After spending a month in Louisiana on our 50 state road trip, we headed west as our next state was Arizona. Our first stop there was Tucson and when looking into our accommodation options, I was surprised at how expensive everything was. Hotels and Airbnbs were all $125+ per … [Read more...] about Hotel Review: Hyatt Place Tucson-Central, Arizona
Coronavirus: How Our Plans Are Changing Drastically
What a difference (less than) a week makes. Just five days ago I published a post explaining how coronavirus hadn't affected our plans much yet but that there was the potential for things to change in the coming weeks and months. Well, it took much less time for things to … [Read more...] about Coronavirus: How Our Plans Are Changing Drastically
Here’s Our Best & Worst Things From Louisiana
After spending most of January 2020 in Mississippi, Shae and I moved on to Louisiana where we spent the next month. Neither of us had spent any time in the Bayou state before, so we didn't really know what to expect. We were picturing a lot of swamps and not much to do, but … [Read more...] about Here’s Our Best & Worst Things From Louisiana
2 Weeks In New Orleans – Here’s Everything We Did
Shae and I stayed in New Orleans twice recently. We stayed 8 nights on the outskirts of the city at the start of February, then stayed 5 nights in the French Quarter towards the end of the month for prime Mardi Gras time. Both of us have to work on the road, so we didn't get … [Read more...] about 2 Weeks In New Orleans – Here’s Everything We Did
Coronavirus: How It Might Affect Our Travel
Coronavirus. It's pretty much all that's in the news at the moment and people have different views on the seriousness of it and how much we should - or shouldn't - let it affect our lives. I've been mildly concerned about it so far. Shae and I are (sort of) young and in fairly … [Read more...] about Coronavirus: How It Might Affect Our Travel
Hotel Review: Hyatt Centric French Quarter New Orleans, Louisiana
This year was the first time Shae and I had ever attended Mardi Gras and we weren't entirely sure what to expect. We both ended up enjoying it more than expected (check out this post to find out why) and part of the reason was because we stayed at a great hotel in the French … [Read more...] about Hotel Review: Hyatt Centric French Quarter New Orleans, Louisiana
Mardi Gras 2020: Thoughts From An Introvert & An Extrovert
Mardi Gras 2020: would it be something we'd regret attending, or would we enjoy the party atmosphere? When we shared that we'd be spending five nights in New Orleans during the height of Mardi Gras, a number of people warned us against it due to the city being mayhem and that … [Read more...] about Mardi Gras 2020: Thoughts From An Introvert & An Extrovert
Road Trip Stats: Month 26 – February 2020
Our budget in January was better than I'd initially expected. You can read January's stats in full here, but to give a quick recap we went over budget by $88.26 in the first month of this year. The reason that was better than I'd expected is because I thought we'd go over … [Read more...] about Road Trip Stats: Month 26 – February 2020
Hotel Review: Candlewood Suites Lake Charles South, Louisiana
After spending a week in New Orleans, Shae and I headed to the southwest side of Louisiana to stay six nights in the city of Lake Charles. We booked a stay at one of the two Candlewood Suites properties there as I found a low paid rate on Hotels.com and used IHG's Best Rate … [Read more...] about Hotel Review: Candlewood Suites Lake Charles South, Louisiana
6 Days In Lake Charles, Louisiana – Here’s What We Did
If you've followed our 50 state road trip for any length of time, you'll know that we're not doing it very efficiently. That's the case not only when it comes to traveling from state to state but also when traveling within a state. That happened again during our time in … [Read more...] about 6 Days In Lake Charles, Louisiana – Here’s What We Did