DISNEYLAND CALIFORNIA

Thanksgiving at Disneyland California & Disney California Adventure Park Choosing to visit the park on the Sunday after Thanksgiving turned out to be a great decision, as it was much less crowded than I’ve ever experienced. Utilizing the helpful Disney Calendar tracking available on Google, I was pleasantly surprised by how accurately it predicted the…

MARGARITAVILLE AT SEA

HAPPY 33RD BDAY TO ME (Part II)! I took the Margaritaville at Sea Paradise (Jimmy Buffet’s Cruise!) – a mini cruise [2 nights] with a stopover in the middle at Grand Bahama Island (one of the largest of 700 islands in the Bahamas) for 4 nights. My first ever cruise. A little kitchy, but so…

WEST PALM BEACH

HAPPY 33RD BDAY TO ME (Part I)! Prior to my splashy birthday weekend in Vegas (for the canceled Ed Sheeran concert), I planned a long week around going on my very first cruise and all inclusive hotel stay. The cruise port was out of West Palm Beach, so I built in a chance to spend…

LAS VEGAS STRIP

For my birthday this year I planned two getaways – the first being a splashy weekend in Vegas, which I have always want to do for a birthday (it happened so early because it coincided with the Ed Sheeran concert – so I decided to make a whole early birthday weekend out of it). A…

ARCHES NATIONAL PARK

I finally explored one of the Utah Mighty Five – Arches National Park after 3 years of being in close proximity… like only about 4 hours from Salt Lake. There’s a theme here…so much to do apparently in Utah and I obviously don’t get out much. My main issue with many of the National Parks…

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK

I finally made it to Yellowstone National Park after 3 years of being in close proximity, and a couple of times passing through it. The park was definitely much larger in scope than I realized and warrants a longer trip if you want to hit all the major points of interest, or multiple if you…