Travel Whimsy https://travelwhimsy.com Read the Latest Travel Tips from James and Pam! Sun, 05 Apr 2026 12:37:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Thailand in April – Sightseeing in the Heat https://travelwhimsy.com/thailand-in-april-sightseeing-in-the-heat/ Sun, 06 Apr 2025 08:54:30 +0000 https://travelwhimsy.com/?p=137 Ask any expat who has lived in Asia for a stretch, or any seasoned traveler who has spent time mapping the region’s tricky monsoon seasons, and they will likely give you the same piece of advice: avoid Thailand in April. Having spent many idyllic vacations in the Land of Smiles during our banking stint in […]

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]]> Best things to do in Tauranga https://travelwhimsy.com/best-things-to-do-in-tauranga/ Mon, 10 Feb 2025 10:51:14 +0000 https://travelwhimsy.com/?p=155 Tauranga is New Zealand’s stunning coastal paradise, a sun-drenched gem on the North Island’s Bay of Plenty. With its crystal-clear beaches, majestic mountains, thriving metropolitan energy, and world-class dining, this city offers a world of exploration and unforgettable memories. Every year, travelers from across the globe arrive for holidays and fall in love with Tauranga’s […]

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]]> Whirlwind Weekend – California Road Trip to Point Reyes and Yosemite https://travelwhimsy.com/whirlwind-weekend-california-point-reyes-and-yosemite/ Mon, 20 Jan 2025 10:40:52 +0000 https://travelwhimsy.com/?p=120 Another weekend, another opportunity for me to question my husband’s sanity and my own.  Which begs the question, who is crazier – the guy who attempts a road trip to visit both Point Reyes National Seashore and Yosemite National Park in one weekend, or the wife who gets dragged along for the ride?  On second […]

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]]> Maldives – What Five Days in Paradise Looks Like https://travelwhimsy.com/maldives-what-five-days-in-paradise-looks-like/ Thu, 26 Dec 2024 10:30:36 +0000 https://travelwhimsy.com/?p=107 I hate it when my husband’s right. Fortunately he’s kind enough to refrain from the litany of “I told you so’s” afterwards, but I can tell that’s what he’s thinking from the obvious glint in his eyes. He was right about the Maldives. Long story short: He wanted to go. I was skeptical. We went […]

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]]> Dog Tripping Through Mammoth Lakes https://travelwhimsy.com/dog-tripping-through-mammoth-lakes/ Thu, 28 Nov 2024 14:03:09 +0000 https://travelwhimsy.com/?p=100 Before we adopted dogs, I wasn’t a huge fan of road trips.  The very idea would conjure up images of cramped seats, monotonous scenery and not-often-enough potty breaks.  This all changed when we became a dog-centric household with the addition of Rocky and Lucky, aka the “Odd Couple”. Rocky gets his name from the scrappy, […]

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]]> Whirlwind Weekend – Beach Hopping in San Diego https://travelwhimsy.com/whirlwind-weekend-beach-hopping-in-san-diego/ Sun, 06 Oct 2024 13:55:06 +0000 https://travelwhimsy.com/?p=93 There once was a time when my husband and I would spend a week or two of our vacation days sprawled poolside at a fancy beach resort doing nothing more than lose track of time and contemplate what to order at our next meal. Those days are nevermore. This past weekend my husband and I […]

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]]> Fly and Ride: Fall Foliage Along the Blue Ridge Parkway https://travelwhimsy.com/fly-ride-fall-foliage-along-blue-ridge-parkway/ Fri, 20 Sep 2024 10:33:35 +0000 https://travelwhimsy.com/?p=110 Ever since our trip to Asheville over Labor Day weekend, Jimmy has been enthralled with the notion of going back to drive the Blue Ridge Parkway in the late fall. As someone who sat in the backseat during Jimmy’s first driving lesson on the freeway and survived with white knuckles to prove it, the irony […]

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]]> Eight Things I Learned in Maui https://travelwhimsy.com/eight-things-i-learned-in-maui/ Wed, 11 Sep 2024 13:58:45 +0000 https://travelwhimsy.com/?p=88 The more I travel, I find I am less interested in checking off bucket lists and more interested in reflecting on the imprints each place leaves on my heart. Often times this will earn me empty stares from friends when I ask how Paris made them feel instead of which places they visited. The look […]

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]]> Whirlwind Weekend – Road Trip to Yellowstone National Park https://travelwhimsy.com/whirlwind-weekend-grand-teton-and-yellowstone-national-park/ Fri, 30 Aug 2024 10:37:26 +0000 https://travelwhimsy.com/?p=114 Two days and a full tank of gas inspired us to undertake a road trip that would be considered a stretch for even the most seasoned travel maximizer.  To round out what my husband has termed our “National Parks Extravaganza” (Five National Parks in Four Weekends), we set off from Salt Lake City this past […]

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]]> Romance of the Eternal City https://travelwhimsy.com/romance-of-the-eternal-city/ Wed, 21 Aug 2024 23:54:16 +0000 https://travelwhimsy.com/?p=82 The thing I remember most about Rome and the Vatican is that we did a lot of walking.  While the same could be said about our entire Italy trip (a detail that still scares some of our close friends and family from taking an extended trip with us),  it was particularly true in Rome, where […]

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