I really can't start talking about Jamie’s Wine Bar without first telling you a little bit about Wrigley Mansion. [the place where...

Now you may be thinking great.. another wine festival!!? I admit that by now, I may have the same thought going through my head but… this...

How totally awesome is it to find out that in a shopping center [Desert Ridge Marketplace] where we [Shawn and I] have been going for...

All right, if you remember at the closing of last weeks blog, I mentioned that Shawn found a unique campground for us to stay. Well, we...

As I mentioned last week, my sister [Lisa Yoder] is in town visiting!! So much to do and to see, and so little time!! After picking her...

Welcome to Portland!! If my memory serves me correctly, we have a pretty busy day ahead of us!! Thanks to my extensive and genius...

Our first [winery] stop as we’re heading on our Portland/ Multnomah  Falls/Mount St. Helens Road trip is Edgefield Winery. It is actually...

Welcome back to Vashon Vashon-Maury Island !! I thought it would only be fitting, since we were exploring Vashon Island, that we stopped...

I have always loved exploring new areas and trying new things, but when I have visitors in town, I really take the role of tour guide...

Isn’t serendipity a beautiful thing!? I actually feel like I have a lot of serendipity in my life. [plus I just like saying the word…...

So, by now you know that we’re spending the summer in Enumclaw, Washington and Shawn is flying Balloons here. Did I mention that my...

If you can believe it, I almost forgot all about this little winery and our trip across the ferry!! Thank goodness for Facebook and all...

Ok, so I mentioned a "particular hot air balloon flight" last week, and the fact that I have Shawn to thank for finding The Farm Shed....

As if I didn’t love this little town enough... the Enumclaw Chamber of Commerce goes and hosts a town wine walk!! They did such an...

First off... can you tell me why Bordeaux is so hard to spell!? I mean it is not at all spelled like it sounds, and I also seem to...

We are all set up in Enumclaw for the summer and the town is slighter bigger then “small town USA” but just barely. Haha!! I couldn’t...

Alright y’all... welcome to Washington and my first official Washington wine tasting!! From what I've heard about Washington, it was no...

After our amazing pitstop to spend some quality time with our friends in Las Vegas, we were back out on the road again. We traveled for a...

So, this summer we are heading to Washington for the hot air balloon season, instead of Colorado Springs and I’m so excited for a...

I love wintering in Arizona, [even if people call me a snowbird!! LOL] there are so many beautiful little towns around Phoenix area that...

One afternoon [when we were finished with our part in the Albuquerque Balloon Festival activities] we were looking for a place to grab...

So I’m always very careful when it comes to categorizing things. [places, music, movies, food, wine, ect...] By this I mean I try my...

You may remember back when I mentioned that we not only travel for my nursing assignments, but also for the best hot air ballooning...