Last year around this time, Nick and I were in Hawaii for our last real trip pre-COVID. As news was circulating about the virus in Europe, we decided to get on that plane to head to Hawaii last March to see my parents one last time in the Islands before… Read more
This past year going through a pandemic has taught us so many lessons and caused so much heartbreak. I’m the first to say that I realize how fortunate I’ve been compared to so many with everything that life has thrown at us in this last 365 days. I’m heartbroken over… Read more
Remember last Spring when our world was turned upside down? When all of a sudden we were told not to leave our houses? When we started wearing masks? When every day in March of 2020 seemed like an eternity? Yea… that was almost a year ago, as hard as that… Read more
I don’t know that there will be any other event in my lifetime that completely changes the way we live than the COVID pandemic we’re currently entrenched in. And while our everyday lives have completely been upended in ways we never thought possible, travel has been one industry that has… Read more
2020 sure has been a crazy year and up until December I was telling anyone who would listen that I felt like I have aged 10 years this year. After my December so far, I feel like I’ve aged 20. The first week of December, Nick tested positive for COVID… Read more
Ahh 2020, the year that everyone canceled every trip they had booked for the year. Believe me, I canceled more trips than I’d care to count this year and with each trip canceled, more airline travel credits came rolling in. While you can fight with the airlines a bit and… Read more
You’ve probably heard a lot about my home city of Portland on the news in the last few months. We’ve been the subject of a lot of interest due to our still on-going protests for the Black Lives Matter movement and police brutality. I am a proud-Portlander and I will… Read more
After months of staying in one place this past Spring during the lockdowns for COVID-19, I knew this Summer would be a lot different in terms of the “travel” I’m used to and love. We have canceled so many trips this year due to COVID and honestly, it really started… Read more
In June, I did a set of lnstagram stories about places that readers might be interested in learning more about in an effort to travel more safely during this time of COVID. While international travel looks mostly off the books for a while, it’s a perfect opportunity to explore a… Read more
In June, I did a set of lnstagram stories about places that readers might be interested in learning more about in an effort to travel more safely during this time of COVID. While international travel looks mostly off the books for a while, it’s a perfect opportunity to explore a… Read more
In June, I did a set of lnstagram stories about places that readers might be interested in learning more about in an effort to travel more safely during this time of COVID. While international travel looks mostly off the books for a while, it’s a perfect opportunity to explore a… Read more