I’ve officially gotten to the point where I can’t eat and drink whatever I want without consequences. I was blessed with a pretty legit metabolism when I was younger, I pushed its limits in college, that’s for sure, but sometime around 25 it up and quit on me. I’ve since had to watch (moderately) what I
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I’m not completely sure why I’m featuring this as a weekend trip idea because this would scare me completely shitless, but it piqued my interest. This weekend trip idea is built around the Fayetteville West Virginia Bridgewalk. Fayetteville is a relatively small town of just around 2,700 people located in southern West Virginia. I just mapquested
I’m continuing on with the “10 Cheap & Easy Things to Do in _______” theme with my current home locale of Lancaster. If you haven’t read the posts on Philly, Scranton or Pittsburgh the basic philosophy behind this is that sometimes you end up at a certain locale to visit friends, or maybe attend a wedding
With the exception of Pittsburgh, I don’t give western Pennsylvania much love, mainly because I’ve traveled very little in that region. Let’s try to change that. This week’s “Weekend Trip Idea” is western PA’s Laurel Highlands. The Laurel Highlands is a mountainous region located southwest of Pittsburgh encompassing Cambria, Fayette, and Somerset counties. It’s mountains
Iceland was an amazing vacation that I wouldn’t trade for anything. That being said, we were in Iceland for one short week and while I’m happy with everything we did, I could have easily spent another week or two (or 3, or a month) there exploring all it has to offer. Here’s my wish-list of
Day six we saw the most of Iceland of any day on our trip. We rented a car and drove along the southern coast, on Route 1, or The Ring Road, which circumnavigates the entire island. Our final destination was Jökulsárlón, a glacial lagoon at the southeastern tip of the island. We had a bit of
Monday was another Arctic Adventures day: on the agenda: The Blue Lava Tour . We would be horseback riding in the morning and snorkeling in the afternoon. We woke up early and returned our rental car and, happy with our choice to rent a car the day before, we booked one for Tuesday and Wednesday
If I had to pick, Sunday was my favorite day in Iceland. Since we didn’t actually make it to bed till early Sunday morning we woke up a little after noon. We’d talked the day before and decided that if possible we’d rent a car and get out of Reykjavik to find some hot springs. Budget rent a
I’ve never been to the Pennsylvania grand canyon and to be honest, I often forget it exists until someone mentions it to me. Luckily for all of you, one of my students was raving about camping and hiking up there for the weekend. The PA Grand Canyon, also known as the Pine Creek Gorge, for
Asheville, North Carolina is one of those “small towns,” like Jim Thorpe and Lititz, that consistently pop up on all sorts magazine and online lists. I put small towns in quotes as, with a population of close to 85,ooo ,Asheville is actually a small city. Asheville’s been named one of the top 10 most beautiful places in
PA Weekend Fun 
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