A Travel Blog by Katie Chavez
When I first looked into things to do in Anchorage in summer one thing stood out above all others: Hiking Flattop Mountain. Oh, and where to eat. So pretty standard for me. Hiking and good food, is there anything more important in life? I talk about the food in another post (spoiler alert: it was […] Read more…
I hadn’t planned on visiting Seattle again so soon. I have visited Seattle twice before. The first time was for only two nights back in 2010 when I was traveling with my Dad. We only saw the downtown and while I enjoyed visiting Pike Place Market and eating at the Crab Pot, I didn’t love […] Read more…
Despite our undying love for the Windy City, we wanted to check out a bit more of the Mid West. We rented a car for two days and set out to the Michigan Gold Coast via Indiana. Out first stop was the Indiana Dunes (hehe) National Lakeshore. The heatwave was still upon us so it was […] Read more…
I had been excited to visit Key West ever since I heard that it is full of social outcasts that don’t fit in anywhere else in the US. It even has the nickname ‘Key Weird’. People are accepted here for who they are, eccentricities and all, and that appealed to me. Along with the island’s […] Read more…
Coming from the North Island of New Zealand, I grew up without knowing the captivation of the magical season known as fall in North America. A season that transforms parts of the US and Canada into a multi-hued, sanguine wonderland. Sure, we still had autumn with the trees shedding their leaves, the temperature dropping in […] Read more…
I first visited Seattle back in 2010 with my Dad, just after doing a beautiful Olympic Peninsula road trip. We only had a couple of days in Seattle so we did the general touristy stuff – ate seafood on the waterfront, visited the Pike Place Market, went to the Art Museum and wandered around the downtown. I […] Read more…
To get from Toronto to Chicago involved 2 buses, numerous stops, an intrusive border crossing experience and a whole lot of time. I always dread having to cross into the US, especially by land. The US Border Guards are pretty much always nasty and incredibly self-important at the best of times, but the guy that […] Read more…