Travel
Detailed travel logs and trip journals live here. Expect day‑by‑day itineraries (e.g., our Switzerland & Italy trip) with weather notes, meals and family anecdotes, plus posts on museum visits, road‑trips and cruises.
- Captain Jack full-day tour with Grace Bay Adventures.
- Snorkeling at Coral Gardens. Many turtles including Giant Turtles.
- Toured the canals
- Half moon bay
- Iguana Island
- Toured coastline
- Lunch at Fort George Cay.
- Snorkel at Barrier Reef. Saw two sharks!
- Snorkel for Sand Dollars in Grace Bay.
- Delicious dinner at Indigo.
- Morning massage at Villa for Jamie.
- Tammy and Mazie took an adventurous walk.
- Lunch at Hemingway’s at Sands Resort. Delicious Pina Coladas.
- Shopping in stores around resorts. Blue was favorite.
- Swimming at Villa.
- Hang out on Long Bay Beach for sunset.
- Late pizza dinner at Bella Luna.
- Breakfast at Shay Cafe.
- Browse shops by resorts.
- Jamie got vacation hat at Goldsmith’s
- Grocery stop at Graceway IGA.
- Explored the White Villas.
- Swimming at the Villa.
- Hang out on Long Bay Beach.
- Dinner at Mango Reef Restaurant.
- Evening at Villa.
- Shuttle to airport via Landline.
- Dinner at Barrio in MSP Terminal 2.
- Flight to Turks was delayed 2.5 hours due to storms over Florida.
- Arrived in Provenciales.
- Get White Villas rental car at airport.
- Got to White Villas shortly after 10p.
- 6:52a Coffee and pastries to go Blue Collar Coffee.
- 7:02a Depart Indianapolis.
- 9:14a ET / 8:14a CT Enter Illinois, now in Central Time again.
- 9:50a Enter Wisconsin.
- Rocky Rococo’s pizza in Sun Prairie.
- 2:32p Enter Minnesota.
- 3:05p Arrive at home! 1,577.4 total miles.
- Breakfast pastries and delicious coffee at Blue Collar Coffee.
- Explore area: City Dogs Grocer, Moonshot Games, Homespun: Modern Homemade, Penn & Beech, and Decorate.
- Return to Pins Mechanical for another round of Duckpin Bowling.
- Lunch at Punch Burger.
- Shopping at 8 Fifteen.
- Return to Cake Bake Shop for some cake to-go: Gwendolyn’s Famous Earl’s Court Chocolate Cake, Pumpkin Chocolate Cake, Millionaire Cake, and Carrot Cake. The Carrot Cake and Millionaire Cake were the family favorites.
- We all made custom designed shoes at Kicasso!
- Dinner at Public Greens.
- Final round of billiards at the Bottleworks Hotel.
- Late wake up and checkout of Airbnb.
- Breakfast at Milktooth.
- Visit Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum.
- Aimlessly try to figure out what to do with an hour while it is raining and cold.
- Coffee at Georgia Street Grind.
- Check out Wooden’s Legacy statue.
- Visit Vonnegut Museum and Library.
- Check into Bottleworks Hotel.
- Play billiards in lobby before dinner.
- Great dinner at Livery.
- More billiards at hotel lobby.
- Puzzle room at Twisted Room Escapes.
- Coffee and pastries at Coat Check Coffee.
- Fun time at the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, mostly in the sports section.
- Lunch at Cake Bake Shop. Fancy, frilly food and deliciously famous cakes.
- So much art at Newfields.
- First time Duckpin Bowling.
- Opening night for Dune. 🤩
- Check out of the Holy Goat.
- Breakfast at Con Huevos.
- Walk around neighborhood.
- Heine Brothers Coffee
- Ali Center
- Ice Cream
- Tour of Hermitage Farm.
- Shop at farm store.
- Dinner at barn8 at Hermitage Farm.
- 7:25p Entered Indiana.
- 9:00p Arrive at Airbnb in Indianapolis.
- Delicious Cortado and brew at Quills Coffee.
- A bonus-round of biscuits at Biscuit Belly.
- Bourbon tour and tasting at Rabbit Hole.
- Louisville Cream was closed, so Please & Thank You for cookies.
- Back to Quills Coffee for an Espresso Old Fashioned and coffee beans for home. Very odd drink. Not a fan.
- Browsing stores in Nulu: Buff City Soap, Mamili, Hazel + Hunt, White’s Mercantile, Revelry Boutique and Gallery, Peace of the Earth.
- Dozen macarons at Macaron Bar.
- Dinner at Emmy Squared.
- Watched Secretariat. Great movie about an incredible horse.
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Turks & Caicos 2022 Day 4
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Turks & Caicos 2022 Day 3
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Turks & Caicos 2022 Day 2
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Turks & Caicos 2022 Day 1
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MEA 2021 Road Trip Day 9: Drive home!
Weather: Clear, cool weather the entire way home.
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MEA 2021 Road Trip Day 8: Explore Indy and Custom Kicks
Weather: Little cool but sunny.
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MEA 2021 Road Trip Day 7: Rainy Day in Indy
Weather: Cool with high in low 50’s and drizzle rain nearly all day. 🌧 Scrapped outdoor plans in afternoon as a result.
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MEA 2021 Road Trip Day 6: Cake Bake & Dune
Weather: Cool today, and pretty blustery in the afternoon. Needed a light jacket for the first time.
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MEA 2021 Road Trip Day 5: Hermitage Farm
Weather: Perfect.
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MEA 2021 Road Trip Day 4: Explore NuLu and The Holy Goat
Weather: Incredible. Just perfect. Couldn’t dial it in any better with a knob.
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