This is the final post in a series about animals and wildlife from our 7 year, 50 state road trip. Most recently I wrote about wildlife you can find on land across the USA. Now, it's time for marine wildlife although, full disclosure, most of these marine animals are on the land … [Read more...] about My Top 5 Marine Wildlife Spots From Our 50 State Road Trip Across The USA
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My Top 5 Land Wildlife Spots From Our 50 State Road Trip Across The USA
If you've been following along then you know I’m working through a series about animals and wildlife from our 7 year, 50 state road trip. I've recently written about animals in captivity in one way or another and you can see the posts in the series below. My Top 5 Zoos & … [Read more...] about My Top 5 Land Wildlife Spots From Our 50 State Road Trip Across The USA
My Top 5 Captive Animal Experiences From Our 50 State Road Trip Across the USA
I love to see, pet, touch, feed, and just be near animals whenever possible. If I can get a selfie? Even better! Shae Pepper Lore: Animal selfies for me started officially in December 2017 while visiting Australia when I met Gem, the wombat, at Healsville Animal Sanctuary. It … [Read more...] about My Top 5 Captive Animal Experiences From Our 50 State Road Trip Across the USA
My Top 5 Zoos & Aquariums From Our 50 State Road Trip Across The USA
As the person voted "most likely to die petting something I shouldn't" by my husband, friends, and family, I thought it was time for some quality animal content for you from our road trip. Between amazing Airbnbs, animal experiences, wildlife encounters and traditional zoos … [Read more...] about My Top 5 Zoos & Aquariums From Our 50 State Road Trip Across The USA
Finding Thomas Dambo’s Trolls At Whipsnade Zoo
Back in March, Shae and I managed to get tickets for a behind-the-scenes tour of Thomas Dambo's studio just outside of Copenhagen, Denmark. He's the artist who's built more than 150 troll sculptures around the world and we've had a chance to find 50+ of them. During that tour, … [Read more...] about Finding Thomas Dambo’s Trolls At Whipsnade Zoo
Saga 2025 Day 12: Aberdeen – Time Travel, Castles, Coos & More
After an amazing Scotland trip of almost two weeks with our friends, it unfortunately had to come to an end. However, we did still manage to cram in some last moments of fun on our final day before our friends flew down from Aberdeen to London before making their longer flight … [Read more...] about Saga 2025 Day 12: Aberdeen – Time Travel, Castles, Coos & More
Saga 2025 Day 10: Skye To Inverness – Coos, Castles, Nessie, Another Whisky Experience & More
After three nights on the Isle of Skye (which we would've loved to have been even longer), it was time to move on to our penultimate destination - Inverness. That's a 3.5 hour drive, but we knew it would take longer than that as we had a few places we wanted to stop at along … [Read more...] about Saga 2025 Day 10: Skye To Inverness – Coos, Castles, Nessie, Another Whisky Experience & More
A Tearoom Where You Can Feed Highland Cows? Yes Please!
Our friend Megan is a huge fan of Highland cows (also known as Heilan coos), so we made several attempts to see them while on our trip to Scotland. We did get to see them a couple of times, but we all wanted to go one further by having some kind of Highland cow experience, rather … [Read more...] about A Tearoom Where You Can Feed Highland Cows? Yes Please!
Visiting The Kelpies In Falkirk, Scotland By Day & By Night
Since 2014, Falkirk in Scotland has been home to a pair of fascinating sculptures called The Kelpies. Created by sculptor Andy Scott, they're located in a public park called The Helix. Kelpies are Scottish mythological creatures, said to live in the country's lochs (lakes), … [Read more...] about Visiting The Kelpies In Falkirk, Scotland By Day & By Night
1 Week On The Big Island, HI – Here’s What We Did
The third of the four Hawaiian islands we visited to finish off our 50 state road trip was the Big Island. Shae and I stayed there from December 19-26, 2024 which meant that we were there during Christmas. That meant accommodation and rental cars were even more expensive than … [Read more...] about 1 Week On The Big Island, HI – Here’s What We Did