Travel makes you richer

Growing up, I was always intrigued by maps and excelled in geography. As I got older, I started to make a point to travel as much as I could and see as much of this beautiful world as possible. I've made a goal to see all 50 states, and am up to 35 between various vacations and road trips.

Kate has been to: Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Wisconsin, Wyoming.

I grew up in Connecticut which was easy access to the rest of New England, as well as being about an hour outside of NYC and New Jersey. I also traveled a lot to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina growing up since my nana lived there. Moving to Florida has provided me with the endless options of travel between the Atlantic side and the gulf side of the state. So many beautiful cities and beach towns.

U.S. Cities and Places {All links lead to recent reviews of the destination}

New York City
Boston
Cape Cod
Block Island (off the coast of Rhode Island)
Miami
Key West
New Orleans
Las Vegas
Chicago
Omaha
Los Angeles
Washington D.C.
Freeport, Maine
Yellowstone National Park
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
St. Pete Beach
Lakes Region, New Hampshire

Kate has been to: Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman Islands, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Fiji, France, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Spain, Turks and Caicos Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, United States.

I always thought I was well traveled, until I built this map and it looks like I've barely scratched the surface of traveling around the world. I went all the way to Fiji for my honeymoon, but didn't think to package it together with New Zealand or Australia. After learning my lesson from that trip, I made sure that when we "crossed the pond" to go to Europe for the first time last spring that we didn't just stay in one place. We conquered 4 cities in 6 days which was a lot, but totally worth it.

International & Caribbean Travel

Canada - every winter with friends from 1997 to 2001 for "snow camp".
Cancun, Mexico
Cozumel, Mexico - 2008 and again in 2011
Costa Maya, Mexico
Honduras
Belize
Puerto Rico - 2009 and again in 2015
Aruba
Curacao
Dominica
St. Thomas - 2009 and again in 2015
St. John
Jamaica
Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
Bahamas - 2013 and again in 2015
Barcelona, Spain
Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Marseille, France
Lisbon, Portugal
Fiji

Looks like I still have a lot of trips to review on the blog, and that's why I'm looking forward to rolling out a monthly travel link up with some of my favorite girls. Get your posts ready (and dig up some old favs), hopefully I'll be making a more formal announcement soon!

Where are some of your favorite places you've been? Where do you want to make a point to go next?