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by Guest Bloggers Ann Wojtysiak and Leonardo Tombelli As lifelong Michiganders, we have learned that mid-July thru August is the best Michigan summer travel period. This summer’s excursion to Petoskey and Little Traverse Bay proved to be no exception! While the area hosts many hotels, the...
Alert! This is going to be a strange blog post. A little weird. Not my usual pictures of pretty places and nice places to visit, sometimes on the exotic side. When reviewing photos of a recent trip to Oregon I found a bunch I would put in the “weird” category and others I didn’t exactly...
I truly love Cannon Beach, Oregon, a small beach town located west about a 90 minute drive from Portland. I think it is a great beach town and I know a bit about beach towns, having lived all my life (well almost) in or near a Lake Michigan beach town. I find our West Michigan […]
On a recent trip I made one of those goofy mistakes that sometimes happens when we travel. I added a day in Portland just to visit the Japanese Garden there at the end of a family trip to the Oregon coast. . I love Japanese gardens and had heard the one in Portland was worth […]
When I was a little girl, my brother who was four years older than me, occasionally got in trouble with our folks. Just normal goofy stuff that happens in childhood. When he got scolded for some misdeed, he’d loudly announce, “I’m going to the Badlands.” Now keep in mind that he pretty much...
There’s nothing quite like a few days “Up North” to revive one’s spirits. Ahhhh. Pure Michigan. Wild flowers and painted fences. A wonderful getaway. A non-Michigander friend asked me recently, “What’s Up North?” For me that means Leelanau Peninsula and up the coast of Michigan from...
Happy July 4th from your friends at DesignDestinations. Hope you enjoy this older post about our festive holiday. July 4, 2024 Remembering July 4, 2016. What a different world it is on July 4, 2020. This was originally posted on July 4, 2016. Grand Rapids, 2016. Another July 4th...
Visiting the Crazy Horse Memorial in South Dakota was one of the most interesting things I’ve done in a long time. What a surprise. It was fascinating. Before I get into that though, let me mention before we visited the Crazy Horse Memorial we checked out Mt. Rushmore. I’d never been to...
In May I went to Rapid City, South Dakota and had a wonderful time. Whooo. I’m sure some of my regular readers are saying, “This is the woman who thrives on visiting remote places in Japan, countries like Uzbekistan or cites in Eastern Europe no one can pronounce like try Ljubljana. I spent...
A week in Cabo San Lucas, on the tip of the Baja Peninsula in Mexico is fun for the whole family but probably pretty predictable. I’m not complaining. Just observing. Fishing. Hanging out on the Beach. Touristy Restaurants. Taking Pictures. Golf. Fruity drinks. All good. All...