Travel Blog
After a summer filled with road trips and the freedom to bring along anything that fit into our SUV, it's time once again to run the gauntlet of airline size restrictions and security checks! Over the years we've learned a ton about packing... sometimes the hard way. As we prepare for a last minute long weekend to Colorado, I thought I'd share my 5 top packing trips when taking to the air...
For a long time, we were 100% focused on getting to the destination and didn’t spend any time in between. But recently we started making road trips as much about the journey as the destination, and are having some of the best trips ever! Keep reading for tips to make the most of your road trip journeys...
We love to find gems. You know… spots that you just happen upon that are super special. We were in Marquette, MI, and had a couple days left to explore before heading home. We looked at all kinds of options. We didn’t have enough time to head east and cross into Canada, we’ve been all over the “mitten” of Michigan in prior trips, and we felt like it was time to move on from Marquette.
Todd remembered a comment from Instagram… that he needs to check out the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore...
Have you ever watched Anthony Bourdain’s show layover? If not, Anthony goes to a place for something like 24 or 48 hours and experiences what he can in that amount of time. A few weeks ago we had a bit of a “layover” traveling to the western coast of Lake Michigan. We weren’t expecting much… boy, were we in for a surprise! We spent a grand total of 36 hours in Ludington, MI and Manitowoc, WI and had a blast during our “layover”!...
Todd has a fantastic saying that we’ve adopted as a family motto: We don’t travel to get away from our lives, we travel to live our lives. Though some trips, or parts of trips, are for relaxation and might be considered “vacation”, many of our trips are not. Instead, we aim to immerse ourselves in a totally new experience… different culture, place, food, scenery, people, issues, marketplace, etc., to learn, grow, and boost our creativity...
Gut feeling… intuition… that little voice… How often do you have it or feel it? Do you listen? From the beginning of our trip we had a feeling about the leg of our trip between Manitoulin Island, Ontario and South Haven, Michigan. 8 nights of the trip that just didn’t seem right… but we weren’t sure why, or more importantly what would feel right. We had great places on the itinerary… so what could be wrong?...
