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The Disney house is decorated and ready for Hallow

The Disney house is decorated and ready for Halloween… do you see our friend in the window?? Now I just need to get home and get my house decorated with just a week and a half to go 🎃 👻

We’re back at the Disney house and ready for Hal

We’re back at the Disney house and ready for Halloween! So happy to be back with family and spending time with my beautiful niece. She was tiny when we left on our trip and look at how big she’s gotten.

Posting again and hoping IG is working. It’s bee

Posting again and hoping IG is working. It’s been super glitchy and my posts were barely getting shown. So if you see this please like it… hopefully IG is back to normal already. Plus I really love this one. Can you spot us??? Horseshoe Bend makes you feel really tiny…

The most magical morning ever! We have been at the

The most magical morning ever! We have been at the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta for the past few days and this event does not disappoint. It’s the biggest hot air balloon festival in the world and it runs for 9 days.

We did the sunset festival on Sunday and watched all the balloons glow. Yesterday we watched them take off from our bus (we are staying in a lot right next to entrance of the event) and this morning we went in for the sunrise mass ascension. Charlie’s only complaint is that she wanted to go in a hot air balloon and not watch them from the ground. Hopefully next year baby girl!

We’ve been to some pretty amazing places that ar

We’ve been to some pretty amazing places that are off the beaten path. This is Salvation Mountain in Southern California. It’s hours away from just about anything but such a great art display. Have you heard of it?

Check out my little photo bomber that didn’t want to be in the picture, but refused to get out of the way.

@janieandjack if you need new models, Charlie & Ja

@janieandjack if you need new models, Charlie & Jack are available and they look really cute in your matching swimsuits ❤️ Just another amazing day on Lake Powell in our houseboat from @antelopepoint

So glad my parents were able to fly out twice to m

So glad my parents were able to fly out twice to meet up with us on our big adventure. Yes, those are my parents! We just spent nearly a week together… a few days in Las Vegas and a few days on the houseboat on Lake Powell. Now we’re on the final countdown as we make our way home. We’ll be seeing them again at the Disney house right before we get back to Miami.

And how amazing is the carousel made of flowers at the @wynnlasvegas?

The cutest town in California. If you’re on a Ca

The cutest town in California. If you’re on a California road trip make sure you stop in at Solvang!

We have definitely been spending much more time ou

We have definitely been spending much more time outdoors these days since we began our 3 month road trip on our yellow school bus. Charlie’s been loving checking out all of the flowers in all of the different areas so we decided to bring a little life into our bus and add some fresh flowers for the season. You already know there’s nothing I love more than flowers in my home. #ad

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Walt Disney World (Florida) or Disneyland (Califor

Walt Disney World (Florida) or Disneyland (California)? We visited Disneyland California for the first time ever and the simple answer is we absolutely loved it. If you’re deciding between the 2, here’s what you should take into consideration.

The biggest benefit to choosing Florida is the size of it. Walt Disney World has 4 parks instead of 2 and they’re all much larger than the ones in California. Basically, there’s a lot more to do. If you’re planning a long trip then this is the way to go. There’s also more wow factor in Florida. The rides are better and newer. The princess castle is almost 3 times the size of the one in Disneyland. Everything is bigger and better in Florida.

As for Disneyland California, it’s small and that’s my favorite part! For the first time ever Charlie was able to walk a whole theme park. In Orlando she won’t even make it half way. Disneyland is smaller and everything is really close together, so you can get from one ride to another in a minute instead of having to go on a long walk. With a little kid it’s much more doable.

Another reason we loved Disneyland is that the wait times were much shorter. I’ve heard that it’s usually like that. Kids get impatient with the long wait times so this was a huge factor for me. We spent about 6 hours at Disneyland and we got to ride 13 rides. We never do that much in Florida!

Also, we saw lots of characters during our visit to Disneyland. We’ve been to the Orlando parks at least a dozen times since covid and we saw more characters the 1 day in Disneyland than we’ve seen in all of our Orlando visits since covid.

Finally, the weather is a huge one. In general California has much better weather. It’s not as hot. It’s not humid. It doesn’t rain often. Unless you’re planning to visit Florida in the winter, the weather will most likely be better in California. I honestly think the weather is why we lasted so many hours. In Florida this time of year we’re sweating before making it in the gates.

Either way, Disney is incredible and you’re going to have a great time! But if you’re picking between the 2… these are the best things to consider and of course how far you live from them.

The one great shot we got on that extra windy day

The one great shot we got on that extra windy day in San Francisco ❤️

We had been in Sonoma Valley during the day and it was hot out so we were in dresses. By the time we got to San Fran it was pretty cold and insanely windy. Let’s just say we weren’t dressed properly anymore. In every photo my hair is up in the air and I’m struggling to hold my short flowy skirt. But at least we got a cute one of Charlie, wind in her hair and all.

Save this post if you’re doing a road trip in Mo

Save this post if you’re doing a road trip in Montana because this place is a gem! This spot in Hungry Horse Reservoir is not only gorgeous, but we had it all to ourselves 2 trips in a row.

On our first big road trip in 2019 we met another bus and the guy told us about a nearby spot that was amazing. We took his word for it and headed there just with the coordinates. He wasn’t kidding. This amazing piece of heaven was ours and only ours. 2 years later on our current road trip, we had to go back. We stayed for 2 days and 1 of the days we were all alone again. The other campers we saw there the first day said they found it on a dispersed camping app… it’s on IOverlander and Dyrt.

This is called Flossy Creek and located in Hungry Horse Reservoir. In 2019 it took us over an hour to get there because it was a long dirt road, now most of the main road has been paved, making it a much quicker drive. The end part is still a dirt road and the turn off to get down there is a tight dirt road with tight turns.

This is still my favorite dispersed camping spot, 2 trips in a row. Make sure you don’t miss it if you’re heading to Montana!

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The Traveling Red has been to: United Arab Emirates, Australia, Belgium, Bahamas, Belize, Canada, People's Republic of China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Germany, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Spain, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Hong Kong, Haiti, Indonesia, Israel, India, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Japan, Cambodia, South Korea, Cayman Islands, Morocco, Mexico, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Panama, Peru, French Polynesia, Puerto Rico, Palestine, Thailand, United States, Vatican, Vietnam, South Africa, Zambia.
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