How To Visit Chichen Itza, Mexico: With Karma Trails

Mexico has so much to offer, from beaches to jungles with a touch of adventure and history. We stayed really busy while we were there and chose everything we did after careful consideration. We have always wanted to experience the Seven Wonders of the World so we knew that Chichen Itza had to be at the top of our Mexico excursion list! There are many different ways to explore Chichen Itza but we chose a small group tour through Karma Trails based in Playa Del Carmen. This particular tour group specializes in group and customized tours; specializing in the history,

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Light Packing for the Over Packer: Tips for Saving on Luggage

If you’re anything like me then you want to bring your whole closet on a trip with you. How will I know my outfit mood everyday in advance? How will I know that our plans won’t change and I’ll need my strappy sandals instead of my comfy ones? How will I know a cold front won’t randomly come through and I’ll need my parka? All very reasonable questions that go through my mind when I’m packing. This all had to change once I started flying back and fourth to see Andrew, unless I wanted to spend $50 extra on a

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TRAVEL STOP: ST AUGUSTINE, FL, USA!

Florida is such a diverse state, there are so many different cities to see. Each city offers such a unique experience that it is impossible to come to visit one city in this state and assume you have experienced all of Florida or gotten a full taste of Floridian lifestyle. St. Augustine is one of those cities that is a “must see” if you’re visiting or vacationing, especially if you’re a history buff like I am. Every building, bridge, road, hotel, college, and even fort has its own story and fortunately for the tourists, the history of each monument is posted

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Favorite Stop: JB’s Fish Camp

If you ever find yourself in New Smyrna Beach, Florida then you have to make your way to JB’s Fish camp. You can eat amazing seafood + rent kayaks or paddle boards for the day! JB’s is one of our absolute favorite spots to head to when we are in New Smyrna Beach. So it only felt right to let everyone in on this hidden spot. It is so much more then just another beach side restaurant. It also offers water activity rentals; kayaks (single and double) and paddleboards. It’s also a great fishing spot and they offer bait for

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How to Get Rid of (the Dreaded) Writers Block

Writers block. Where creativity goes to die. I would say Andrew and I have been struggling with this for about two months now. A number of things can be going on to make this happen; stress, too much on your plate or maybe simply a lack of inspiration. I think it’s safe to say we have together been going through all three of those. I generally have constant flowing ideas and inspirations and dreams and my mind feels like it just gets stuck. AHHH. When one manages a blog though, writers block is not so good. So here are the

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Travel Stop: Cocoa Beach

Florida is full of amazing beach stops, when we are in town we try to hop around to different beaches in search of the best. Cocoa Beach was our beach choice of the week. It’s a pretty touristy beach but we of course had a great time. We started out the trip at Coconuts Bar and Grill. It’s a pretty famous little spot for beach goers. It has the perfect view of the ocean too. We started out with bacon wrapped scallops, which were fantastic. Then each had different wraps as a meal, I topped mine off with a strawberry

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Talk Derby to Me: Kentucky Derby Traditions

  Kentucky: known for horses and bourbon. And it is Derby time! “The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports.” The Kentucky Derby occurs in Louisville, KY at Church Hill Downs the first Saturday in May every year. It is dubbed “The Run for the Roses” because of the beautiful blanket of roses that are draped over the winner. It is the first leg of the American Triple Crown. The crowd ranges at over 150,000 in attendance, that’s a lot of people to watch two minutes! You can watch from a box or win big in bets! There is also a

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Where Are the Monkeys?! Ocala National Forest

Sometimes you just have to get in the car and drive without having any direction in mind. I’m a firm believer in spontaneity and luckily I’m dating someone who enjoys flying by the seat of her pants as well. While dating long distance, Megan and I, planned weekend adventures each time we visited one another. Well on this particular day we both wanted to go somewhere we had never been to in Florida. We only had a few hours, so we couldn’t go far… “Hey, I have an idea, let’s go hiking!” “Ok, so where are the closest hiking trails

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There’s Still Sand in My Ear: 5 Excuses to Not Live by the Beach

The beach is my happy place. I could explore it for hours; days even and never get tired of it. I used to think that if I lived on the beach that I would end up hating it. What a foolish thought. Andrew turned to me the other day and said “isn’t it so cool to live somewhere, where people vacation.” I mean literally in the middle of everyone else’s utopia is home. I hear a lot of negatives from people about the beach sometimes. It weirds me out. Here’s my favs: It’s too hot. No, the snow is too

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Do We Really Have Control?

I’m sure you’ve heard the saying “everything happens for a reason”. I have never put much thought into that quote until I realized that some things that happen are really out of our control. Negative things may even happen for a greater reason than can be foreseen at the present moment. As most of you know Megan’s lung collapsed two days before we were supposed to fly to Mexico. To say we were bummed about not going to Mexico would be an understatement. We both still had a week off from work so I flew to Kentucky to be with

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