August 5, 2022
On our way to Mohican State Park, we made a slight detour to eat lunch at Ye’ Olde Mill Velvet Ice Cream. Velvet Ice Cream no longer manufactures ice cream there, but it is a nice stop to eat and Read more…
The tour we signed up for was called Beyond the Bars. We had a fabulous guide whose true enthusiasm for this historical site shone through. It was so interesting to learn that before the reformatory was there, it was a Civil War training site and how the Reformatory came to be built, the early guiding principles that formed the early success of the Reformatory’s mission and how history unfolded that led to the dark later years of the Reformatory’s history.
February 23, 2022
This past January, we did our second SWDAS cruise. I have to admit that I was nervous that one of us would test positive at port and we would not be able to do our cruise. That by far was Read more…
January 14, 2022
Starting at 15 days before your Disney cruise, you will need to log into Safe Passage to upload your vaccine information. This is the same website the COVID test results will need to be uploaded to for ages 4 years Read more…
January 2, 2022
We are getting ready to go on our Disney cruise on the Fantasy at the end of the month and recently completed our online check-in. You may begin check-in at midnight on day 29 before your cruise. If you want Read more…
September 3, 2021
Enjoy the photo slide show below of our visit. Today we visited The Wilds in Ohio again to do the open air safari tour. We had a great time and got to see the new greater one-horned Asian rhino 2 Read more…
August 7, 2021
We did Remy’s Ratatouille Hide and Squeak Scavenger Hunt at EPCOT’s Food and Wine festival. It was a fun way to tour the park. From Disney’s site: “Once you’ve found them all, bring your completed map to Disney Traders, World Read more…
July 7, 2021
If you have watched “Secrets of the Zoo” on Disney+, then you may be familiar with The Wilds, a conservation center in Southeast Ohio. This really is an amazing place to visit and I am so lucky to actually live not far from The Wilds. I have done the open air safari tour several times and enjoy that tour immensely, however as part of a recent stay-cation, I did the Wildside Tour. As amazing as the open air safari tour is, I had no idea what I was missing with the Wildside Tour!
June 23, 2021
We visited Otherworld in Columbus, Ohio the other day. Otherworld is an art museum in east Columbus located in an old strip mall. The tickets are purchased in advance on the website with a timed entry time. The ticket is Read more…
May 19, 2021
This article is to put all of our blog posts about our Florida Keys trip in one place for easy reference. I hope you enjoyed this series and up next I will blog about some close to home day trips Read more…
April 28, 2021
At the end of our Florida Keys visit, we drove back to Ft. Lauderdale taking a route along the edge the Everglades. We didn’t have this previously planned, but decided to try to find an airboat ride along the way. Just outside of Miami is this neat and affordable stop that gives you a taste of the Everglades.
April 21, 2021
After leaving Key West and on the way back to stay in Key Largo, we stopped at Bahia Honda State Park at mile marker 37 for an afternoon beach break. At the entrance, there is a fee to pay at the gate
March 28, 2021
This is definitely a must do in Key West for families. It has the fort for the educational aspect and a pretty nice beach by Florida Key standards. You can also launch your kayak, picnic, fish and snorkel here. We only visited the fort and beach on the day we were here. When you arrive, you pay an entrance fee at the gate.
March 19, 2021
Final thoughts on this resort are that you really can’t go wrong with your stay here using Hyatt points. If you were paying cash, it might get expensive with your room rate plus resort and parking fees. Key West is not really a budget stay without using points
March 6, 2021
On our drive down through they Florida Keys, we spent a couple of nights in Marathon. To save some money, I booked a hotel that didn’t have an expensive resort and/or parking fees. The hotel I booked did have a Read more…
February 28, 2021
On our recent trip though the Florida Keys, we stayed one night each at Playa Largo Resort and Baker’s Cay Resort. I booked both nights through the Chase Travel portal using Ultimate Rewards points to pay for our booking. When researching for this trip, it seemed to me that both resorts were kind of competing for the same type of travelers and thought it would be interesting to stay at each to compare them.
February 16, 2021
Here is an overview of our recent driving trip through the Florida Keys. As mentioned in my previous post, we flew in and out of Fort Lauderdale. Once in Fort Lauderdale we rented a car from Dollar. Unfortunately, I wasted Read more…
December 28, 2020
Just a quick post about adding a YouTube channel for Rx for Budget Travel. I hope to use this to post videos on future trips. In the meantime, here are a couple of short clips from our last trip to Read more…