Tanah Lot – “Land in the Sea” The myth behind the beautiful temple is that a Hindu Traveler spent the night on this island in the sea. Some fisherman saw him and then built a shrine to worship the Balinese sea gods. It is also rumored to be protected by poisonous, but holy, sea snakes … [Read more…]
Here is a NEVER GIVE UP story for you: We rented a scooter the other day to zip around to a few places. When we got back, we went up to our room and started packing a few things up. It was about 10 minutes later that I realized that I left my phone in … [Read more…]
Leaving on a trip is always stressful. In fact, this round of gearing up to travel reached the 3 on the canker soar stress level. Why is it always a mad dash to the airport?? #wellneverchange We were packing some seriously fragile cargo. It was funny how “not normal” it was for China Eastern Air … [Read more…]
When we first landed in Bali, we honestly didn’t really know what to expect. We figured that we would do our best to bounce around to different places on the island to see what spot was our favorite. Our first place was Kuta/Legian – it’s a region on the west side of the island. Our AirBnB … [Read more…]
One might ask, “why did you go to Florida in the middle of the summer.” To that we have two words – Zika Virus. On our original loop, we had planned to visit the parks in Florida in January. It would have been perfect. Great temperatures, fewer mosquitos. But because Madison was pregnant with Theo … [Read more…]
When we first set off on our National Park trip, I was really proud of our efficient route. It looped the entire United States and connected all of our national parks. It was a beautiful piece of travel line art. (I have a problem when it comes to drawing lines on maps – I love … [Read more…]
On December 18th, 1888, Richard Wetherill and his brother-in-law Charlie Mason, were riding across the mesa top looking for stray cattle and they found a whole lot more! They discovered one of the most well preserved clusters of cliff dwellings in North America. We got the the park late morning and set off to see the … [Read more…]
In all honesty, we really didn’t know anything about Black Canyon. The only feature of the Black Canyon I had ever heard of was the “Painted Wall”. I had seen a few pictures of the epic cliff face, but never really dove into any other info about the area. We just kind of showed up … [Read more…]
My whole life – I have pronounced this type of cactus “SA-GUA-RO”. Turns out, the ‘G’ is silent! It blew my mind when I found that out. Luckily I found it out just before we made it to the park, so I didn’t look like a doofus in front of a ranger. Just goes to … [Read more…]
If you look closely you’ll see a “bean bump” — some of our friends have named my baby bump haha. We are getting more and more excited to introduce this beautiful earth to our little babe! We started to explore this park the way we always do, with a pit stop at the visitor’s center! … [Read more…]