The Race to 50 States: Logging My Lifetime Journey Across America

One of my long-term travel goals is to visit all 50 of these here United States of America, and I've been making steady progress over the last decade or so, twice visiting six new states in a single year (2011 and 2015). Despite the pandemic slowing things down for a couple years, things have picked back up and I continue to inch closer toward realizing this monumental task. Follow along, won’t you?

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This Travel Agency Will Plan a Mystery Vacation for You

Though I love traveling as much as the next person, there is always one aspect of it that can cause headaches: the planning, the logistics. You have to figure out where you're going, first of all, and then where you'll stay and what you'll do and how you'll budget your money and all the rest.

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Traverse City & Old Mission Peninsula: An Afternoon

My youngest sibling and I ventured up to the Traverse City area yesterday, spending a few hours in the Cherry Capital of (Michigan? The U.S.? The World?! (but probably just Michigan!?!)).

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15 Songs From the '70s That Define Wanderlust

Whilst brainstorming post ideas, I realized I hadn't yet conjured up a travel/road trip playlist on the blog and that seemed to be something that needed remedying. The first few songs that came to mind happened to be hits from the 1970s, so I decided to run with that all the way.

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