Sometimes you just want some sand between your toes and a cocktail in your hand. Staring at the ocean under a palm tree is seriously a type of unparalleled bliss that I crave multiple times per year. I try to go on a tropical or beach vacation at least once per year (more is preferable), so check out the places I’ve gone and what I’d recommend for a beach vacation.

Sunrise at Great Sand Dunes National Park
The sleeper hit of my road trip from St. Louis out to Wyoming and back was Great Sand Dunes National ParkContinue reading “Sunrise at Great Sand Dunes National Park”

A Day at Haleakala National Park
If you’ve become a national parks queen like me (I mean, I basically wrote a love letter to them), you can’tContinue reading “A Day at Haleakala National Park”

A Salem Day Trip Just in Time for Spooky Season
Have you already gotten your first pumpkin-flavored item? Are you busting out your plaid and sweaters? Have you already started watchingContinue reading “A Salem Day Trip Just in Time for Spooky Season”

Airboating the Everglades; Bucket List – CHECK
Should you go airboating in the Everglades?

Lady Elliot Island – Great Barrier Reef NOT TO MISS
THE SHORT VERSION If you are going to be closer to Brisbane/Gold Coast/Sydney and can’t make it up to Cairns toContinue reading “Lady Elliot Island – Great Barrier Reef NOT TO MISS”
I Got a National Parks Pass & Never Looked Back
Plan a Trip to Hang Out With Animals Ethically