I’m an extrovert. Ricky is an introvert. When we are in any social situation – he is FULLY content to sit off to the side and watch. He can sit there for 3 hours and not say one word. It KILLS me because I’m so opposite – it really is just that I don’t get …
My husband lived in Tucson for a bit so he knew all the fun little spots to get to for an afternoon adventure. The Peppersauce Cave was one of those cool spots! Location It’s up on Mt. Lemon and past the Ziplining place but it’s quite a bit further up a narrow dirt road that …
The main reason for our trip to Arizona was to be part of Joe and Libby’s wedding day. Ricky and Joe and have been friends for a long time and Libby and I became friends the week of my wedding – when her and Joe came to celebrate our big day. I can comfortably say …
Do you ever think of yourself as an adrenalin monkey? I don’t necessarily but I’ve never been afraid of heights really or stuff like this – so when Libby said she wanted to go zip-lining for her bachelorette party I was like YAHHOOOOO. THAT is my kind of bachelorette party. Libby’s sisters and bridesmaids joined …
We made it to another National Park! I’m sure instagram has a lot to do with this, but I seriously never realized how many amazing places there were in the USA. Stupid I know! So when we went to Tucson and I realized they had a National Park amongst them we HAD to go. Ricky’s …
Awww Sedonaaaaaa. If you read the travel tips, you know we flew into Phoenix first, if not, now you do. We rented our car Sunday morning and drove up to Sedona. It’s a 2 hour drive which is easy peasy. We really only had one day in Sedona so we drove and hiked to see …
Going in the Off Season We went in April so technically the park wasn’t open yet. I called because I remember seeing signs about the road being closed because of snow so when I called I wanted to make sure we didn’t waste a drive and couldn’t get there. They said we are more than …
Itinerary Day 1: Flew into Reno, Drove to Tahoe (stayed the night) Day 2: Squaw Valley, Drove to Marysville (stayed in Marysville) Day 3: Drove to San Francisco for the Day (stayed in Marysville) Day 4: Drove through Sacramento on our way to Yosemite (stayed in Fresno) Day 5: Drove to Sequoia National Forest, Trail …
Drive In OUR LAST LONG DRIVE! It was a 4.5 hour drive from Bakersfield to Vegas and I was sooo excited to be done driving and have a few days to just sit around. The drive was straight desert but it was my first time in the desert or anything like that. I’d never been …
Day 4 We stayed in Marysville the previous night so we had about a 4 hour drive to Yosemite. We stopped in Sacramento along the way because Dee wanted me to buy her some Philz Coffee. It’s a company that’s only in CA and some fighter she follows is always talking about their mojito coffee …