Name: Isle Royale National Park Location: Michigan (closest to Ontario and easiest to get to from Minnesota) Established: 1940 Size: 571,790 acres Annual Visitors: 28,196 people visited in 2017 (link) Rock Harbor Entrance Sign Located in the middle of...
What kind of review would this be without some photos of the very scenery that made this trip 100% worthwhile? The California Zephyr left from Chicago around 2:00pm and we had perfect weather to explore the city before we left....
One thing that’s been on our bucket list for a while is a cross-country train trip, so when the long Memorial Day weekend approached and we had no plans, we knew we had to go for it. After researching Amtrak’s...
Few roads are more iconic than Route 66 – free and open highway, beautiful scenery and of course, plenty of kitschy stops and tourist attractions. As we planned our 2,000+ mile trek from Chicago to Los Angeles, one of those...
We’ve always thought it would be fun to see a Yomiuri Giants game at the iconic Tokyo Dome, and when the opportunity presented itself during our trip to Japan, we jumped at the chance. For us, the Tokyo Dome has...
If you would like to start this trip report from the beginning, click here. There aren’t many photos from this day considering we were off the ship by 9am. We got an early start, waking up as the ship arrived...
If you would like to start this trip report from the beginning, click here. Since this was a short(er) cruise, we only had one Fun Day at Sea and this was it! We woke up without an alarm which was...
If you would like to start this trip report from the beginning, click here. Today we were up and at ‘em early and yeah, we did have to set an alarm this morning so we wouldn’t miss the stingrays! We...
If you would like to start this trip report from the beginning, click here. No alarm + no work = awesome! Since the ship wasn’t scheduled to dock in Freeport until 1:00pm, we slept in and decided to go to...
We’re so excited to share all of the details of our recent 4 Day Bahamas trip on the Carnival Elation! We sailed on January 18, 2018. The ship was scheduled to leave from Jacksonville, FL and visit two ports of...