As I look back over the years, I feel very blessed to have been able to travel with Alex.  It's a huge part of our lives and memories, and we both feel that it is extremely important for our marriage as well as our overall happiness.  Don't get me wrong, you don't have to travel to be happy, but researchers do say it helps. One study found that the anticipation of vacation and the simple act of planning leads to an increase in happiness. I definitely am a believer of that, because I am already eagerly looking forward to our trip and have enjoyed planning out the details.  We booked our trip for mid-august, because honestly we wanted to have several months to save, and have something to look forward to.

Most of all, I think it is important to experience new things and create memories together that we can reminisce over through out our lives.  Life can get mundane at times, and a short trip can excite things, and help us to remember why we are best friends.  A weekend trip or even just a day can even do the trick.

We started traveling together when we were just friends studying abroad in college.  Little did we know 2 years later we would be married.  Here are the places out of state we have traveled together.