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How To Eat Healthy While On Vacation
Eating healthy is hard enough during your regular schedule but if you are wanting to stick to your goals it can be even harder when you go on vacation. It’s easy to fall into the trap of “enjoying” your vacation, and all the fattening/unhealthy foods that go with it. I can’t stress enough, though, that a vacation is supposed to be just that…a vacation! So don’t stress yourself too much and enjoy your it! So here are some ways to still enjoy food on your vacation and not completely fall off the wagon! 1. Choose one meal each day to “splurge” on. This might sound like “cheating” too much but…
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How To Stay Safe When Traveling
Whether you are traveling alone or with family or friends, you should always take precautions to stay safe. Just because you might be staying in luxury hotels or staying with a friends, doesn’t mean you are immune to anything happening. Let’s take a look at what you can do to keep yourself safe. 1. Plan your routes This seems simple, but whether especially if you are driving, plan your routes to get to each destination. Look at all the different routes and what would benefit you more as well as keep you safe. Also plan to have to possibly detour in the event of accidents or road closures. We are…
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5 Reasons To Visit Williamsburg
If you’re a history buff, like myself, you might have already thought about visiting Williamsburg/Jamestowne area as it is rich in the beginnings of American history. Jamestowne is the sight of the first permanent English colony settlement. Williamsburg was the capital of the Virginia colony for almost 100 years and played an important role in the American Revolution. Yorktown is the site of the surrender of General Charles Cornwallis during the American Revolutionary War. Some of the ruins of this time period are still available to wonder through and some have been recreated. You can spend an entire weekend here and still not see everything. If you have 3-5 days…
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3 Long Haul Hikes To Soothe Your Soul
Is your soul aching to reconnect? Is it tired from the hustle and bustle of the rat race? Maybe it’s time to slow down and venture into the great unknown. Hiking is a great way disconnect from the modern day so-called “connection” and reconnect with mother nature and, if you’re religious, God or another higher power you believe in.Let’s face it, even though the internet is a good source of information, it’s also a good way to lose real connection with people, and nature. So why not find yourself breathing in the fresh air, absorbing the vitamin D from the sun, hearing the calming music of the birds, and taking…
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What You Should Know Before Taking Your Dog on Vacation
Nobody likes leaving their pooch at home when on vacation. Sometimes it’s hard to find someone trustworthy to watch them (and sometimes hard to trust your dog in someone else’s home ;P ) and the right boarder can be hard to find or maybe very expensive. So why not take your beloved family member along? Here are some things to consider when deciding whether to bring’em or leave’em. 1) Immunizations/Health Is your dog up to date on his/her immunizations? This is important whether you decided to bring them or leave them. If you are going to board them, they will require up to date immunizations. But, they should have them…
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How Should I Travel?
This is a breakdown of all the varied means of transportation from home to destination. Specifically, we’re going to look at five of the common ways of traveling and the pros and cons of each! Let’s get started! Car/Driving Your Own Vehicle The most common means of travel is driving your own vehicle (or renting a vehicle). This is personally my favorite way to travel as I love the feeling of control it gives me. I like to decide when I want to leave, stop, diverge, change routes, or change destinations all together. It can be pretty taxing physically on you, especially if you are driving for more than a…
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Life Is An Adventure
As we go through life, we have many choices. We have the choice to be nice or hateful, live here or live there, have this job or that job, live life to the fullest or work until you’re sick or dying. I choose to live life to the fullest. Now, it’s not as simple as just saying I’m going to live life to the fullest. We all have responsibilities we have to take care of. Most of us have to have a job to, at least, make ends meet and a lot of times there isn’t much left over to ‘live life to the fullest’. Of course, your definition of…
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5 Fun Things To Do With Kids in Los Angeles
My original reason for planning a trip to LA with my son was due to his “obsession” with Michael Jackson when he was seven-years-old. I had the same obsession when I was about that age and I never got to see or do anything that had to do with MJ outside of getting a CD or pretending my snow glove was his iconic sparkling glove. Admit it, you did it to! I know I’m not the only one. Ha! I thought ‘what better way to see all things MJ then to go to LA’. There are several things in LA to see regarding the late ‘King of Pop’. But there…
