I’m going to start this post off with a disclaimer: I am from a theme park family. Since I’ve married into a non-theme park family I have learned that not everyone does theme parks the way that my family does: ALL IN, FULL TILT. I share the photo below for context. Disney World consists of 4 theme parks (Magic Kingdom,…
Holland Ridge is Insta-famous. Every spring, the influencers descend on this central Jersey farm for idyllic photos of row upon row of tulips. It is truly beautiful. It’s not as amazing as visiting Keukenhof Gardens in Holland, but for a farm in New Jersey, it’s pretty solid. During the Spring Festival, the tulips bloom and the farm is mobbed by…
This post is the start of something I’ve wanted to do since I started this blog. Skiing is my absolute favorite winter activity! I started skiing in my 20s, and I’m lucky enough to have skied a ton of mountains in a short period of time. This is the first of what I hope will be a series of posts…
This post will be a bit different from others. We just bought a place in the Catskills and are renting it out on AirBnb (check it out!). As we spend more time in the area, I plan to update this post. For now, I wanted to have a one-stop shop for all of our recommendations for hiking, swimming, and eating…
We just got home from a five-day trip up to the Finger Lakes region of New York. In an uncharacteristic move, I wanted to blog about it while the trip was fresh. (Editor’s Note: I wrote this right after getting home. True to form, I posted it 4 months later.) I should probably mention that we bought a travel trailer…
One of my goals for this site is to have mountain guides for all the ski resorts we visit. This season is so different I feel like it merits its own posts. Here are my takeaways from a day at Hunter Mountain, NY. TL;DR – Lift lines and bathrooms were the riskiest parts of the day, but once on a…
#staylocal Editor’s Note: I wrote this post in April 2020 as the world waited at home for vaccines. It still covers that, but I also plan to keep it updated with information about NJ state parks since I collected most information here. It was originally titled “Redefining Adventures in the Age of COVID.” Since March, my travel plans, like those…
Hiking the Inca Trail is one of those bucket list items, or at least it was for me. I finally got to do it in 2016. The timing worked out well and I was between jobs for the trip, offering me a rare opportunity to disconnect and be fully present while traveling. I absolutely loved Peru! From the bustling cities…
Growing up, my family loaded up in the family van and cross crossed the country. These trips with my parents, grandparents, and brother created some of my fondest memories and allowed me to see much of the beauty of America. We somehow never made it to Zion National Park. It remained one of my last “big” National Parks to see.…
The Itinerary This post is a long one, so I put some jump links in to help you find the parts you care about! JFK-> ICN -> REP 3 nights in Siem Reap Temple Tours REP -> CNX 3 nights in Chiang Mai Ziplining Elephant Experience CNX -> KBV 5 nights in Krabi Thai Cooking Class Railay Rock Climbing Day…
Adventures Await 