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Thursday, February 1, 2018

Story Time


For six years in a row my (blended) family and I all traveled down to North Carolina every summer. My blended family being, my mom, stepdad, 3 step siblings and 2 real brothers. at the end of July when my youngest brother had his birthday, this began the 2 month period when all of our ages lined up, my older step brother, Josh and I were the same age. My stepsister Megan and Brother mason were the same age, and the youngest two, cooper and my stepsister Emily would be the same age. we always thought that this was so neat and tried to pass it off as if we were 3 sets of twins. Now, back to vacation; we always stayed near Atlantic Beach, at the same hotel with my stepdads family, consisting of his parents, two sisters and their families. Traveling with such a large group can be very interesting, especially for my mom and stepdad trying to get 6 young kids through the airport, as we always traveled, on a tight schedule. My favorite part of going the North Carolina was the treasure hunt we would have. The first year was the best, my stepdad had spent a majority of the week picking up things when we went shopping (almost every night). So one day we were all by the pool and he told us to come down to the beach because some man had lost his wallet in the sand and there was a reward for whoever found it. My stepdad told us the general area, so we began digging and found a map buried in the sand, he had bought old looking paper and wrote clues on them that would lead us up to the dunes to find another clue to take us to the lobby, and the parking lot, and eventually back to the dunes where we dug for the treasure. He would get a medium sized treasure chest you could pick up at any of the surf shops, and fill it with all kinds of beaded necklaces and fun toy jewels, some candy and dollar coins, lots and lots of dollar coins. When we found it we would lay everything out on a towel and the two oldest cousins would divide it up evenly among everyone. We did this for 3 more years before we started getting older and the eldest 4 of us thought it was too childish to be running around the hotel and beach wearing bandanas on our heads holding maps and shovels. These are some of my greatest memories from our time there and will always stick with me.
A picture of us six kids in front of one of the many historic houses in Beaufort, NC

Us at the forth of July parade in Beaufort

Top 5 favorite Travel Posts of 2017
Kiel James Patrick is one of my favorite Instagramers. He and his wife have started a clothing line
~~~~   kieljamespatrick.com ~~~~ Kiel and his wife travel around New England with their interns while promoting their line through Instagram.
Life is better in a snow globe 😌. Love our little city of Providence.  What is your favorite city during Christmas? 🎄
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#theglobewanderer #welivetoexplore #discoverearth #roamtheplanet #modernoutdoors #artofvisuals #instagood #exploretocreate #earthfocus #fall #autumn #newengland #winter #cabin #christmas #city #rhodeisland #providence #newengland
This is a picture that he posted around Christmas time of Providence, Rhode Island 



Another one of my favorite posts from 2017 is from ~~~ Oregon.NW  ~~~ an Instagram page that posts only photos taken in Oregon. I follow this account because I have been to Oregon and thought that state was absolutely beautiful. 
Never Land #oregonnw | @clairelawlor
This photo was taken in Brookings, Oregon 


This photo was posted on Instagram by @robertomiller and reposted by a large photography Instagram account that post only photos of Minnesota taken by many different photographers 
Early Mornings
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📷 by @robertomiller
this photo was taken in Duluth, Minnesota 



This Instagram account ~~~ Ireland_travels ~~~ post photos all taken around Ireland. If I every have the chance to travel over seas I would love to travel to Ireland first, So this account gives me an idea of where I would like to stop. This photo was taken by @luke_storey
Dunluce Castle, County Antrim 🌊

Photo by @luke_storey
This is a photo taken of Dunluce Castle in Ireland  


Another large travel page posts photos of just Maui, Hawaii ~~~ mauihi ~~~

Exploring #Maui with @susannah.y
this photo was taken of Kahakaloa Bay in Maui by @susannah.y

Friday, January 12, 2018

Travel Post

Traveling is one of my favorite things to do. For my age I have traveled a decent amount, enough to know how much I love it! As of now I have not had the opportunity to travel outside of the United States but I definitely plan to in the future. Of all of the places I have been to Hawaii  is my favorite. I stayed on Maui, which is the most colorful of the Hawaiian islands. When staying on Maui traveling the road to Hana is definitely a must, there are many stops along the way, such as Waterfalls, Lookouts and even shops. But it is a very undeveloped, and much of the island is still natural which makes the roads very beautiful to drive on.
This is a picture of me standing by some rainbow eucalyptus trees along the road to Hana.

This is a waterfall that you can stop at along the road to Hana 
a beach that we relaxed at on our last day before we headed to the airport
Hiking in the mountains








Where is your favorite place you have visited?

Mason: Cody, Wyoming

Lauren: Colorado

Greta: Phoenix, Arizona 

What is the furthest distance you have traveled?

Mason: Florida

Lauren: Colorado

Greta: Texas

What is one thing you always bring with you when you travel?

Mason: Toothbrush 

Lauren: Phone 

Greta: Socks

What is the strangest food you have eaten while traveling?

Mason: Rocky Mountain Oysters

Lauren: Clams

Greta: Cow heart

What is one place you really want to visit?

Mason: Bali 

Lauren: Venice

Greta: Ibiza

If you had $1000 dollars to spend while traveling what would you do/buy?

Mason: Scuba diving

Lauren: Safari

Greta: Sky diving  

Do you prefer a beach or no beach?

Mason: beach

Lauren: beach

Greta: beach

What is your favorite thing you have bought while traveling?

Mason: knife

Lauren:Clothes

Greta: Sunglasses 

Have you ever traveled to another country before?

Mason: No

Lauren: No 

Greta: No 

Do you prefer to travel with a large group of people or a smaller group?

Mason: Small

Lauren: Small 

Greta: Small

What is the largest amount of people you have traveled with before? 

Mason: 19

Lauren: 9 

Greta: 10





Story Time

For six years in a row my (blended) family and I all traveled down to North Carolina every summer. My blended family being, my mom, stepdad...