Category: Mom’s Travel Tales
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Trip Journal: The Chile and Argentina Adventure Begins
This adventure actually began a few days ago. Here’s a look into the start. The photo is the view from my seat prior to landing in Santiago, Chile. We are now making our final descent into Santiago, Chile. Yesterday as I walked through the airport toward our gate, I chatted with my 13 year…
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Check passport expiration dates and country requirements #TravelTipTuesday
Planning to travel internationally anytime soon? Check your passport’s expiration date and then check the passport validity requirements for the country you are visiting. Then check the airline requirements just to be sure you can board that plane. (Some airlines have more stringent guidelines than the countries themselves.) Your passport expiration date is a strange…
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Join the Loyalty Programs: #TravelTipTuesday
Last week I was in sunny California to judge wines at the California State Fair. The weather was GORGEOUS and this was my rental car: I was there on business, but I sure mixed in some fun (not that judging wines isn’t a lot of fun in itself!), zipping around with the top down. Then,…
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Quick trip to Austin, Texas with kids #SilverLinings
Yesterday I was SUPPOSED to have been rolling over the finish line in the MS150 for the 8th time. And my husband was, too. Neither of us did. This weekend I got to enjoy a few silver linings, though. You see, I just had knee surgery in March for a torn meniscus, so riding 180 miles 6…
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Diggin’ the sound of my Klipsch GiG Speaker
Let me start right out by saying this: I am NOT an audiophile. That being said, I hate bad sound quality when it comes to music. I’d rather listen to something at a lower volume than listen to distorted music and my ears often hurt when people share music on their phone at a volume…