Recently I was blessed with tickets to Harpo Studios in Chicago, IL to see a taping of Oprah’s Lifeclass with Iyanla Vanzant. What an exciting experience! Definitely something that not a lot of people get to do. Honestly, I could attend every taping and never get tired of it. I am a huge fan of […]
Wild West Road Trip: South Dakota Scenes
After our rest stop in Sioux Falls Park, we headed west toward the Badlands. These are a few of the things we saw along the way. Saw this at an official highway rest area. Not sure if it has a use, other than looking interesting and representing the state…but I liked it! Not a tree in […]
Wild West Road Trip: Sioux Falls Park, South Dakota
You know that feeling you get when you spend hours upon hours in a car and you finally see the rest area sign? Sometimes you want nothing more than to just get out of the car and walk around for a few minutes. Even though rest areas are nice, we found the best place to […]
Wild West Road Trip: Herbert Hoover Presidential Library in Iowa
And we’re off! Our first family road trip together. We have driven all day before to get to family, but never day after day after day for a family vacation because we usually fly to our destination. We started off our day at the German American Heritage Center, which is located in Davonport, Iowa. You know […]
Snoqualmie Falls Park, Washington
Anyone remember the popular 90’s show Twin Peaks? If so, you might recognize this… We made a quick stop here as we headed off to visit some local wineries. Snoqualmie Falls Park is located 30 miles outside Seattle, Washington. An easy drive on I-90. I am a sucker for waterfalls! Never pass up seeing one. Snoqualmie […]
Seattle Space Needle
Seattle was our starting and stopping point for our Alaskan cruise. We only had a limited amount of time there so we headed straight for the icon that Seattle is known for…the Space Needle. We decided to kill two birds with one stone, so we had dinner at Sky City restaurant while we took in […]