Category: vacation ideas

• Traveling Children

  

  [Personal Post] As the kids and I get ready to take off on another “50 States Trip,” I was inspired to write about traveling with children. When you stop and think about all the ways children (and our world) can benefit from traveling outside of “their world,” the list could go on and on. To…

  November 12, 2018

  50 states travel, family, journey, kids, single mom, Travel, travel writer, traveling, traveling kids

• Oahu love.

  

   [Personal and Faraway Places Travel Post] Known as the “gathering place,” Oahu is one hip island! I have to confess, I was a little spoiled as I spent my days and nights with locals of Oahu. Of course I had my own checklist of things I wanted to see while there, but none of them…

  October 20, 2018

  farawayplacestravel, Hawaii, journey, keepingupwiththeresa, personal journey, solo travel, Travel, travelinspiration

• Cartagena Vibes

  

  [Personal Post] One of Columbia’s most beautiful and romantic cities is Cartagena. While visiting Cartagena in the summer of 2017, I took a short boat ride and fell in love with a tiny little island that was large on life.  Locals cooked up their freshly caught fish over an open flame, sun-kissed ladies served drinks…

  January 25, 2018

• Flamingo Island

  

  [Faraway Places Travel Post] If I hadn’t made the promise of getting a “flamingo-selfie” to my two young children, this photo might not have happened. I thought that flamingos were like any other wild animal in foreign countries. That they are just there, walking around freely, for everyone to see.  I was wrong. This tiny…

  December 21, 2017