Summer – are you already over?  Ever since I can remember, fall has been my favorite season.  But after summer 2021, I am starting to reconsider. In early June, I met my dear friend Danielle from D.C. in her hometown of Phoenix.  It was HOTTTTT.  Enjoyed seeing her childhood home, high school, church and college (ASU), visiting with her parents…

Planning international travel in the time of COVID has its risks, but after foregoing a big trip in 2020, I was longing for my next adventure. I had hoped that things would have normalized enough by the beginning of 2021 that I would have no problem traveling to a country that had (1) either no testing or 4+ day advance…

A few years back I started a travel blog…and I promptly forgot about it. Using social media to post travel pics and updates was just SO much faster/easier. However, it’s a new year and I have walked away from Big Social, so this website will now be my outlet for sharing pics and tidbits from my journeys both afar and…