Turrets and Tours in Kingston

After incredible days in NYC, Montreal and Ottawa as part of my winter road trip, I set off for Kingston, Ontario. The sky was red and bright as I finally made my way out of Ottawa's rush hour traffic, onto the wide-open road, and toward the town where I would be spending the night and …

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Exploring Ottawa, Canada

During my winter roadtrip from New York City to Bellville, Ohio, I took the long way home and visited several cities that have long been on my list. After a wonderful time exploring Montreal, I headed west for Kingston and decided to stop in Ottawa along the way. I didn’t know anything about Ottawa except that …

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How to Spend 32 Hours in Montreal

Ever need a break from life and feel like the only way to achieve it is to go on a solo road trip for several days to a bunch of places you’ve never been? I reached that point and decided to spend a week driving from New York City to Bellville, Ohio via some cities …

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Things to Do in Tacoma, Washington

I’m embarrassed to say that despite living in the state of Washington for three years we have not made the hour-long drive south to explore Tacoma. When I saw Fleetwood Mac was going on tour and performing at the Tacoma Dome, I booked us amazing seats relatively near the stage for the concert and roundtrip …

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Weekend Getaway: Salt Lake City

When we invited ourselves to Utah to visit our friends, we didn’t have an itinerary in mind—we just wanted to see their new home and catch up on life. They were kind enough to not only offer us a place to stay, but to handle picking us up and dropping us off at the airport, …

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Weekend Getaway: Discovering Utah

Our good friends moved to West Haven, Utah, several months ago, and we’ve been missing them ever since. Ian and Brian went to college together and reconnected when we moved to Seattle—I fell in love with Ian’s then girlfriend/now wife Nicole, and we had a blast getting to know them and the Pacific Northwest. They …

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Things to Do Near Whitefish, Montana

We had an amazing long weekend in Montana, taking the overnight train to Whitefish from Everett, Washington. There are tons of things to do near Whitefish, including: Exploring Glacier National Park via Going to the Sun road Taking in the scenery along route 2 Hiking and admiring wildlife in Many Glacier Driving to Waterton, Alberta …

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