In 2015 my oldest son and I went on our first “Mission Trip”. I was hesitant and was convinced that this wasn’t my thing. The trip was to Guatemala to help do some work at an orphanage outside of a small town. I really had no idea what I was getting into or what to …
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Ahhhh, yes. Meheeko!!! We had decided years ago that we were done traveling to Mexico. It’s not a bad thing, it’s just that we had been to Cabo, Cancun, Cozumel and Playa del Carmen. Our personal rule of travel is, “We don’t repeat places we’ve been until we’ve been everywhere we wanna go”. However…when you …
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Well, here we are. Post vacation and just letting the past week marinade a bit before jumping headfirst back into life. We just spent a week at Reethi Faru Resort in Raa Atol Maldives. Bottom line, it was pretty killer. Good food, great scenery, awesome mommy/daddy time together. But lets dive in a little deeper …
How'd you like that pic up top?! Ha! Had to find something funny. Hey...it's Monday!! Anyway, I received this email from a good friend of mine who has had much success over the past 12 years I've known him. We all have seen the expansion of travel websites all over the interwebs. For me, personally, …
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On 24May2018 we embarked on a new adventure for our family. We loaded up into our RV, named Eileen because my wife and I love “Come On Eileen”, and headed south for the weekend. The RV was purchased about a month ago. We had bought a “Pop Up” camper last year for a trip with …
My wife and I like to travel. I mean, like outside the U.S. travel. The U.S. is awesome but there’s a lot to see on this rock and we want to see it all. Except Southeast Asia. She could care less. I on the other hand, loved Japan. Anyway, enjoying travel and being very frugal don’t go hand-in-hand. That’s where me lady comes into the picture. She’s a bargain shopper, even when it comes to travel. We are actually going to Maui, for the second time, this fall and are only paying less than $800 for both of us to stay for 6 days at an all-inclusive. That’s good.
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