Hi, friends! Gosh it feels great to be back on the blog after a bit of a break. And by a bit..I mean a few months, eeks! I’ve been a busy bee with work and travels…including a trip to Chicago … Continue reading
{a chicago saturday}
Tag Archives: adventure
{butterfly house}
A few weeks ago, I had a chance to visit the Butterfly House at Faust Park in Chesterfield, MO. With a job that gives me the opportunity to travel to many different places, I always make sure to check out … Continue reading
{overnight at the elms}
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I hope y’all are having a wonderful season and finding opportunities for rest with friends and family. Last week, my Mom and I took advantage of having the same weeks off together to go … Continue reading
{chicago adventures}
Thursday night I returned from a week long work trip to Chicago, what an exciting city! A few years ago I had the opportunity to go to one of the suburbs for a weekend conference, but didn’t get the chance to … Continue reading
{weekly round-up: travel must haves}
Hi, friends! After a relaxing weekend in Kansas City, I’m back home gearing up for a new week. There are a lot of fun things on the radar- first trip out on the road of fall travel season for my job, an … Continue reading
{spring in my step: part 1}
hello, friends! On this cheerful first day of May, I’m writing from a bustling Starbucks in St. Louis, Missouri. It has been an awesome week in the city traveling around meeting some pretty great people! I have only been to St. … Continue reading
{sunday smiles}
Okay, I know I say this a lot….but I just love Manhattan, Kansas. Honestly, this place is just so great. With beautiful weather and lots of spare time, I spent a lot of this weekend outside and in a local … Continue reading
{saturday finds}
Hello, friends! Today my mom, myself and another mother-daughter pair set out on a mini-adventure just about an hour west to Salina for a day of shopping, laughter and good eats. I love days like this, nothing but catching up … Continue reading
{the life bucket list}
One of my biggest fears is becoming stagnant. Not moving forward or pursuing anything and settling for a life that is not what I desire. To combat this fear, I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about ideas about life and everything that I want to see, hear, eat, do and explore lately. I’m thinking it is time to share my running life bucket list with the world! I’ve got a mix of local, short term list goals and a healthy dose of more long term planning dreams. I’m a big fan of Lara Casey’s downloads on her website. This photo of her’s is serving as the perfect inspiration to chase my dreams!
{travel tales part two- kansas -> st. louis -> nashville -> gatlinburg -> asheville}
Happy Sunday y’all, let’s pick up where we left off!
After leaving Nashville, we took off for the Gatlinburg/Sevierville/Pigeon Forge, Tennessee area. We rented a cabin on top of a mountain that happened to be about equal distance to all of these cities which meant for easy exploring access to a variety of places. With a few days of busy travel behind us, I was looking forward to lots of book and magazine reading time!
