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06/05/2024

30/04/2024

Stagecoach is one of the largest country music festivals in the world. This 3-day festival attracts over 75,000 people annually and takes place at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. This festival offers plenty of food, drink, and activities. One bonus is that attendees can camp overnight on the grounds. The entertainment has the biggests clubtry artitsts as well as rising stars. The headliners for 2024 included Eric Church, Mirana Lambert, , and . This is definately an event you dont't want to pass up! So grab your lawn chairs and be ready to purchase your tickets for Stagecoach 2025!

07/04/2024

Spring Break in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico???? Say no more.

18/03/2024

01/02/2024

📍Chicago, Illinois fun facts

* Also known as ‘The Windy City’
* Chicago is the third largest city in the U.S.
* Chicago’s downtown area is known as “The Loop,” which refers to the area encircled by the Chicago Transit Authority’s elevated (‘L’) train tracks.
* Chicago is known as the US railroad capital with more major railroads serving the city than any other place in America.
* Downtown Chicago has an underground pedestrian system, the Pedway, that consists of tunnels and overhead bridges that cover roughly 5 miles and link more than 40 blocks in the Central Business District.
* The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 destroyed over 1/3 of the city
* Each year, the Chicago River is dyed green to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.

31/12/2023

Breath taking views of the Yosemite valley. Yosemite National Park is visited by over 3.5 million people every year with Summer being peak season. If you haven’t gone, you are missing out.

15/12/2023

Hawaii fun facts -

At sunset, it’s traditional to blow a shell horn. The first note of the horn is blown when the bottom of the sun touches the water. Three more notes are blown, with the last sounded when the sun disappears. The notes call four Hawaiian gods.

17/10/2023

If you have not visited the Hyatt Vacation Club @ The Welk, I highly recommend you do.

Resorts is over 450 acres in the hills of Escondido, CA and 30 minutes away from downtown San Diego. Features include:

* 8 swimming pools
* 2 golf courses
* A theater
* Spa
* Sport-yard
* and various outdoor bbq & fire pits to lounge and relax

Great getaway for a nice quiet vacay or a family fun filled vacay. Choice is yours.

05/10/2023

📍Nashville, Tennessee

Fun facts:
* Nashville’s Centennial Park is the only replica of the Greek Parthenon.
* 1st FM-broadcasting license was at WSM radio station in 1941
* Elvis Presley recorded more than 200 songs at Nashville’s historic RCA Studio B.
* Nashville native William Walker became the president of Nicaragua in 1856.
* Nashville was named after American Revolutionary war hero Francis Nash.
* President Richard Nixon performed on the Grand Ole Opry during its first show at the new Opry House in 1974. He played “God Bless America”
* Nashville is home to the largest songwriter’s festival in the world.
* It’s the birthplace of Mt. Dew
* True Tennessee whiskey is made here with a “Lincoln County Process” that uses a charcoal filter
* Cotton candy was born here in 1904

18/09/2023

Fun facts about 📍Miami

Did you know????

*Due it’s climate, pristine beaches and ambiance, Miami is one of the world’s greatest iconic tourist destinations

*Named after the Mayaimi tribe that lived here during the 16th and 17th Centuries

*It’s the only US city that was founded by a woman

* South Beach nightclub district is considered to be among the best in the world

*Miami is the US’s warmest location in winter with average temps between 65 -75 degrees

*It was once a mangrove swamp

*Sun tan lotion was invented in Miami invented in 1944

*It’s the only city in the US that’s surrounded by two national parks, Biscayne National Park & the Everglades National Park

*Miami is also known as a divers’ paradise with over 50 shipwrecks under water

27/12/2022

📍Colorado Springs, Colorado

Fun facts about Garden of the Gods
Here are some little-known facts about the Garden.
* It got its name from a conversation about beer.
* Garden of the Gods has its own dinosaur. James Kerr, a Colorado College professor, found the mysterious remains of an unidentified dinosaur in the park in 1878. This dino came to be known as Theiophytalia kerri.
* The known human history of the park goes back more than 3,000 years.
* The Ute tribe of Native Americans used to camp in the Garden Of the Gods.
* The Ute Native American tribe believed the kissing camels to be two beasts locked in an everlasting truth. One camel represented good while the other represented evil. They were locked in truth to symbolize how the Ute people believed that good and evil was present in each member of the tribe.
* Rock climbing is permitted, as long as the participant fills out a free registration form before climbing and brings the proper equipment.

10/08/2022

Fun facts:

*1st inhabited by Native Americans over 7,000 years ago, before being claimed by Spain in 1542

*named after Saint Catherine’s day after an explorer landed there in 1602

*In 1919 the island was bought by William Wrigley

*22 miles off the coast of Los Angeles

*22 miles long with a rich history

*buffalo were left behind after the filming of “The Vanishing American” (1925)

24/07/2022

Enjoying another year at the with and friends

25/06/2022

California Sunsets 😍😍😍

06/06/2022

There are numerous cenotes in Mexico.

From the Mayan word 'dzonot' meaning 'well', cenotes are natural pools that form when the roof of an underground cavern collapses, topped up by rainwater and underground rivers.

These cool, water-filled sinkholes and smooth limestone rocks are what make cenotes one of the most thrilling sites to explore in Cancun. Cenotes are commonly found in places like Mexico and are great for taking a nice dip in. There are approximately 30,000 located near Cancun, each being unique its own right.

06/06/2022

Chichen Itza sits on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico and is an active archeological site. It is both a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the Seven Wonders of the World.

The name Chichen Itza is Mayan for “at the mouth of the well of the Itza.” Built about 400 A.D. it became one if the largest cuties of the Mayan culture