Southwest Roadtrip

This trip was a long time coming! We initially planned it as a roadtrip in the early months of covid, but then state infection levels kept increasing and knocking out states we wanted to visit. We re-planned it twice to go around the worst states, and then ultimately canceled it. Read more…

Nordic Adventure

This trip began as they almost always do — an airfare deal that seemed too good to pass up. This time it was $450 for roundtrip from Chicago to Stockholm. We booked it quickly before the deal was gone and then filled in the rest of the itinerary over the Read more…

Spring Break in Portugal

We’ve been itching to travel internationally since the start of COVID, having planned and begrudgingly canceled at least five other trips abroad in the last two years. While restrictions are loosening up, our vaccination cards aren’t approved for travel in Europe, so we thought for sure one of us would Read more…

Holiday Road Trip

For the holidays last month, we were planning to go to Memphis for my in-laws 50th anniversary, and then stay down there through Christmas. Upon our return to Chicago, we scored super cheap tickets to Tokyo over New Years and had a weeklong trip planned around Japan. Of course, COVID Read more…

New Mexico

After our summer workcation to Colorado and Utah where we visited three National Parks, we became obsessed with seeking out more parks to visit. Our obsession came at a great time too because our oldest daughter just entered 4th grade where you get free entry to all national parks for Read more…

Maine 2021

As long-term readers know, we go to Maine to visit relatives every other year. We were afraid covid would get in the way of this trip as it had so many others, but luckily everything went according to plan. In 2019, we invited a close friend on the trip, and Read more…

Colorado and Utah

We had so much fun on our workcations last fall that we had started to discuss if we should do it again this summer. I have been considering a month-long workcation over each summer even before covid because the cost of two summer camps is quite expensive. A friend and Read more…

Hawaii

Like most people, we were itching for a real vacation. We can’t really travel much internationally, so we’ve been watching out for domestic airfare deals. One day we see roundtrip, nonstop flights to Honolulu for $198 (normally $800+ with stops) and jumped on it! Since we love visiting new countries Read more…