August 19, 2011
Photo Friday: Meteor Crater, Arizona
After our Hotel Monte Vista letdown, we hightailed it out of Flagstaff without so much as seeing the Grand Canyon. When the landscape started...
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February 16, 2021
Hey Girl Hey! The Best Girls’ Trips in the United States
Studies show that consumers are ready to pull the trigger on booking travel after a long year at home. And while I ask you to please wait...
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August 4, 2017
10 Years of Blogging: The Best Of + Lessons I’ve Learned
In 2007, I had no idea blogging would become a large part of my career. I was happily tapping away at guidebook work, writing copious...
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July 4, 2017
Beyond Zion: Visit These Awesome Parks in St. George, Utah
For America’s birthday, it only seems right to give a proper tribute to her almighty land. And though there are a dozen national...
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June 20, 2017
Want the Best View in Zion National Park? Try Observation Point
The days when everything starts out wrong almost always wind up being the best, at least in my experience. Such was the case on my recent trip...
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November 28, 2016
City Dog Goes to Macon: A Pet-Friendly Getaway to Georgia
Ella here, reporting for duty. It’s been a few months since I last checked in, but that’s because Mom and Dad have left me behind...
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October 5, 2016
Bulgaria’s Wonders: The Belogradchik Rocks
From Serbia, we had two days of stops in Bulgaria. What I loved about cruising with AmaWaterways is that the company offers free shore...
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August 25, 2016
Everything You Need to Visit Zion National Park
The United States has 59 state parks, and I bet most of us—yours truly, included—don’t take enough advantage of that. Over the past...
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June 17, 2016
Sand Hollow: The Red-Tinged Wilderness of Southern Utah
It had been 14 years since my last trip to Zion National Park. At the time, I was 19 and a camp counselor in Arizona; at the end of the...
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December 3, 2014
Books a Million: My Reading List, Part XI
It’s been awhile since I’ve had a chance to do a book report post, mainly because being back in an office job means my reading...
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