For us, Harper’s Ferry was a true instance of serendipity. We landed in Washington DC, at Dulles Airport, with nothing but a weekend to kill and a rental car reservation. Even after grabbing a coffee at the airport, my best guess for our travel was that we would head to Baltimore. But then I remembered a Thomas Jefferson quote – “This scene is worth a voyage across the Atlantic.” The quote was about Harper’s Ferry. We got the rental car and headed northwest.
After our first two days on the Norwegian Getaway, we had played both the ship’s escape room game and the ship’s murder mystery game, and outside of a few remaining trivia games, we were left to our own devices for thought-driven games. The good news is that I brought along a supply.
I had an unfortunate adventure on our most recent road trip. The good news is that there’s a lesson to be learned from it! The story begins below, with the lesson at the end.
I’m coming today with a new travel hack that’s changed the way I think about summer travel. The short version? Step 1: Go to Florida. Step 2. Leave.
Travel tip: Don’t rule out a journey that doesn’t come full circle.
When booking a flight recently, I saw a tremendously intriguing option. Frontier Airlines offers a “GoWild” pass promising unlimited flights for the next 1.25 years for only $349/year!
I have a curse. Any time I drive more than an hour south of Chicago in the winter, I hit a blizzard on the road. I’m 4/4 on winter road trips, and in every single one of these cases, my drive home is 100% clear. All that is to say that when I recently took a road trip to Atlanta, I most certainly hit a nasty blizzard in Indianapolis that cost me a few hours.
I recently advised not to underestimate the potential of a two day adventure, and I’ve got another data point to add to the set. A day and a half in Washington DC and I’ve rediscovered the US capital as a wonderful place to stop, even if it’s just for a short while.
Today, I’d like to make one assertion- it’s possible to have a vacation that’s full, relaxing, and a complete disconnect from the daily grind using only three calendar days. I’ve gotten a bit lazy with my vacation planning and have been taking a week off at a time, but from Thursday to Saturday I enjoyed the heck out of the southeast US.
I have a hot new recommendation for a vacation destination for anyone living in the Midwest US. Hear me out- Fort Wayne, Indiana.
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