Disney Springs is essentially the “Downtown Disney” of Disney World, and holy crap was this place huge! There are a ton of restaurants, shops, and even a movie theater and bowling alley!
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My cousins invited T and I to go snowboarding with them at Dodge Ridge, which is located near Yosemite in a city called Pinecrest. The drive to my cousins’ timeshare was about an hour and a half from the East Bay in a small town called Angel’s Camp. The drive was pretty easy, since it was towards Stockton and we didn’t run into any snow on our drive, which was nice since we were driving at night.
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As a quick staycation, a couple of girlfriends and I decided to head over to Napa. It’s pretty much the midpoint for us (Sheena is in Sacramento and Sirena, Lisa, and I are in the East Bay). We decided to do one of the Napa Wine Train tours and have a spa day at The Lodge Sonoma Renaissance Resort & Spa (our hotel). The wine tour we chose included a shuttle out to Raymond Vineyards and then the Wine Train for lunch back to the Wine Train station.
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We had another early pick up to go to our 2nd excursion, which was at Yaaman! where we had the Dirt Buggy Wet and Wild Tour. Yaaman! was pretty close to our hotel. I recall being in the little bus thing … Continue reading Jamaica – Day 4 // Yaaman!
We had our first excursion at Chukka: White River Tubing. We were picked up from our hotel and we drove about 30 minutes away. The location was pretty remote and most of the road was narrow that I kept wondering … Continue reading Jamaica – Day 3 // Chukka River Tubing, Momo’s
For our first full day in Jamaica, we decided to make our way through town towards Margaritaville for some food. We found a guy cutting up some fresh coconuts and adding some alcohol (rum) to the coconut water. Delish! Most … Continue reading Jamaica – Day 2 // Margaritaville
First of all, I hate flying. Most people know this about me already. Let’s just say I had a panic attack on a short flight to Vegas for my 24th birthday and since then it’s been no bueno for me. … Continue reading Jamaica – Day 1 // Moon Palace Jamaica
I have no idea why we got up sooo early on our last day, but we did. We were packed and ready to go that we had a bunch of time to kill before our flights. Our first stop of … Continue reading Hawaii – Day 5 // Heavenly, Ho’omaluhia Botanical Gardens
For our last full day in Hawaii, our moms had massages in the morning at our hotel, so Sheena and I went to the Royal Hawaiian, which is the pink hotel! We wanted to check it out and see all … Continue reading Hawaii – Day 4 // Ko Olina, Aulani
Of course we would be on California time. I ended up waking up at 4am. But that also meant that we were able to start the day early! After getting up and ready, we decided to grab breakfast away from … Continue reading Hawaii – Day 2 // Arvo, Dole Plantation, & North Shore
