Trip Reports

4 Days on the Island of St. Croix! St. Croix has become one of our family's favorite vacation destinations. So much so that my sister and her husband went from vacationers, to property owners, to full time residents! How cool is that!? As you can imagine, we do our best to visit as often as possible, and we especially love going when the weather in the midwest is cold and snowy. This Valentine's Trip was a shorter get away, but we packed it full of fun and adventure. Our sche

Weekend adventure to Matthiessen State Park and camping out in the camper! Somehow, after growing up in Illinois neither my husband nor myself could recall having ever checked out this area of beautiful waterfalls and natural beauty. Starved Rock seems to be a bit more well known, but we ventured over to Matthiessen State Park where we heard the best waterfalls were. I can't say for sure that one is better than the other - but this was a beautiful park! The whole family of f

Trip Report: June 7-14th, Rome. With stops Messina, Mykonos, Piraeus (Athens) and Naples. Travel party was grandma, grandpa, dad, mom, daughter (7) and daughter (3, almost 4). Credit Card Rewards: With the Sapphire Reserve we were able to get 1.5x points through the Chase travel portal for a portion of our trip. We booked our flights and our rooms on the front end of the trip in Rome through the Chase travel portal. We have built up these points through signup bonuses and ca