Tag: road trips
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An Ode to the Mother Road: Driving Route 66 One Stretch at a Time
This year the road of all roads — the Mother Road — celebrates an incredible milestone: 100 years of U.S. Route 66. What I love about Route 66 is that it began as something fairly simple — a highway created to help travelers move between Chicago and Santa Monica. But over the decades it has…
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Mountains, Aspens, Mustangs & Altitudes {Colorado}
I love when long weekends line up with inexpensive flights — it feels like the universe is giving you permission to go have an adventure. With that perfect combination in place, we jumped at the chance for a quick trip to Colorado, ready to fill our souls with crisp mountain air. We flew into Denver…
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Driving Route 66 Through Kansas
I love a good road trip — and when it comes to road trips, there’s nothing quite like traveling the road of all roads: Route 66. One of my longtime dreams is to drive the highway end to end. But since time doesn’t quite allow for that yet, I’ve been exploring it one stretch at…
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Tulsa Icons of Route 66 {Oklahoma}
Driving the full length of the iconic Route 66 has long been on my bucket list. It’s a journey that would take considerable time to complete in one go, so for now, I’m taking it in sections. During my time in Tulsa, my top priority was to explore the 28-mile stretch of Route 66 that…
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400,000 Miles and Counting
We have the greatest car ever. Our Honda CRV has been with us for many years, and today we celebrated a huge milestone — the odometer rolled over to 400,000 miles! After so many miles and memories, this car feels less like a vehicle and more like an extension of our family. Over the years,…
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A Weekend in the Appalachian Mountains {Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina, & Kentucky}
Things have been a little crazy for me lately. Amid a terrible heat wave that I was sure would kill me off, I spent a week welcoming our new international students to the university with a lot of activities and workshops and tours that I was in charge of. We also celebrated my daughter’s birthday…
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Scenic Weekend Road Trip {Missouri, Illinois, & Tennessee}
My favorite way to spend a weekend is on a road trip with stops along the way. And this was one such weekend. We made a quick trip to southeast Missouri and instead of coming straight home decided to take a winding way that would allow for stops at a few places. Not only did…
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Moments & Misadventures :: From Boston to Bar Harbor
20 years ago, I ventured to the far north east corner of the country with my mom and her friend. At this point in my life I had only visited a handful of states in the Rocky Mountains and never been farther east than Colorado. So the prospect of venturing to the completely other side…
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Moments & Misadventures : Then The Plan Changed
One of the defining parts of our family has always been road trips- the more spontaneous the better. This has been the case since the beginning. The first of these road trips came when we were dating and Brad invited me to go Yellowstone with him. But as we filled up the car to begin…
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Historic Sites From Civil War to Civil Rights {Missouri & Arkansas}
Happy New Year everyone! I am excited to see where this year will take us and the adventures that are in store. We ended the year visiting my in-laws in Missouri. On our way home we decided to take a longer route so we could visit some historic sites along the way. These sites gave…