The musings of a traveling couple

For Spring Break this year, we didn’t have anywhere in mind, and it was going to be shorter than usual because Jaime had to work on that Monday. We used the great open-ended searching of Google Flights and landed on Read more

This trip started like many of our trips do — by finding a deal we couldn’t pass up. I visited Prague as part of a backpacking trip in college and loved it. As soon as we saw a deal for Read more

We don’t usually travel far for Thanksgiving, but with Lydia in public school now where she gets off the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, we knew we had to plan a trip!  Jaime’s dad loves visiting Paris so that came up as Read more

Before I jump into our most recent trip, I realized that I skipped one.  Over the holidays we went to Vancouver, Portland, and Seattle.  We spent Christmas in Vancouver, which was new to us, and we loved how close it Read more

This trip was a bit less planned, at least strategically, than our usual trips.  It all started with a flight alert I received for round trip to Copenhagen for $450.  We had to jump on it but rather than end Read more

Cuba has been on our list for a long time, both for its history and mystic as a closed (to us) country.  I’ve heard and read stories about people getting there easily via Canada, Mexico, or the Caribbean but then Read more

Jaime’s extended family has a reunion every other year hosted by a different branch of the family tree in a different part of the country.  This year it was hosted at the campground in West Yellowstone, Montana, just outside of Read more

So Jaime had a week of vacation carried over from last year that she had to use or lose by the end of March.  Clearly that meant we needed to leave the country.  Because of how well the kids did Read more

I’ve always wanted to go to Easter Island growing up because of the mystic and mystery surrounding the moai statues.  My in-laws were originally planning a trip to South Africa but weren’t very excited about it.  After thinking through all Read more

This trip began like so many of our trips do lately — with a deal I saw in a newsletter.  In this case, it was $599 for a 7 night cruise, including unlimited alcohol and both kids were free.  We Read more