Last Wednesday I packed the kids in a rental car and we embarked on this year’s Mother-Sons Adventure! Our before trip photo taken in the parking lot of the gas station. This is the 5th year I’ve traveled alone with children and I’ve learned that the only way to have fun is to act like […]

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Jen here! I have been wanting to go to Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., for YEARS.  Every March when my family starts planning our summer vacations, Dollywood is always my suggestion. Always. Unfortunately, my suggestion is always met with “the look.”  You know “the look” when your family thinks you just said something ridiculous but they are too kind to […]

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If I was any sort of good travel blogger I would probably break this down into multiple posts focusing on different parts of my trip to provide tips and share my experience. This way I would actually have something to share between my travels. Then again, if I was any kind of travel blogger at all I […]

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Hello, friends! It’s hard to write on the travel blog when I haven’t been anywhere except my couch in months.  It has been a rough traveling year but I’ve been re-energized with a quick trip to Delray Beach, Fla.! Pennsylvania’s been cold. We have had 3 feet of snow, sub-20-degree temps, and a lot of wind.  Not […]

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I’ve been in a bit of a travel rut. Money and time have been tight, which is why you haven’t seen me around these parts lately. Frankly, I was avoiding TheUnwordlyTravelers like the plague because I knew I just couldn’t make it the priority I wanted to. Then, today, I peeked through some old posts and […]

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This post is going to be a long one. You may want to grab a drink and put your feet up. Last year at this time I started planing an adventure in an area of the country I knew very little about. It was for our annual mother-son trip and the first where I would take […]

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Day 1 Arrive and take in the view. (This could be seen from our balcony!) Day 2 Relax. Day 3 Relax. Day 4 Relax. Day 5 Say goodbye to the awesomeness. More on our recent birthday(s) trip to Punta Cana soon! We have lots to share!

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Last weekend the US Women’s Golf Open was in Lancaster. Exactly one exit up the highway from where my house is. I have to admit, I don’t watch golf unless I want to take a nap. The monotone voices are better than Valium! You should try it. Anyway, even though I didn’t know any of the players or who […]

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We were in Denver last week to host the annual FitBloggin‘ conference, and after 5 days of being cooped up in a hotel we had a decision to make: Sleep or Sightsee? Jen: Last Sunday in Denver was beautiful! Sunny skies, great views of the mountains, but all I wanted to do was sleep. I was working […]

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This post is WAY overdo. I can come up with a million excuses why it’s so late but truth be told, I just had more important things to do than salivate over these memories from New Orleans again. Today, however, I was ready. It’s been well over a month since The Husband and I spent 4 […]

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A few weeks before we headed to New Orleans, I posted the Top 5 things I wanted to do while soliciting any travel advice from you. This is my photo driven update. French Quarter Festival and Jackson Square I purposely scheduled our travel to overlap the French Quarter Festival and it was totally worth it! The streets were lined […]

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YES! I’m not even going to beat around the bush. This isn’t link bait. I’m not going to change my mind by the end of the post. I loved — LOVED — traveling by train and honestly, I didn’t think I would, especially considering how I feel about cruises. Let me start at the beginning as […]

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The husband and I just got back from an escape. An escape from the cold. An escape from the teenager.   My 18-year-old stepson recently moved in with us. Fun! And it has been so cold here in PA that we decided to book a hotel in Jacksonville, Florida, and drive down on a whim just for some […]

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In three short weeks The Husband and I will be boarding an Amtrak train in Baltimore headed to New Orleans for our Anniversary. This is a first for us, and as I contemplate the 26-hour trip I realized I know nothing about train travel! So I did a little digging around the Amtrak site to […]

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Like Jen, I’m SO OVER WINTER. I know it’s a common feeling, especially this year as we’ve gotten pounded on storm after storm. Temperatures in the Northeast have been colder than normal. Just the other day we were pelted by another ice storm, which kept the kids home from school, again.

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It is officially halfway through winter and I am sick of it.  I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I am not a winter girl. It’s all about the summer for me! The only thing that saves me from my seasonal depression is Anthony Bourdain. You know, the guy on the Travel Channel that […]

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I owe this little gem to The Husband who was on a hunt for an app to help him organize his New Year’s resolutions. He downloaded a few and then decided on Trello. Infinitely flexible. Incredibly easy to use. Great mobile apps. It’s free. Trello keeps track of everything, from the big picture to the minute details. […]

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Sorry for the travel silence, not much has been happening on the travel front for me, but I’m hoping to remedy that soon! In a few months I will be embarking on the first trip of 2015: New Orleans! It’s my annual anniversary trip with The Husband and we’ve decided to sidestep his flying fears and take the train. And, well, for the […]

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If you’ve been on a plane in the past 20 years you’ve probably seen SkyMall. I can’t take a flight without paging  through the catalog. Its products range from ingeniously practical to utterly ridiculous, making it fun to “window” shop 30,ooo feet up. On my way to Vegas I noted a few items I think […]

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I’m fascinated by my husband’s fear of flying. In all other areas of his life he’s calm, laid back and logical. A little socially awkward and shy but very down to earth and grounded.  He’s funny, too, really funny — it’s one the of the reasons I fell in love with him. Not that that […]

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