Yellowstone Vacation, part 3: Lodges, and Geysers, and Bears, oh my!
Picking up where I left off on my last blog, we began the Yellowstone National Park portion of our recent trip having driven through the South Entrance from Grand Teton National Park, after having spent several days in the Jackson Hole area. Since we were staying way up in the Northwest quadrant of the park […]
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Yellowstone Vacation, part 2: Jackson, WY and Grand Teton National Park
After driving up from Salt Lake City, as I described in my last blog, it was time to explore the lovely little town of Jackson, Wyoming and its next-door neighbor: Grand Teton National Park. We decided to stay at a bed & breakfast for this part of our stay, and what a great decision that […]
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Trip Review: Grand Teton & Yellowstone National Parks, part 1- getting to Wyoming
Just yesterday, we returned from this year’s “big” vacation, an 8-day trip to Grand Teton National Park and Yellowstone National Park. A vacation so out-of-the-norm for me, that I knew I needed to get started on the blog recaps right away, so that I wouldn’t forget a thing. 🙂 I’ll be splitting this review into […]
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Five Tips for Surviving a Business Conference in Las Vegas
Once again, I find myself in Las Vegas, Sin City itself…but for work. And I’m not sinning at all really but rather getting up at the crack of dawn to attend a seemingly neverending stream of keynotes and breakout sessions, marinated in a flowing stream of free alcohol and swag items. (Soooooo many fidget spinners […]
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Trip Review: Weekend Getaway to San Juan Capistrano, California
Love is in the air, apparently, as we have back-to-back weddings to attend over the next two weeks, as well as celebrating our own 5th wedding anniversary this weekend. The first wedding took us to the always beautiful San Juan Capistrano, California, for a weekend getaway on the Pacific Coast. San Juan Capistrano is about […]
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Three tips that saved me $150 off our most recent car rental
Because we’re so active in the points and miles game, it’s rare these days for us to pay out of pocket for our flights or hotels when we travel. However, this also means one of our biggest travel expenses is for car rental and ground transportation. And while I haven’t yet found a way to […]
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Trip Review: San Diego & Palm Springs Getaway
Last month, we set off on our first “real” vacation of 2018, joining some friends for a weekend in La Quinta, California, just outside of Palm Springs. Getting away from winter weather sounded like a fantastic idea, but we faced one big challenge: how to get there. As loyal readers know, we LOVE our Southwest […]
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Trip Review: the Wyndham San Antonio Riverwalk & San Antonio Cocktail Conference 2018
Every January, we make our yearly pilgrimage down the road to San Antonio to check out the fun & frivolity of the San Antonio Cocktail Conference. This year was no different, except that we ventured outside our normal Hyatt loyalty to check out a new hotel: the Wyndham San Antonio Riverwalk. The Wyndham San Antonio […]
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Planning a Summer Trip to Yellowstone: Lodging Basics
Wow! So it’s been over a month since I’ve last posted because life has just been totally crazy lately! And one of the things that’s been taking up a big bulk of my time recently has been planning our 2018 travel, including a planning a summer trip to Yellowstone, America’s very first National Park. As […]
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Trip Review: Three Day Weekend in New Orleans
Last weekend, we escaped the madness of the Austin City Limits festival in our hometown, and instead decided to take a delicious three day weekend in New Orleans. Having been to the Crescent City many times over the years, our goal this time was to try as many new and exciting restaurants and bars as […]
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