Before planning our trip to Albuquerque, I only knew a couple of things about The Duke City. First, it hosts the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta in which hundreds of hot air balloons participate. Second, its metro area was the setting for the crime-drama television series, Breaking Bad. By the time…
The Florida Keys are a coral cay archipelago (a chain of islands that form on top of a coral reef) that begins just south of Miami and extends in a smooth southwest arc to the southernmost point in the United States–Key West. Last December, more specifically during the New Year…
Recently, we had a fabulous trip tracing part of the Civil Rights Movement Trail. While mapping out the route, Elvis Presley’s name kept appearing in my research. Soon, I found out why. “The King of Rock and Roll” was born in Tupelo, a city in northeast Mississippi between Birmingham, Alabama…
It was with a variety of emotions that we tracked the Civil Rights Movement on our Civil Rights Trail road trip. While it was heartbreaking, we believe that expanding our knowledge about the past would teach us valuable insights about ourselves and others. Frustration, sadness, and shame overtook us when…
It has been almost two years since we moved to Texas and, with one trip at a time, we have been discovering the second largest state of the nation. This time we took a road trip to Big Bend National Park on the southern side of the state in the…
There’s a reason Chicago is known as the Windy City. When we visited Chicago at the beginning of September, still summer in the northern hemisphere, we expected to see the city on its sunny and warm days. Instead, it was cold and cloudy. Despite the luminous clouds drifting across the…
Weeks prior to our first trip to Portland, Oregon, the City of Roses, we asked some friends who live there for recommendations on the best things to do in the city when visiting with kids. We were delighted when they quickly responded with an extensive list of activities and places…
The Pacific Coast Highway is known as one of the most scenic drives in the world. As we drove from San Francisco to Portland, we stretched this adventure on the period of five days. At a slow pace, we saw stunning coastal views, quaint towns, beautiful dunes, lush forests, and more.…
A northwest road trip between San Francisco, California to Portland, Oregon was something my husband and I dreamed of for years. During the San Francisco to Portland road trip the primary appeal was the stunning landscape with unparalleled views of cliffs, the ocean, beaches, and mountains along the State Route 1…
No, there is nothing I hate about Seattle. 10 Things I Hate About You is a romantic comedy-drama movie filmed in the Seattle metropolitan area. Having used different locations of the city, they couldn’t have chosen a better place than Kerry Park to get a view of the downtown skyline.…
