Travel Time

Travel Time

Sharing my passion for travel! This podcast will share stories from our travels as well as planning tips and tricks and some mini-reviews thrown in here and there. I have a special love for National Parks, Cruising, and Historical Sites, but there's a little bit of everything thrown in.

Episodes

July 16, 2025 3 mins

A long weekend exploring the area around Monterey to find birds and just enjoy hikes in nature! 

Hampton Inn San Jose Airport

Hilton Santa Cruz/Scotts Valley

Monterey Birding Trips

Elkhorn Slough

Seacliff State Beach

Natural Bridges State Beach

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We end our Southwest Adventure with stops at Guadalupe Mountains National Park and Franklin Mountains State Park. 

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July 11, 2025 5 mins

Exploring Carlsbad Caverns National Park including the Bat Flight program


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We explore White Sands National park and Alamogordo, New Mexico! 

Links:

White Sands National Park

Info on sledding at White Sands

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2 days of fun in Santa Fe! Links to places mentioned:

New Mexico River Adventures

Oldest House 

San Miguel Chapel (Oldest Chapel)

Loretto Chapel

Spiral Staircase story

La Casa Sena (appears to now be closed)

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Highlights from our visit to Petrified Forest National Park - 

Links:


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Our biggest highlight in Sedona was the Outlaw Trail Jeep Tour with Arizona Safari Jeep Tours - great experience for us!

Links:
Arizona Safari Jeep Tours - viator link

Outlaw Grille

Tortas del Fuego

Hampton Inn Sedona

All Trails

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A short episode about our long weekend trip to Golden, Denver and Boulder while on college visits.  

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A short weekend visit for a race means a trip in our down time to the local National Monument - the Birmingham Civil Rights Museum.  Our thoughts around our visit.   If you decide to go, book your advanced timed entry tickets to the Civil Rights Institute here: https://www.bcri.org/

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March 16, 2024 9 mins

Visit Denmark!  We loved our trips to Denmark and share some of our favorite places we have visited.

Links to sites we talked about
Round Tower
Christiansborg Castle
Frederiksborg Castle
Tivoli Gardens
Roskilde Domkirke
Vikingskibs museet (Viking Ship Museum)
Kronborg Castle

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February 16, 2024 12 mins

Sharing our favorite spots from our trip to London as a family, plus two spots I visited solo on prior trips but really enjoyed!
Links
Tower of London
Westminster Abbey
Churchill War Rooms
London Walks
Hampton Court Palace 

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When our Blue Lagoon port adventure got cancelled, we shifted gears and visited Ardastra Gardens in Nassau, Bahamas on our own.  While Disney normally offers this as an excursion, it was also cancelled on this Disney Wish stop, so we did it on our own and saved a considerable amount of money doing it that way as well! How we did it and our tips for you in this episode!

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January 11, 2024 10 mins
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In town for some college visits, we took in the sites on the Freedom Trail and then had some great food in the North End!

Freedom Trail map

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Tips and Tricks for DIsney's Castaway Cay Island - Port Adventures, Cookies Too,  Beaches, 5K, and more! 

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August 6, 2023 5 mins

Nassau Excursions through Disney Cruise Line - Explore Nassau Sightseeing and Beach tour and our own visit to the Ardastra Zoo. 

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July 30, 2023 20 mins

Our first trip on the Wish, our thoughts about the Wish plus New Years Eve! 

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Visiting the Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival for some eco-tourism! 
Some of the places mentioned in the episode and a link to the festival! 
Resaca De la Palma State Park - https://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/resaca-de-la-palma
Bentsen RGV State Park - https://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/bentsen-rio-grande-valley
Salineno Wildlife Preserve - https://valleylandfund.com/salineno/
Falcon State Park - https://tpwd....

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Our last port was Naples and we spent the day in Pompeii!

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