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Thank you for joining my family on this adventure we call life! I am excited to share our journey with all of you! My inspiration for this blog came from all of my life experiences that were created through following my dreams. My dreams to travel, my career dreams, and my dream to start a family. I created this blog to share our Continue reading “Dreams and Wishing Wells”
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If you grew up in the 80’s, you more than likely saw everyone’s childhood favorite movie, The Goonies. Remember the truck rally / race on the beach at the beginning of the movie? Iconic Haystack Rock can be seen in the background. Well that famous beach is Cannon Beach in Oregon. We had the opportunity to spend a day at this famous beach last June, and had such a great time!
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Whale watching is one of my favorite things to do when we are near the ocean. There’s nothing like seeing such magnificent animals in their natural habitat. We have seen Orcas in Monterey, and Humpbacks in Alaska. When we visited Long Beach, I was really really hoping to see a blue whale. What a treat it would be to get to see the largest animal in the world! I knew it was still early in the season for the blue whales to be off the coast of Long Beach, but they had seen one a week earlier on one of the whale watching trips, so I was hopeful, but not optimistic.
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Have you ever dreamed of owning a yacht? Dockside Boat and Bed allows you to live that dream, if only for a short time. These unique accommodations are a bed and breakfast on, yes, you guessed it, a boat! There are five boats currently docked at Rainbow Harbor in Long Beach where you can enjoy rest, relaxation, and a gorgeous view.
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We recently took a mini vacation to Long Beach (about an hour from our home in Southern California). One of the highlights while we were there (for both us and the kiddos) was visiting The Aquarium of the Pacific. There is so much amazing sea life to view, touch, and interact with at this aquarium!
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We love hiking, and we love taking our kids along with us so they can explore and experience the outdoors too! But we all know that young kids and toddlers get tired faster, or maybe they just don’t feel like walking that day. And it’s definitely not fun hiking with a cranky two year old in tow! So, along the way we have discovered some items that make the hike more enjoyable for our two little ones, and for mom and dad too! Here is our list of our favorite hiking must-haves. Click on the pictures to learn more.
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Little ones are naturally curious, and ours love the outdoors, so we love taking them to parks and hiking with them. But let’s be honest. Hiking with young kiddos is not always fun. They whine. Their little legs get tired. They want to be carried. Or, if you have a child like my two year old daughter, they stop every single person they meet along the trail to give them a hug. And while this may seem adorable, it makes for a very slow hike. So, now when we go hiking we try to scope out the best, shorter, kid-friendly trails beforehand. And thankfully there were a bunch of them at Joshua Tree National Park!
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Establishing an audience is important for a blogger who wants to make money from blogging. But keeping your audience, well that’s the hard part! How many people have you had follow you on Instagram, just to unfollow you a couple hours later? It’s infuriating! So how do you keep your blog audience engaged and wanting to keep following you? Well, producing good content is of course an obvious part of that answer. But hopefully we are all doing that anyway. So let’s talk about a few things that will help your audience stay your audience.
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One of the most important aspects of blogging is having people actually read what you’re blogging about! But how do you attract people to your blog? This can be difficult and sometimes pretty discouraging. It takes a lot of time and work… and patience! But don’t worry! I have some tricks I want to share with you to help boost your following in as little as a month! It worked for me and it will definitely work for you! Keep reading to see how I did it!
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Are you thinking about blogging, but don’t know where to start? Are the steps to get started confusing you? Well the very first step to blogging is to create a website where you can post everything that you write. Here I will break down for you the steps to get started with a self-hosted website.
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Thank you for joining us in part one of our Unique Places to Stay series! Today we are featuring Kokopelli’s Cave, a very unique bed and breakfast carved into the side of a cliff!
We love finding unique places to stay when we travel, and this one has topped them all so far! Sure, when you think about spending the night in a cave, you probably think damp, cold, and uncomfortable, right? Well this cave was far from that! Think luxury caving! Think a house… but inside a cave! Kokopelli’s Cave is in Farmington, New Mexico, and was the the perfect end to our road trip.
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