One thing I look forward to on vacation is having more time to read, especially when I make an effort to unplug, like I did over our last vacation. I prefer novels, and find myself drawn to stories with a mystery, so I selected Bradstreet Gate by Robin Kirman as a selection to review for Blogging For Books.
Just because I wasn’t getting up early to squeeze in a run didn’t mean I was going to sleep in on our vacation. I even set an alarm to make sure I would catch the Grand Canyon sunrise. My husband thought I was crazy, but he was a good sport and joined me outside at o’dark-thirty every morning.
A trip to the Grand Canyon was on my husband’s bucket list, and for once I let him take the initiative and do all the planning. When he couldn’t get reservations at Canyon Ranch (the lodging at the bottom of the canyon), he set his sights on hiking from the South Rim to the Colorado River.
Although signs and park rangers tried to discourage us from doing it as a day hike in mid-August, we walked the line between badass and dumbass and made out to the river–and back. Continue reading
I’m barely back from vacation and while you’d probably rather see my pictures of the Grand Canyon (stay tuned!) I couldn’t resist the opportunity to get some things off my chest with the That Time of the Month link up sponsored by Wendy and Holly.
Not surprisingly, the things that have me ticked today off are travel-related. Continue reading
Between business travel and vacations I’ve stayed at a variety of hotels, from the very fancy to the very basic. No matter what the price tag, I find it’s the little things that can make or break my experience. Here are five things I think every hotel should have.
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