Are you planning on visiting Rocky Mountain National Park? If so, here are my top tips after a recent trip with teenager and dogs in tow.
Tips for Visiting Rocky Mountain National Park
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“Not merely a nation but a nation of nations.” – Lyndon B. Johnson
Whether we travel the United States for work, soccer or family vacation, we’ve been lucky to see some amazing areas of the United States. Our country is so beautiful and there’s so much to experience. Come along for some of our adventures!
Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado
“I’ve never experienced anything like that before in my life.” Can I just tell you how difficult it is to get a statement like that out of my husband? He’s been talking up our visit to the Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado, to everyone. It was initially a...
The Dog-Friendly Hotel Don Fernando, Taos, New Mexico
Are you looking for a dog-friendly hotel in Taos, New Mexico? We took two pups and one teenager to Hotel Don Fernando. Here’s how it went.
Visiting the Coastal Arts Center of Orange Beach, Alabama
Do you try and find the art when you're traveling? We do, and our recent trip to Gulf Shores, Alabama found us exploring the Coastal Arts Center of (nearby) Orange Beach. Here's a quick tour of what you can find there and why it should be on your bucket list of things...
My list of haunted hotels
Have you ever stayed in a haunted hotel? You’d know if you had. There’s definitely a certain vibe you get when you enter – the energy just feels different. I recently stayed in my fifth haunted hotel and while I didn’t know until after I had checked out, (when someone...
Visiting Magnolia Market in Waco Texas
There's a new "to-do" on the list of things when visitors come to town: visiting Magnolia Market in Waco, Texas. Made famous by the HGTV show, "Fixer Upper," Chip and Joanna Gaines have literally made Waco the new tourist destination for the Perot household. This...
Know before you Go: Travel tips for visiting the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island
Visiting the Grand Hotel is a treasured experience you’ll likely remember your whole life, and there are a few things you may want to know before you go, just so you can be prepared. There’s no tipping. I know, weird, right? You expect that at a premium hotel that you...
Road-tripping to Magnolia Market in Waco, Texas
“I can’t wait to meet Joanna Gaines!” says the Cupcake as we’re preparing for our road trip to Fixer-Upper famed Silos at Magnolia Market in Waco. Either I oversold this little journey or she is one of those believe it and make it happen people at a ripe old age of 8....
Stress-free road-tripping with teens and tweens
On this episode of MommyUpgrade LIVE, we talk with my co-host Molly as she embarks on a Spring Break trip with two tweens and a teen to Washington DC. What’s her secret to keep the kids amped up about the road-trip? In short: Let them each have a responsibility. For...
Alizé Las Vegas, The Palms Casino & Resort
The Alizé Las Vegas Restaurant on the top floor of the Palms Resort & Casino, just off the Las Vegas strip is an absolute gem. Because the Palms is in what they call, “Las Vegas West,” the view of “Las Vegas East” (the hotels you typically think of on the...
6 tips for visiting Cadillac Ranch
If you are visiting Cadillac Ranch, an iconic landmark on historic Route 66, these quick tips will help you get them most out of the trip.
(Almost) One Day in Santa Fe
Sometimes we take the speed dating approach to travel. Being so close to Santa Fe while we were visiting in Colorado was literally just too much to bear. The hubs had never been and it had been eons since I had visited this Southwestern gem. A quick 5ish hour drive...
Perots Geaux: Breckenridge Colorado
Our Spring Break adventure, started in a GMC Acadia with no real schedule. We headed to Colorado and after a few days in Littleton and a day trip to Estes Park, we were bitten by wanderlust to check out another of Colorado’s mountain towns. Setting our sites on...
Perots Geaux: Estes Park, Colorado
For Chez Perot, no trip to Colorado is complete without a day or more in Estes Park. A long time favorite for us in both summertime and winter, I have lost count of the number of visits I have under my belt but I do know that it’s not enough. Over Spring Break this...
