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A Guide to Toronto's Neighborhoods

7/31/2017

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A Quick Guide to Toronto's Neighborhoods #ontario #Canada #traveltips #travelblog #wanderlust #thingstodointoronto #whattodointoronto
A quick guide to Toronto's (adorable) neighborhoods
When planning our trip to Toronto, we had no idea that we would love it as much as we did. Had we known ahead of time, we may have planned a couple extra nights here. But, as we say many times when we leave a city we have fallen in love with, we'll be back!

Toronto feels like a micro version of New York, a city I have loved since I first visited her a dozen years ago. A barista we mentioned this to called Toronto, "New York Lite," and we wholeheartedly agree.

Check out our Toronto travel guide!


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Hiking the Coastal Trail

7/27/2017

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Hiking the Coastal Trail: Pukaskwa National Park, Ontario, Canada #outdoorenthusiast #wheretohikeincanada #wheretohikeinontario #besthikesinontario
Hiking the Coastal Trail
“Bub, I was running out of steam a long time ago. Now I'm completely out of steam. 'Ain't got no gas in [her].'" I affect my best Billy Bob Thornton voice and use one of our favorite lines from Slingblade to try to lighten the mood, but the sentiment rings true. I'm done. I'm beat. And by my calculations, we still have nearly 6km (3.7 miles) of hiking over slick rocks, through thick mud, up steep hills, down slippery slopes, and across trails punctuated by numerous tree roots before we reach our campsite.

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Travel's Effortless Novelty

7/24/2017

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"The greatest reward and luxury of travel is to be able to experience everyday things as if for the first time, to be in a position in which almost nothing is so familiar it is taken for granted." So says Bill Bryson, renowned travel writer, and the man who so often and so eloquently puts my feelings into words.

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Rail Magnetism

7/20/2017

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Rail Magnetism: My love for subways #subwaysystems #trains #travelblog #editorial
Rail Magnetism: My love for subways
I LOVE subways! I'm not talking about the beloved sandwich chain. I'm talking about train systems, below and above ground. I like all public transportation, but I especially love subway systems.

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Guide to Niagara Falls

7/19/2017

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Niagara Falls #topten #top10 #thingstodo #traveltips #travelblog
Niagara Falls: The 10 Best Ways to View the Falls
Each year 30 million people flock to Niagara Falls to view the awesome power of 3160 tons of water per second (75,750 gallons per second over the American and Bridal Veil Falls and 681,750 gallons per second over the Horseshoe Falls) rushing down the Niagara River and plunging more than 165 feet from Lake Erie into Lake Ontario. A popular destination for honeymooners, the romance of the Falls, particularly at night, cannot be denied. Visitors can view the Falls a number of ways, both from the American side and the Canadian side. 

Read our Niagara Falls travel tips to find
the best ways to view the Falls!


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The Baldwin-Reynolds House

7/17/2017

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Baldwin-Reynolds House #MeadvillePA #historichome #historichouse
The Baldwin-Reynolds House: A Historic Home in Meadville, PA
We mentioned the Baldwin-Reynolds House in our last article and promised you more information about this amazing historic home! Here's our in-depth look at one of Meadville's greatest treasures!

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Things to Do in Meadville

7/13/2017

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Things to do in Meadville, PA #thingstodo #traveltips #travelblog #exquisitEXPLORATIONS #MeadvillePA #northwestpennsylvania
Things to do in Meadville, PA
I never realized how much my hometown had to offer until I left for fifteen years and came back with a renewed quest to find the best that Meadville, PA, had to offer. With our vision firmly in place, Marvin and I set out to locate and visit as many interesting places in and around Meadville that we could.

See our list of top things to do in Meadville, PA!


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Travel's Happy Accidents

7/10/2017

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We have found that, while traveling, things rarely go as planned. That doesn't mean we don't make any plans. But it means that we are open to, expect, and even embrace the adventures that often ensue when spontaneous changes of plans present themselves.

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Exploring Red Bluff

7/7/2017

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Red Bluff, the Grand Canyon of Mississippi #hiddengem #naturalwonder #foxworthms
Exploring Red Bluff, the Grand Canyon of Mississippi
Last year, when we mentioned to Marvin's mom and sister, who have lived in Mississippi their whole lives, that there is a place known as the "Grand Canyon of Mississippi," they confessed that they had never heard of it. So when we planned our route from the Gulf Coast of Mississippi to Northwest Pennsylvania, we added a stop in Foxworth, Mississippi, to view this Little Grand Canyon. And, boy, was it worth it!

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    Carolyn 
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    The daughter of an English teacher, Carolyn has been an avid reader and writer from an early age.  She decided to chronicle the exquisitEXPLORATIONS journey through a travel and RV lifestyle blog, full of RV-related tips and stories of their travel adventures. As a mom and dog mom, her focus has shifted slightly to include both pet-friendly and kid-friendly places to go and things to do.


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