Travel
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Salishan Resort Aerial Park
Our experience at the Salishan Resort Aerial Park was hosted by the Salishan Resort, but the thoughts and opinions are my own. It seems like these days my kids are getting better than me at soooo many things…math, eye rolling, technology, touching their toes…you know…the basics. And now, come to find out, they are WAYYYY better at being more awesome than their scaredy-cat mom. We found THAT little tidbit out while we were visiting the Salishan Resort Aerial Park. You can read all about our fun stay at the Salishan Resort OVER HERE, but the Salishan Resort Aerial Park was sooooo amazing, that it deserved a post of its own.…
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The Salishan Resort–Oregon Coast
I am a self-proclaimed OREGON COAST addict. I have been visiting since I was a little kid and LOVE sharing the magic of Oregon with my own kiddos. There’s just NOTHING like it!! After years of driving down the coast, we FINALLY had a chance to stay at the Salishan Resort, and CANNOT wait to go back. This was our first time staying at the Salishan Resort and Spa, but it seems like a great place to return to year after year. It was just such a fun family-friendly experience with EVERYTHING our kids could want ALL right on site. And it is located SMACK dab in between two of…
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San Juan Islands Whale Watching
On our recent trip to San Juan Island, there was ONE major to-do on my MUST SEE list…whales!! LUCKY for me, we were hosted by San Juan Safaris on a whale watching excursion and I got to cross one more item off of my bucket list…seeing a humpback whale. It was AMAZING!! Why San Juan Safaris? I have been on a few whale watching trips, and this one was BY FAR my favorite. We were hosted by San Juan Safaris and they were SPECTACULAR!! We had the MOST knowledgeable naturalists on the boat with us, which made ALL the difference to me. Our guide, Sarah, taught us all about sounthern…
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Roche Harbor Resort
Special thanks to Roche Harbor Resort for hosting our stay and to San Juan Safaris for hosting our amazing whale watching adventure. Mr. Orchard Slope and I took a quick trip up to the San Juan Islands a few weeks back, and it was HEAVEN!!! I cannot believe I have lived in Washington State for 40 years and have never experienced the upper left-hand corner. We called Roche Harbor Resort our home for the weekend and fell absolutely in love with the slow-paced island life of the sleepy resort town. I can honestly say that Roche Harbor is in my top 5 vacation locations EVER and I will FOR SURE…
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The Historic Davenport Hotel
The year 1914 was a big year in the United States. Baseball was forever changed as Babe Ruth began his record-breaking major league career, US politics was changed forever by the marriage of Joseph and Rose Kennedy, and the world was never to be the same as WWI loomed ahead and threatened to be the war to end ALL wars. But in Upper Left-hand Corner USA, Spokane, Washington was also moving up in the world with the opening of the opulent Davenport Hotel. In its heyday, The Davenport was a masterpiece of architecture, a benchmark of hospitality, and a front-runner for technology. And now over a century later, it is…
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Top 9 things to do on Oahu:
I have been to Oahu multiple times, and each time I have added a few new TOP spots to my list. There is just SOOOO much to do and see that I could probably make a list of 50 attractions I love about the island, but If I had to choose my very favorites…these are the ones!! To start off with a disclaimer…many of my favorites revolve around food. But when I am on vacation, I want to ONLY eat the things that I love, AND many of those favorites are right there on the tiny island of Oahu. And if you want to get technical with a second disclaimer…most…
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You don’t HAVE to have EVERYTHING to have it ALL!!!
Do you ever look at social media and think…IF I ONLY HAD WHAT THEY HAVE…or…IF I COULD ONLY AFFORD THAT…or…UGHH WHY DO I EVEN TRY?? We live in a fantastic time in history where we can see it ALL, do it ALL, and HAVE it ALL…but guess what??? We do not NEED it all!!! Let me ruin the ending for you. If you buy that “BLANK” that you saw your insta crush share this morning, it will NOT make you happier. If you eat the EXACT snack topped with protein powder and peanutbutter that your insta nutritionist chowed on yesterday, it will not give you abs. And if you have…
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Traveling with kids: vacation packing tips and tricks
SUMMER!!! I have a major love/hate relationship with Summer vacation. I LOVE it because my kids are home all day…and I HATE it because…my kids are home ALL DAY!! It is fun and busy and crazy and messy and unscheduled and JUST TOO DARN SHORT!! But my favorite part… the travel. My goal for the Summer is to create as many memories as I possibly can in those 10 weeks, so that when the dark days of January roll back around, we can have NEXT SUMMER to look forward to. Since we have spent all sorts of days on the road already this Summer between camping and short over night…
