My Travel Blog
Stories, Tips, and Trips
A day at the beach in Newport, Rhode Island
My plans for Rhode Island were to stop at the Cliff Walk in Newport and taste the well-known frozen lemonade from Del’s Lemonade. It would be a short day trip before we continued to our next destination - an easy, quick, and tasty way to visit my 22nd state. The Cliff...
Finding Black History in Portsmouth, New Hampshire
I’m not familiar with New Hampshire and have not heard many people speak about it - unlike other states in the Northeast. For that reason, I made the city of Portsmouth a pit stop on our trip. The plan was to eat a quick breakfast, walk downtown a little bit and then...
Eating my way through Portland, Maine
At the top of my travel wish list was exploring Maine during the summer, and it feels so good to say that I scratched it off my list! Visiting Maine was also visiting my 20th state in the US, and I could not help but smile at the drive into Portland during sunset....
Hiking in Jamaica, Vermont
Vermont is known as the Green Mountain State and is the 19th state that I have visited in the US. When I pictured myself visiting Jamaica for the first time, it was not in the state of Vermont. But this summer, instead of beautiful beaches on the Caribbean island of...
Day Trip to Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Earlier this year I visited my 18th state, West Virginia. Located an hour and fifteen-minute drive from Washington DC is the city of Harpers Ferry. For three years I have attempted to visit this city in the summer, but something always came up. This time, I decided to...