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Hi friends, welcome back! Today I’m continuing my out west series and taking you on a hike up the photogenic Watchman Trail. If you missed my prior posts, you can check out Valley of Fire here, and Angels Landing here. We started this hike from the Zion National Park south entrance visitor center parking lot…
Hi friends, welcome back! I’ve got part two of new series about my trip out west with my mom and sisters. I first shared about our time in Valley of Fire State Park, and today I’m taking you up to Angels Landing in Zion National Park. This hike is a bucket list hike and incredibly…
Continue reading ➞ Attempting Angels Landing – Zion National Park
Hi friends, welcome back! I’m changing it up from my spring adventures in NYC and beginning a new series about my hiking trip out west. This trip came to fruition because my mom wanted to celebrate her 60th birthday hiking out west with my sisters and I. Her birthday was in February, but there aren’t…
Hi friends, welcome back! I have a colorful tulip extravaganza post for you today. Jon and I recently visited Holland Ridge Farms in Cream Ridge, NJ about an hour and a half drive from NYC. This is largest U-Pick farm in the US and it spans 300 acres with over eight million tulips in the…
Hi friends, welcome back to part three of our Philly adventures! In case you missed the first two parts, you can read part one here and part two here. After stopping at the Rocky Statue, Jon and I walked to one of my favorite parts of the trip, the Eastern State Penitentiary. This National Historic…
Continue reading ➞ A Long Weekend in Philly – Eastern State Penitentiary & Pizza
Hi friends, welcome back to part two of our Philly adventures! In case you missed part one, you can check it out here. Part two picks up after our walking tour and inside Independence Hall. To see inside Independence Hall, you need tickets for a National Park Service guided tour. The tickets cost a $1…
Continue reading ➞ A Long Weekend in Philly – Independence Hall, Liberty Bell, and Rocky
Hi friends, welcome back! Every year, Jon and I go on a fall getaway, and this year we decided to spend a long weekend (October 8th - 11th) in Philadelphia. We chose Philadelphia because it’s less than a two-hour drive from NYC, we love learning about history, checking out museums, and surprisingly neither of us…
Continue reading ➞ A Long Weekend in Philly – Historic Walking Tour
Hi friends, welcome back! Two months ago I headed to Scottsdale, Arizona to attend my best friend Beth’s bachelorette party. I had never been to Arizona before so I was excited that the agenda included a hike. As you can imagine, we were all nervous about the heat waves out west this summer, so we…
Hi friends, welcome back to the last post of the honeymoon series (*insert my sad face*)! I hope you've enjoyed the series as much as I have! It’s crazy that our honeymoon was over two months ago, it feels like yesterday and forever ago at the same time. Anyways, after Jon and I finished our hike…
Continue reading ➞ Honeymoon Finale – El Capitan & The Golden Gate Bridge
Hi friends, welcome back! Today I’m sharing part three of Yosemite National Park and our absolute favorite hike of the honeymoon! Jon and I read tons of reviews of the Vernal and Nevada Falls via the Mist Trail on the All Trails App, so we knew this hike would be challenging with tons of stairs,…
Continue reading ➞ Honeymooning in Yosemite – Vernal and Nevada Falls Hike