Weβre a married, age-gap couple with a passion for exploring the U.S., one road trip at a time! Our travels focus on national parks, scenic drives, and hidden gems, with detailed itineraries to help you plan your own adventures. While we cover destinations across the country, we have a special love for Southern California, Las Vegas, Florida, and our current home baseβDayton, Ohio.With a background in hospitality and tourism management (B.A. & M.S.) and experience in hotels, theme parks, guided vacation sales, and special events, we bring both industry expertise and firsthand travel experience to our content.Follow along as we uncover the best weekend getaways, off-the-beaten-path spots, and foodie finds across the U.S.!
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Baseball Hall of Fame Day Trip To Cooperstown Hi Reader, When we were planning our road trip around New York, we were mostly concerned with what was logistically possible. As we left Lake Placid, we knew we wanted to go to Saratoga Springs, but we also needed to circle back toward the southwestern portion of the state. I noticed on Google Maps that the Baseball Hall of Fame was a reasonable stop along the way and it was somewhere that we would probably never visit again, so it made sense to put it on our itinerary. I had looked up prices and hours long before our trip since I knew we'd be passing through later in the day and I wanted to make sure it would be open long enough to explore everything. It wasn't until we arrived, when the streets were blocked off, and locals were charging for visitors to park in their lawns that I decided to look up if something was going on or if it was always that busy. We coincidentally ended up visiting the night before the Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. π€£ The streets were lined with lawn chairs that people had set out to save their spots and there were dozens of baseball teams full of 12 year old boys. π₯² Because we were on our trip for a wedding, it wouldn't have been possible to change our itinerary around any differently. But I'm glad we visited, so I'm actually glad we went in blind. Had I known, maybe we would have chosen to visit somewhere instead or just spend more time in Saratoga Springs. You can read our full itinerary here: Baseball Hall of Fame Day Trip To Cooperstownβ Eva and JP π PS - If you don't even like baseball, you would still like the town of Cooperstown. It has a historic downtown main street with Italian restaurants, bakeries, souvenir shops, escape rooms, and beautiful historic homes. P.S. Ready to plan your next trip? Find some of our favorite travel-related resources below. Follow us on Social Media! π |
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Weβre a married, age-gap couple with a passion for exploring the U.S., one road trip at a time! Our travels focus on national parks, scenic drives, and hidden gems, with detailed itineraries to help you plan your own adventures. While we cover destinations across the country, we have a special love for Southern California, Las Vegas, Florida, and our current home baseβDayton, Ohio.With a background in hospitality and tourism management (B.A. & M.S.) and experience in hotels, theme parks, guided vacation sales, and special events, we bring both industry expertise and firsthand travel experience to our content.Follow along as we uncover the best weekend getaways, off-the-beaten-path spots, and foodie finds across the U.S.!
Saratoga Springs One Day Itinerary Hi Reader, While we were road tripping around New York, we took a detour to visit Saratoga Springs, for just one reason. We wanted to see how it compared to Disney World's Saratoga Springs Resort! π I have been a Disney Vacation Club member since my 16th birthday, so I'm quite familiar with the resort and I was curious what elements are true to the actual Saratoga Springs and which elements were just "inspired". Here are the highlights from the itinerary:...
Lake Placid One Day Itinerary Hi Reader, As you know, over the summer we spent some time up in Lake Placid for my brother's wedding. We spent a few days there, but I was able to condense everything we did down to a one day itinerary, since we were doing wedding related during a lot of our free time. I published the itinerary a couple days ago, but here's the summary: I recommend visiting the Olympic Museum, where the Miracle on Ice hockey game was played I recommend taking time to just walk...
A Haunted Hotel In The Adirondacks Hi Reader, Earlier this summer, we took a road trip up to Lake Placid for my brother's wedding. When I was researching places to stay, the first thing I did was check if there were any good rates with Hilton as Diamond Members because Lake Placid is notoriously expensive. During my search, I found a Curio Collection hotel, which is basically Hilton's boutique hotel collection. It was in the neighboring town of Lake Saranac, only about 10 minutes from the...