Our First Blog Post
Introduction to Our Journey
We are starting this site as a hobby for the both of us. A way for us to connect and share our adventures. Joanna and I moved to Chicago from Arkansas in 2018. Prior to that, our travels were fairly limited. We would have your occasional trip to the Gulf for some beach action, and we have been on a few out of state trips together. Our first international trip was in 2019 when we went to Toronto Canada. This is also the place that I proposed to Jo, right next to Niagara Falls! Little did we know, this would ignite our passion for travel both domestic and abroad. Since then we have traveled to 6 European countries and several new states. We look forward to sharing our excitement for travel and show how we fit it in to our life while still working full time jobs.
Exploring Chicago
Most of our time isn’t spent traveling America or Europe. We are lucky enough to live in a wonderful city with so many opportunities for us to get out and explore. The majority of this blog will be about us exploring different neighborhoods in Chicago and of course, discussing our favorite pass time – drinking loads of coffee.
Discovering America
Every year, we try to plan one trip to somewhere in America that we have never been. Since this blog will be about our adventures together we will include the states that we have visited together. As of 2025, Jo and I have traveled to 23 states together as a couple.
European Escapades
I’ll admit that the title for this section was AI generated, but I like it so it will stay. Our European adventures started with a book. We were given a “bucket list” book from Jo’s parents, and wrote about things we wanted to do before we die. One of the things Jo wrote down was to ride a bike in Amsterdam. So we started planning our first trip to Europe. We spent a week in Amsterdam with a day trip to Ghent Belgium, and we absolutely fell in love with Europe from day one. Amsterdam is still our favorite city and will always have a special place in our hearts.