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Travel recaps

Trip 24: It’s all in the perspective

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Funny how perspective changes when you look at something from a different angle… Maybe that color on the wall hits differently… or the solution to a problem seems obvious. I…

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Trip 23: Chasing Waterfalls

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Forget what the song says. North Carolina is the perfect place to chase waterfalls. Sorry, TLC. Until I started planning a 3-night road trip with my teenage daughter, I had…

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Trip 22: A private island getaway

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My parents are stuck in time. I don’t mean my mom dresses like it’s the 1970’s or my dad wears 80’s neon. I mean my image of them is stuck…

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Trip 21: The end and the beginning

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So, I didn’t make it to 50 places I’ve never been the year I turned 50. I managed to finish 21 trips before I turned 51. I know, I know,…

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Trip 20: Mackinac Island and all the feels

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“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” The path I’ve already walked is is what it is. Right…

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Trip 19: My Mom Rocks

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My mom rocks. Ok, actually both my parents do. ( Heck, I named my daughter after my Dad!) But for this blog, I’m talking about my mom. I’m 50 years…

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Trip 18: Music and Memories in Athens, GA

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My youngest sister sends me a link to a song at least once a week. Most of them speak to her state of mind or something our family is experiencing.…

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Trip 17: A reunion in Cape Cod

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The older I get the smaller my circle of friends becomes. At a certain point in life, you stop meeting as many people.. You no longer make time for the…

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Trip 15: Mayberry to Merlot, a Small Town to Love

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I grew up in a small town. Home for me is farmers on tractors and playing barefoot. It’s messy ponytails and cute boys in pickup trucks. It’s football games and…

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Trip 14: Mountain Majesty

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There is a reason the word “Great” is in the Great Smoky Mountains. They are truly beautiful and majestic… whether you are seeing them from a summit or overlook, or…

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