Year in Review: Top Travel Photos of 2015
Our not-so-normal flow: work intensely, save, and then take some time for extended personal travel, was disrupted in 2015 as we thoroughly combined work and downtime. This year’s work contract was structured very differently and forced allowed us to take sizeable chunks of time off. Although these times were unpaid, we were sometimes compensated with […]
Road Trip: Milan to Pisa
Traveling by train is one of our favorite ways to get from place to place. Looking out the window with no responsibility to watch the road or follow directions gives us time to think and plan. We took full advantage of the outstanding European train system from Amsterdam to Belgium to Germany to Switzerland. It […]
Road Trip: South West England
[mappress mapid=”34″] A Road Trip through South West England To be honest, our road trip through South West England was a bit of a whirlwind. There was so much we wanted to see and do, but less than a week to fit it all in. In retrospect, we bit off more than we could chew, and felt […]
Memories from the Road: RV Travel for Gameday
Nomads for Life Over the past decade of traveling together, we have taken on quite a few interesting jobs along the way. We currently don’t earn any money from our blog, so we choose other avenues to maintain our full-time travel lifestyle. Our main source of income is as Tour Managers for mobile/experiential marketing tours. Basically, […]
Destination USA: Minnesota’s Largest Candy Store
http://beta.quiet.ly/list/share/ea23d-minnesota-s-largest-candy-store?width=800&height=600&showGradient=true&showMapView=true&showAuthor=false&showLogo=true&showListTitle=true&showListDescription=true&showTitles=true&showDescriptions=true&showWeblinks=true&makeClickable=true&sharePage=true&showIcons=true&embedTheme=dark&titleSize=18&titleType=quietly&descriptionSize=14&descriptionType=quietly&useOriginalImages=false&lastSlide=default&lastSlideMsg=&lastSlideUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffacebook.com%2Fturtlestravel Driving south on MN 169, approaching the small town of Jordan, there are many yards of bright, yellow fencing. This leads to the must-see destination Jim’s Apple Farm, also known as Minnesota’s Largest Candy Store. A road-trip may be your best bet for finding the place, since they don’t have a website, or even a phone number online! […]
History of Diving Museum
Being avid SCUBA divers, the History of Diving Museum was a site not to be missed on our way down to Key West. Founded by Drs. Joe and Sally Bauer, this 501(c)(3) non-profit museum boasts one of the largest collections of diving helmets and other diving gear in the world. From their website, their mission […]
White Sands National Monument, New Mexico
White Sands National Monument The world’s largest field of gypsum sand dunes fills 275 square miles of the Tularosa Basin at the northern end of the Chihuahuan Desert in New Mexico (elevation 4235 ft). A large portion of the area makes up White Sands National Monument. Herbert Hoover designated the are as National monument in 1933. Long before […]
Weekly Photo Challenge: Curves
If you’ve ever driven to the top of Pikes Peak in Colorado, you know that the 19 miles of curves and switchbacks are an unforgettable experience. Believe it or not this same stretch of asphalt is used once a year for the car and motorcycle race called Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. I can’t image […]
Dateland, Arizona
Driving through the desert between Yuma and Phoenix on Interstate 8, just north of the border with Mexico, travelers pass Dateland, Arizona, population 416 (2010). From the 1920s, the Dateland was a water stop for trains, when steam engines had to get water every five or ten miles. Its location makes it a perfect stopping […]
Southwestern Landscapes
Every time we have the opportunity to travel through the southwestern part of the US, we try and make the most of our visit, even if we’re just passing through. It’s one of our favorite parts of the country,and we’ve been lucky enough to spend a fair amount of time here over the years. The […]