A Day Trip to Dooley Groves

A Day Trip to Dooley Groves

Each year in January we try to make time to visit Dooley Groves to pick Honeybell oranges. January is usually cool and sunny in Florida and being outside in the middle or orange groves is a great way to spend a Saturday. Dooley Groves is 

8 Tips for Finding the Best Dog Boarding Facility

8 Tips for Finding the Best Dog Boarding Facility

If you are anything like us, your pups are your family. For us, they are like our kids. We literally take them everywhere with us from vacation to camping and on the boat. We rarely go somewhere that they can’t come along. However, there are 

Making Holiday Travel into a Vacation

Making Holiday Travel into a Vacation

With my mom in Ohio, my sister (and the other half of The Summers Collective) in Kentucky and my family in Florida we collectively (pun intended) spend a lot of time traveling up and down Interstate 75 to visit each other.  At Thanksgiving it usually 

Stone Mountain in the Fall – Go See the Snow!

Stone Mountain in the Fall – Go See the Snow!

As many of you know my family lives in Florida.  And while I love everything about my adopted state, I still really miss fall in the midwest even after all of these years in the south.  Most years we travel to my sister’s house in 

Where to Eat in Bonaire

Where to Eat in Bonaire

With Bonaire being such a small island with very few Resorts and known mostly for its diving, we didn’t expect to find such so many great dining options. Here are a few that we experienced and can recommend. Brass Boer – Best Overall, Best Cocktails 

A Week on the Florida Gulf Coast

A Week on the Florida Gulf Coast

I’m a Midwestern expatriate living in Florida.  My husband and I relocated to the Florida Gulf Coast over 15 years ago and I cannot imagine living anywhere else. As adopted Floridians, many of our out of state friends ask us for our recommendations for where 

Top 7 Things to Do in Bonaire

Top 7 Things to Do in Bonaire

When my husband and I take vacation we travel off season, back roads, low key. Not to say that we don’t say NICE places, but we prefer less hustle and bustle and few people. So when my hubby said he wanted to go to Aruba, 

Northern California Road Trip – a 10 day Itinerary

Northern California Road Trip – a 10 day Itinerary

A couple years ago I came across a photo of McWay Falls on Pinterest.  The falls are set off from the highway and fall directly into the Pacific Ocean along the Big Sur coastline.  It is one of the most beautiful places in California. You