My bucket list of travel destinations is largely nature-inspired. Some of our favorite trips have included visiting U.S. national parks, backpacking to Havasupai Falls, witnessing the magic of synchronous fireflies in Smoky Mountain National Park and roadtripping around Iceland. For as long as I can remember, I’ve dreamt of seeing the aurora borealis, aka “Northern […]
In early September, I took my tween boys on a quick mother-sons trip to the Bay Area. Jason sat out this trip, as he was covering call for the weekend for general surgery. The last time we visited San Francisco was in 2019 ! I wasn’t sure what to expect, and imagined there had been […]
If you are looking for a bucket list luxury guest ranch vacation, look no further. For four nights last March 2022, we went on a multigenerational trip to Vista Verde Ranch (VVR) – an all-inclusive Colorado luxury dude ranch in the Rocky Mountains, just north of Steamboat Springs. Everyone (ages 7 through 74 at the time) said this was one of our most unique and best vacations ever!
My husband Jason is Canadian – he doesn’t mind the cold, loves the mountains (although he grew up in the prairie), and loves skiing. I’m a Bostonian who dreaded winters growing up, loves beaches and warm weather… hence our move to Southern California, where we now live. Since Jason is so accommodating with all the […]
We recently went on a family ski trip to Park City, and I’ll be sharing more details and planning tips on that soon. While we were in Utah, since my parents don’t ski anymore, I wanted to take the family somewhere we could all enjoy = Ice Castles. We had visited the Ice Castles […]