Wilmington, Delaware Christmas! Whether you are into historic du Pont family homes, Dicken’s …
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Traditions come in all shapes and sizes. Some families make cookies; others trim the tree. For almost a decade, my family has visited Longwood Gardens at Christmastime. When we lived in Seattle, this tradition happened every other year when we headed to Philly to visit relatives. Now that we live back on the East Coast, …
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Street art is all the rage right now. Even around the globe you will find wings by Kelsey Montague and local artists expressing themselves with paint, neon light and sculpture. The NEON District in Norfolk, VA embraces all of this and welcomes all kinds of artists into the area to create and develop their visual …
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Time to get out. It was beyond time to get out of my house. The kids had been in school for a little over two months. After school activities were in full swing and the holidays were coming up fast. I needed a break, if only for a few days. I called a friend; she …
Rolling into Tampa, you might think you’ll only hit up Busch Gardens or the Florida Aquarium before heading to the St. Pete and Clearwater beaches. At least that’s what I thought when I headed south with my friend to explore. Little did I know that I would find myself in another unexpected Florida food town, …
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We’d entered a fairy realm, or so my son thought. Cascades of water fell from the rock as we hiked, pooling in the crater below. It was the dry season in Yosemite National Park, and yet, the Emerald Pools were still a site to see, especially for a baby and toddler. Not much has changed …
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