Category: Travel Tips and Articles

Visiting the Monnig Meteorite Gallery

I don’t talk about it much but I really love science. My love mostly revolves around fossils and space. Way back in 2019 I was looking up things to do locally and found out about the Monning Meteorite Gallery at TUC. And then 2020 happened and the gallery closed. I don’t know when exactly it

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Top 5 Things to Consider Before Visiting Napa

In October I took a girls trip to San Francisco and Napa. We had a great time and I learned a lot planning this trip. Before sharing the adventure I want to provide these tips that either helped in the planning or I learned while on the trip. Looking to go on a budget? Research

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On Books and Emotions

I haven’t posted as many book review in a while, despite the large to-read stack that I walk past everyday. This is for a couple of reasons: I keep picking up new books and setting them down again, unfinished. This is getting better, even if it is a slow process. I’ve turned to rereading well

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McGee Travel Tales 2021 Survey

We all know that 2020 and 2021 have been crazy. As a travel blogger that couldn’t travel much I had to make some changes over the past couple of years regarding the content I produce. If you missed anything here are some of the new content items: Author Interviews – Meet some great writers who

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Importance of Dark Skies

Most of us lead busy lives. We live in a constant state of exhaustion and everywhere there is light. We once feared the dark as a species, evolved as we were to use sight to alert us to danger. First fire then electric light kept us safe from the creatures of the night; both the

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Thru-Hiker Interview with Emily Ford

As you know, I’m a day hiker. Day hikes are out and backs where at the end of they day the hiker sleeps somewhere that is not considered camping, mostly. Keltin and I are working on overnight backpacking but even that is small compared with thru-hiking. Today I am super happy to announce that I

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Working Towards Sustainability

When I first started my blog I posted about working towards being more eco-friendly. While I still think that is a fantastic goal, what we need to be working towards is sustainability. I also have an article on Road Trip Sustainability. Here are some things that I use and that I am working towards. Easy

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