If you leave your home running smoothly and take care of a few things before you leave you can avoid the “did I shut the garage door” and the 30 other things that sneak into your head driving your stress level up. The first thing you should do is sit down and make a […]
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Make Room For Your Mental Health On Your Next Road Trip
When you think of hitting the road it brings excitement, happy thoughts, and an idea of how the trip should go, but one thing we don’t often think about is taking care of our mental health when we’re traveling for long periods of time. I’ve suffered from depression since I was a 15-year-old grieving […]
101 Travel Tips You Need To Know Before You Head Out On Your Next Road Trip
In 1996, my husband and I took our first road trip. We piled our two kids in the car and headed to Florida. No plans we didn’t even pack. We bought clothes on the way. It was one of the best vacations we had ever had but of course, back then we were rookies. […]
How To Plan A Massive Road Trip On A Budget Pt. 1
Almost every vacation I’ve ever been on has been a road trip. My husband and I love to pack up the car and take off, often without a destination in mind. We’ve seen a lot of cool things just running into them along the way. But a real road trip, one that covers many […]
Banff National Park’s Most Popular Ghost Stories
The story of the Ghost Bride dates back to the late 1920s. The story goes that on the young couple’s wedding day, the bride, decked out in her wedding gown, descended one of the hotel’s marble staircases. Something startled her, causing her to slip and fall. Some say she caught her heel in the hem […]
Banff National Park’s Little Known Facts
Banff National Park’s biggest lake is actually man-made and was damned up to bring water closer to Banff town. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, Minnewanka Landing was a small mining town and operation on the banks of a nearby river and was purposely dammed in the mid 20th century to bring more […]
What NOT To Do When You Visit Glacier National Park
Traveling as much as I do I have witnessed a lot of stupid people doing some pretty stupid things in our National Parks. I thought it would be interesting to point out some of the “stupid-ness”. These people weren’t stupid, but being prepared for anything is necessary at any of our national parks. Always pay […]