Ok....here are some more to add to my "list" 1) Mount Rushmore in SD 2) the coast of Maine or New England in general....during the fall 3) New Orleans 4) San Francisco 5) Pacific Northwest like OR and WA 6) stay at a cutsey B&B in a small, quaint, town where everyone knows your name kinda place 7) Yellowstone Nat'l Park 8) Washington DC....during the 4th of July 9) Las Vegas!!! 10) state of Colorado....nowhere in particular Obviously, my ultimate goal would be to visit all 50 states, but these are the places I'd like to visit the MOST... read more

Plane ticket has been purchased. As of last Saturday I purchased my airfare to San Jose, Costa Rica! Allow me to explain.... in November 2009 I booked a trip to Costa Rica, a volunteer trip. A trip which I'd take alone. I've traveled plenty of places in my life, but I've always wanted to travel somewhere alone. I think its healthy to take ones self outside of their comfort zone. Anyway, I was sitting at work one day, listening to the other girls in my office all giddy about their upcoming engagements, weddings, and baby showers. Mind you, they are all 25 and younger. And myself, being 26, single, dateless, and bored in my life sat there....listening. "There has to be more to life than all this brew-ha-ha" I thought. I was a girl ready for ... read more

I woke up at noon, glorious noon. Today was the day it was supposed to be 80 degrees! It was going to be warm! And I was going to lay out and get a tan and drink pina colada's on the beach and -- It was freezing!!! We started the day off in the diner. Breakfast food was already gone so we ate lunch food. My breakfast was pork and rice and ice cream and tea. It was very good, actually. We hadnt signed up for any excursions. We just planed to explore the island on our own, take a trip out to Atlantis and then on to Senor Frogs. Yes it is the "touristy" thing to go do, but I had never been. And besides, we had gotten word that they have excellent beef nachos. ... read more

I woke up around 9am feeling well rested. Day 2 of my New York adventure. Dan is still dead asleep, I decide to pass the time by taking a shower, doing my hair, and put some makeup on. Problem: I'm not in a hotel room and Dan has no towels. His room mate is sitting at the table eating, whom I hadnt met yet until that very moment. I ask him if they have any extra towels. He walks to the bathroom and points at a burgundy towel thrown into a ball in the corner. "Use that one" he says. Um...that was the same towel I'd seen moments earlier. "I think that's Dan's towel," I say. "Oh..." then his room mate begins looking around the apartment. Closets, shelves, cabinets....there are NO towels. "I guess we dont ... read more

Castaway Cay. Now, this, this is a beautiful, beautiful island. This was actually my favorite day from the entire trip. It was relaxing, no gruelling scheduling, lots of food, and best of all....NO kids!! We had both been on a Disney cruise before and knew we'd use the adults only beach as soon as the ship docked. Once we got off the ship we went to get our yummy BBQ lunch on the island and choose a seat in a covered seating section. Boy, there was a lot of food!! Our only agenda for the day was to get the the adults only beach and lay on lawn chairs ordering pina coladas, relaxing, and listening to our I-pods. After we finished eating we caught site of a "crab race" which was kind of cute. Some kids ... read more