Tag: travel
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Uncle Robert’s Awa Bar and Market-Hawaii
I jump up from the picnic bench as the first notes float in the air. I love this song, I whisper. The dance floor floods with people. They love this song too. Seniors, middle-agers, young adults, and kids sway-dance together to the chorus, “Don’t worry, about a thing, ‘Cause every little thing gonna be alright.”…
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Sleeping on a Lava Field-Open Gate Hostel-Hawaii
The paved road gives way to dirt and rocks. There are no street lights. The shapes of houses reveal themselves in our headlights. We ride toward a building in the distance that is brighter and larger than the others. The assumption is that the building is our destination. A sign with an arrow tells us…
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Visiting Nickelodeon Universe in The Mall of America
The memories flood my brain as we enter the Mall of America, in Minnesota. The mall days. Picking out the perfect outfit. Meeting up with friends. The excitement of what could be. Who would you see? Maybe your crush. Maybe they might even say hi to you!!! What will you spend your babysitting money on?…
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Seminole Rest National Historic Site-Florida
National Park designations can be confusing. There are 16 different designations and as we learn upon arriving at Seminole Rest, there are sites within sites. As we acquire our Canaveral National Seashore, Eldora, stamp, the Park Ranger asks if we stamped our book at Seminole Rest. Though I thoroughly researched the seashore, this additional park…
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Visiting Canaveral National Seashore-Florida
Large branches, adorned in bright green foliage, stretch across the trail, in Canaveral National Seashore. The trees look as if they desire to create a work of art. Our attention is focused on the beauty of the silent, still, trail. Then we hear the sound. Grunt-grunt-snort. Grunt-grunt-snort. We make eye contact, turn around, and power-walk…
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Dutch Winter Wonderland-Lancaster-Pennsylvania
Childhood nostalgia. You hear a familiar commercial jingle, the opening song of a beloved cartoon, or catch a whiff of the faint vanilla-powdery smell of a Cabbage Patch Kid’s head. Immediately, memories flood your soul. Also cemented into the youthful part of you that still exists, are places. One of these places for me, is…
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The Turkey Hill Experience-Pennsylvania
The Turkey Hill Experience, just outside of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, is a bucket list worthy pursuit for ice cream enthusiasts. Turkey Hill was the ice cream brand of my childhood. I can still picture the tub (usually Tin Roof Sundae flavor), sitting on the freezer shelf. The building’s exterior, is unassuming. You know you are here,…
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Visiting Koziar’s Christmas Village-Pennsylvania
I read the posts every November. “Best holiday attractions in Philadelphia.” I endeavor to visit at least one new attraction each year, but the list of have-not-done-yets continues to shrink. I start to search further afield and venture to Koziar’s Christmas Village. Located in Bernville, Pennsylvania, about an hour and a half from Philadelphia, Koziar’s…
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Non-Park Activities at Disney World
Some of my favorite Orlando memories are days spent engaging in Non-Park Activities at Disney World. Though having a hotel pool day, is one of the most popular Non-Park activities, with a wonderland as vast as the Disney Orlando Resort, there is a plethora of entertainment to experience, without a park ticket. Take a Carriage…