Echo Overlook Trail starts at the Cathedral Rock Trail picnic/parking area. Echo Overlook Trail is about 4 miles long, a “out-and-back” trail, and has about 1,417 feet elevation gain. So far this is the hardest hike I have done at Mt. Charleston, but I have only done hikes that are about 4-5 miles. This trail took me 3 hours to…
Ernest Hemingway’s House (“The Hemingway Home and Museum”) is located at 907 Whitehead St., in the Key West Historic District. If you are arriving to Key West via cruise ship, the museum is a twenty minute walk or a five minute drive from the cruise port. The museum is open daily! Please keep in mind the facility only accepts cash…
I loved touring Glenwood Cemetery. I always heard “everything is always bigger in Texas” and their cemeteries are no exception! Glenwood Cemetery is located at 2525 Washington Ave, Houston, TX 77007, which is about 30-45 minutes from the Houston Bush Airport.
Brigham Young’s house is located at 67 W 200 N, St. George, UT 84770. Brigham Young would spend time here during the winter in the 1870’s. He later built an office on the property, as well as added to the original construction of the house. After Young’s death, the property was home to Dr. Judd Gates, St. George’s first dentist….
Houston Space Center is located about 30-45 minutes from downtown Houston and is located at 1601 E NASA Pkwy, Houston, TX 77058. They are open daily starting at 10:00AM. Houston Space Center has a main building to explore their museum section, a theater, a food court, and most importantly, their tram tours. Your general admission ticket will include ALL three…
Half Moon Cay or Little San Salvador Island is an island that is owed by Carnival in the Bahamas. If you can, try to disembark the ship as early as possible because the line to disembark gets PACKED . It takes longer to disembark because you have to tender onto the island (take a small boat to shore). This island…
Port Lucaya is located in the industrial part of Freeport. Given the location of the cruise port on the island, I highly recommend to pre-book your excursion or transportation given the location of the port. The beach is not walkable from the cruise port. Once you exit the cruise ship, there are a few shops to eat and purchase souvenirs…
NASA Johnson Space Center is open daily from 10am to 5pm (6pm on weekends) at 1601 Nasa Parkway Houston, TX 77058. NASA Johnson Space Center is about 35 minutes from Galveston’s Cruise Port and 45 minutes from the Houston Airport (George Bush Intercontinental Airport) assuming there is no traffic. As of 2022, it costs $7 per luggage, suitcase, and backpack….
Area 15 is a venue in Las Vegas hosting several attractions. The best way I can describe it is a mall for attractions including immersive art exhibits, indoor zipling, distillery tours, virtual golf, and axe throwing. Area 15 is free and available to all ages until 10:00PM. Every experience at Area 15 requires its own SEPARATE ticket. Omega Mart is…
The Hoover Dam is 45 minutes from Las Vegas, Nevada and is on the border of Nevada and Arizona. The Hoover Dam was built in 1936, two years ahead of the predicted schedule. It took 21,000 men to build the Hoover Dam and 96 men lost their lives building the dam. The Hoover Dam not only prevents flooding but promotes…
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