Our Experiences
Kauai, Hawaii
The highlights of this trip would be a speedboat tour, an open door helicopter ride over the island, and unexpected delight while we boogie boarded and snorkeled at beaches. But of course, the most significant event for us on this trip would be our becoming engaged here 🙂
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Peru: Part 2 (The Inca Trail to Machu Picchu)
Part 2 of our Peru post is mostly about the Inca Trail, or 4 days and 3 nights of what we’d both describe as one of the hardest hikes we’ve done so far in our lives. The payoff of this journey would be a visit to one of the New Seven Wonders of the World, Machu Picchu.
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Peru: Part 1 (Lima & Cusco)
Peru was such a last minute trip. Our main purpose of visiting was to see the famous Machu Picchu, but this first part of the post covers our time in Lima where we ate at fancy restaurants and our time in Cusco where we acclimated to high elevations and visited religious sites. And alpacas! Really cute alpacas.
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Southern Trip: Part 2 (Charleston & Memphis)
I’ve always had this idyllic image of the South in my head, i.e. sitting on the front porch in our rocking chairs, warm breeze, nowhere to go and nothing to do except wait for the pie in the window to cool. How silly, you say? My name is Dixie after all, and a part of me wants to live in this world of Southern hospitality.
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Southern trip: Part 1 (Savannah & Beaufort)
My favorite thing about visiting Savannah has gotta be learning its history. Downtown Savannah is a compact grid of history built right into its architecture, town layout, houses, restaurants, waterfront… that’s also why it was well worth it to book tours and uncover the origins and stories of the past that this city takes such great care to preserve.
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Arches & Canyonlands National Park
We’ll remember this trip for its unique rock formations: the numerous arches, mushroom-shaped needles, and colorful canyon views. And days that spanned the whole spectrum of intensity, from one with a 10.5mi hike to a day where we turned around after only the first third of a 0.6mi hike, each equally impressive in totally different ways.
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North Cascades National Park
Aside from a beautiful turquoise blue lake, this park is all about the mountains, nothing but mountains. And all the many mile long, tough hikes on those mountains… but what a work out you’ll get! And oh the majestic views you’ll see along the way.
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Mt. Rainier National Park
The proximity of this park to Seattle makes Mt. Rainier a popular and easily accessible destination. I enjoyed the wildflowers late summer and marmot sightings here. It’s a relatively condensed park as there are only two main areas, Sunrise and Paradise, which makes it easy to see everything without too much driving.
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Olympic National Park
Olympic National Park is massive and has several distinct regions, from rainforests, to beaches, to mountains. It’s quite the variety all within the same national park! Visitors typically start at the Olympic National Park Visitor Center and drive counter-clockwise along Highway 101. Given how large and spread out this park is, there’s a lot of driving each day.
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Philadelphia, PA
Philly is a city rich in history. It is home to the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall (where the Declaration of Independence and Constitution were signed), and the famous steps that Rocky ran up in the “Rocky” movie.
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