I’m spending Valentine’s Day this year at my grandparent’s farm in eastern Montana. Though I miss my honey who’s back working and going to school in San Diego, I can’t think of a better place to celebrate the day of love than at my grandparent’s home (if you believe that Valentine’s Day is about love [...]
Family Travel
My sister, Coley, is visiting me right now. Woo-hoo for sisters! She’s going to Cambodia once she leaves here for a month. Boo-hoo for not bringing me with her (she’s going for work). She’s been here multiple times before, but I’ve never taken her to my favorite area of California – Santa Ynez wine country. [...]
Shuffle, shuffle, shuffle. I glance over at my sister, Angela, and she meets my eye and giggles. The Tuscan sun is starting to fade in the sky and we’re dragging our feet in exaggerated slowness as we walk along a tree-lined sidewalk framing the legendary spas of Montecatini, Italy. “I can’t walk any slower,” Angela [...]
I'm a travel marketer and travel writer. My husband, Tom, is getting his MBA and never stops studying. We have two cats. We have a mortgage. We have a passion for traveling. We have limited vacation time and funds.
Our friends and family wonder how we travel so much.
Here's how I balance it all and maximize travel time and getting the most out of a destination when time is short.
Leaving Montana: Why I’ll Always Want to Go Back
by Gina on June 24, 2012 · 7 comments
Missing Montana Always Makes it Harder Leaving Montana I have a confession: I’d love to move to Montana. Yes, me, who loves the San Diego weather and the ocean and feels claustrophobic about the idea of moving back to the Midwest. Montana may be landlocked, but there is nothing claustrophobic about it. So when I [...]