Top 7 Travel Lodging Options for Family Vacation!

Top 7 Travel Lodging Options for Family Vacation!

Are you headed out on vacation this year?  Hopefully you’ve budgeted your money and are prepared for the costs associated with vacationing!  Vacations are big money, depending on where you go and what you do.  According to the blog Stuffed Suitcase, the average cost of a week-long vacation for a family of four is about…

10 Unique Travel Gifts ~ Ideas for the Traveler in Your Life

10 Unique Travel Gifts ~ Ideas for the Traveler in Your Life

Do you have a traveler in your life?  Or maybe, you and your family are the ones with wanderlust tendencies!  Either way, here’s some great, practical and unique travel gifts for anyone who enjoys roaming around!  With a range of price options ~ there’s something for everyone! $10 and Under Gifts Luggage Scale Luggage Scale This…

Best of the Adult New Books for November

Best of the Adult New Books for November

Every month publishers release hundreds of new books.  November is certainly no exception!  And, the November books are pretty exciting!  There are some great books coming out this month!  Check them out and see if there’s anything you are looking forward to reading!   November Books –  Adult Fiction The Wrong Side of Goodbye The Wrong Side…

A Day Trip to The Amana Colonies Iowa
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A Day Trip to The Amana Colonies Iowa

I highly recommend a day trip to the Amana Colonies Iowa if you happen to be in Iowa, well Eastern Iowa anyway!  You will love this little slice of Germany right in the middle of the Iowa cornfields! Gemuetlichkeit is defined as “a state of warmth and friendliness.”  And, this is how the Amana Colonies describe who and…

Backpack Travel ~ Travel Light and Easy with a Backpack!

Backpack Travel ~ Travel Light and Easy with a Backpack!

When you go on vacation, how many bags or suitcases do you typically take?  Do you think you could travel light?  Could you carry only one backpack??  Believe it or not, backpack travel is traveling easier!  And,  if you travel light you travel easier! A couple of years ago my family and I were readying for…