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“We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us.” I love to travel near and far. This is where I will share my travel experiences with you. Of course, I hope you will share your travel experiences with me as well. How else will I know where to go next?

Friday favorites: a picture a day

March 17, 2017 by Christie Hawkes 2 Comments
The sky is on fire

This week’s Friday Favorites is an exercise in self-control. I am limiting myself to one picture per day and one sentence per picture. That’s not an easy task when you’re somewhere as beautiful as Nuevo Mazatlan. Wish me luck! Friday, March 10   Saturday, March 11   Sunday, March 12   Monday, March 13   … [Read more…]

Posted in: Thank you notes, Travel Tagged: Friday Favorites, travel

Friday favorites: home sweet home

January 6, 2017 by Christie Hawkes Leave a Comment
Nuevo Mazatlan

While it was difficult to leave our good friends… The warm weather… And the beautiful sunsets… This Friday Favorites focuses on my favorite things about coming home. For example, good neighbors like the one who shoveled our walks, so we didn’t come home to this. (These photos were taken 36 hours later. It’s hard to believe just … [Read more…]

Posted in: Thank you notes, Travel Tagged: coming home, Friday Favorites, travel

Life at El Sol La Vida

January 3, 2017 by Christie Hawkes 2 Comments
Nuevo Mazatlan

Since I am officially on vacation, I won’t be writing my usual Tuesday post, but I couldn’t let the opportunity slip by to share some of my favorite photos from Nuevo Mazatlan. If you are looking for a place to go on your next vacation, I highly recommend El Sol La Vida! The view from … [Read more…]

Posted in: Travel Tagged: Mexico, travel, vacation

Friday favorites

October 28, 2016 by Christie Hawkes 3 Comments
Friday favorites

Last Tuesday I asked you to share some of the things that bring you joy. I know I have much to be happy about. Here’s just a sampling. Friday morning started out great with my daily walk in Kauai. This time I counteracted all that healthy activity with a delicious pumpkin macadamia muffin. (Hey, I worked hard for … [Read more…]

Posted in: Thank you notes, Travel Tagged: Friday Favorites, Hawaii

Time for some R&R: cultivating play and rest

October 18, 2016 by Christie Hawkes 2 Comments
Cultivating play and rest

The opposite of play is not work—the opposite of play is depression. ~Dr. Stuart Brown, psychiatrist This month’s guidepost is all about the importance of play and rest. How appropriate that it coincided with the month in which we had a vacation scheduled—a trip to Hawaii. What better place to play and rest? Of course, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Travel Tagged: Hawaii, travel

Bear Lake family fun

August 16, 2016 by Christie Hawkes Leave a Comment
Bear Lake family fun

This week I’m writing from Bear Lake North RV Park & Campground, where we hold our annual family vacation. That means you’re going to be treated to more family photos. On the road with these two beauties–Piper and Tessa. Jessi and Wells arrived in matching shirts. Great minds think alike! My darling Saira Bear–evidently looking for … [Read more…]

Posted in: Travel Tagged: family, family vacation

Girls Trip!

July 26, 2016 by Christie Hawkes 4 Comments
Girls Trip Park Silly purchase

I’m officially on vacation and taking a break, not just from my day job, but from writing as well. That means you get a photo recap of my girls trip to Park City (lucky you). Is this the modern equivalent of forcing you to watch vacation slides? The only thing is now you can leave early … [Read more…]

Posted in: Travel Tagged: Girls Trip, Park City

Mazatlán Part II

March 15, 2016 by Christie Hawkes Leave a Comment
Visit Mazatlan

For Part 2 of the visit Mazatlán travel blog post, I chose one photo to represent each day. I hope these photos of the day give you a sense of how incredible this trip was. Day 4 brought a freak ice storm—and by ice, I mean ice crystals the size of eggs with sharp, irregular edges. Ouch! Even … [Read more…]

Posted in: Travel Tagged: Mexico, photography, travel, vacation

Coming to you from beautiful Nuevo Mazatlán

March 8, 2016 by Christie Hawkes Leave a Comment
Coming to you from beautiful Nuevo Mazatlan

I am writing today’s blog from El Sol La Vida in beautiful Nuevo Mazatlán. I feel so blessed to be in a position where we can travel to such wonderful places. Don’t get me wrong, We’ve worked hard to get to this point of our lives, but I also recognize that there is some good fortune involved as … [Read more…]

Posted in: Travel Tagged: Mexico, photography, travel, vacation

People who need people

November 10, 2015 by Christie Hawkes Leave a Comment
People who need people

In life, there are millions of human contacts and sometimes an unexpected meeting changes the trajectory through space and time just ever so slightly and nothing remains the same…In this world of mass confusion and hurried existence, human contact still continues to be the most profound impact in our short lives. ~Sim Gill I started … [Read more…]

Posted in: Travel Tagged: people, relationships, travel, vacation
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