Exploring Utah’s Seven Mile Trail by Jeep

Utah's Seven Mile Trail By Jeep

Exploring Utah’s Seven Mile Trail by Jeep

Utah’s rugged terrain offers a playground for exploration and outdoor fun. For those seeking an adrenaline-fueled journey through breathtaking landscapes and challenging terrain, a Jeep ride along Utah’s Seven Mile Trail promises an unforgettable adventure.

Utah's Seven Mile Trail By Jeep

The Trailhead: Gateway to Adventure

Driving a Jeep in Utah's desert

Located among the gorgeous red rock formations of Utah, the Seven Mile Trail serves as the gateway to an off-road adventure like no other. Whether you’re a seasoned off-road enthusiast or a novice seeking thrills, the Seven Mile Trail welcomes all who dare to traverse its rugged path.

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50 New Year’s Travel Resolutions

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New Year’s Travel Resolutions

Resolutions are often hard to keep, but travel resolutions help me brainstorm ideas for ways to create family memories. Push yourself to have new adventures, remember old memories, and daydream about future trips. You can also use these to create Travel Bucket lists. Take a peek at mine. Here are some ideas for 50 New Year’s Travel Resolutions.

Whatever you decide to do this year, I hope you have a wonderful year making lifelong memories! Cheers!

Take a solo trip, whether it’s for an overnight or a week.

Do a weekend girls trip/ guys weekend.

Try something that brings you out of your comfort zone.

Stay in a hotel close to home.

Recreate a cocktail from a great night out.

Go on a food tour/ pub crawl/ brew bus.

Head to a winery to sample new wine.

Visiting vineyards in Napa

Sample an exotic new food.

Go camping…or glamping!

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2022 Christmas Gift Guide

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2022 Christmas Gift Guide

Looking for a unique gift for everyone on your list? Here are some amazing companies that offer great products! Show them you truly know them by giving them a gift that compliments their personality. Check out our 2022 Christmas Gift Guide:

Clever Fox

Clever Fox journals

WHY YOU WILL LOVE THEM

I don’t know about you, but I can’t get through my day without my planner.  I use it to make lists, plan projects, and strategize everything I need to get done. Organization is my way to prevent stress and make plans for my future. It is a wonderful way to track your goals and help you increase your performance.

I love the high quality of all their products.  There is so much thought that went into all the details of the books. The covers are beautiful and look wonderful on my desk.

WHAT PRODUCTS DID WE GET?

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Summer 2021 Bucket List

Summer 2021 Bucket List

 

Happy first day of summer!!!

Summers are short and sweet in New England so we always make the most of them. We try to spend our days outside and make every moment count.  A Summer Bucket List helps keep us on track and creating one lets us daydream of days to come.  Last summer was a crazy one, but it did let us fill our days with family time.  Here is our list for 2021!!

Go to a drive-in movie

Sunset dinners at the sandbar

Watch all of the X-Men movies 

Go to Lake Fest, a summer concert on the water

Make our own gelato with fresh fruit

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20 US Trips I Want to Take

An important lesson COVID-19 has taught me is to not take travel for granted.  When I start getting that travel itch, it helps to think of all the amazing places we can go someday and all the adventures we can do together.  Creating a list of travel dreams can help you see that one day we will grab our passports, pack our bags, and head out to make some memories. 

Here are 20 USA trips I can’t wait to take…

Listen to country music in Nashville

Go on a morning hike to Havasu Falls, Arizona

Do a wellness retreat in Arizona

Swim with manatees in Crystal River

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What’s On Your Travel Bucket List?

“We grow great by dreams. Some of us let these great dreams die, but others nourish and protect them; nurse them through bad days until they bring them to the sunshine and light, which comes always to those who sincerely hope that their dreams will come true.”
– W. Wilson

Many of us are taking a pause from traveling, but that isn’t going to stop us from daydreaming.  Now is the perfect time to create your Travel Bucket List so you can do a little daydreaming about your next adventure.  After all…#wewilltravelagain!

Why did I start my list?

When I was in college I had an English professor that was the stereotypical hippy, turtleneck wearing, book loving, ‘Let’s have class outside’ kind of professor. I absolutely LOVED him! (Ok…it helped that he was also really cute!) He had a philosophy that everyone should have a Bucket List. However, he called it a Life List because it should be about your life, not your death. He suggested always having 100 items on your list at all time. When you accomplish one, you need to replace it with another.  As the years went on, a new list was created…my Travel Bucket List.

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The Top 20 Places I’ve Traveled to

The start of a new year is always a good time for reflection and I can’t help looking back at the amazing memories we’ve made together as a family throughout the years.  I get lots of emails asking for recommendations of where people should vacation, so I thought since it’s 2020 I would share my top 20 places I’ve traveled to.  I’ve also included some of the things we did while we were there.  I’ve LOVED all these places (they’re in no particular order) and they would all make perfect destinations for family travel. For a full itinerary, take a peek at ITINERARIES in my main menu.

 Wishing you a year of happiness, health, and adventure!

ICELAND (with kids)

Walked under a waterfall, rode Icelandic horses, hiked into the mountains to find a hidden hot spring, stood on top of icebergs, took a boat to see puffin, did the Golden Circle, went swimming in the Blue Lagoon.

IRELAND (with kids)

Kissed the Blarney Stone, flew hawks in the woods of a castle, saw the Cliffs of Moher, Rock of Cashel, Jerpoint Abbey, Kilkenny Castle, explored Malahide, went to a medieval banquet in a castle, drank Guinness in Dublin.

SANTORINI, GREECE (with kids)

Saw the best sunset of our lives, went swimming in the hot springs, Red Rock Beach, Kamari Beach, swam in Amoudi Bay, snorkeled off of White Beach, explored the gorgeous maze of streets.

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What Summer Means to Our Family

HAPPY FIRST DAY OF SUMMER!!! We are so excited to relax by the lake until Labor Day…except there will be a tent involved this year…but more of that to come. 

 

 For our family, summer means…

 

After-dinner boat rides wearing PJ’s

Tomato salad and fresh grilled corn on the cob

Reading books on the hammock

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20 Adventures for My Kids’ Travel Bucket List:  

My kids have the travel bug…BAD…and there is no cure once you get it! They love talking about places they want to visit and experiences they want to add to their Travel Bucket List.  They love watching shows like The Amazing Race because they’re able to see new places to add to their list.  There are so many places to go and things to do!

 

Here are 20 adventures I would add to their Travel Bucket List:  

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End-of-Summer Bucket List

And just like that…summer is almost over.  School starts next week and then homework, sports, and after-school activities take the lead.  No more lazy afternoons where the hardest decision is which float to lounge on before the sun sets.  My girls went away to sleep away camp for the first time so I feel like I was robbed of two weeks of play.  Now we are in the final stretch of summer and it’s time to fit in as much fun as we possibly can.  Here is our end-of-summer bucket list…

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