Despite traveling less than past years, our top experiences still brought the heat and include lots of concerts, retreats, dolphins, water, dolphins jumping in water, us jumping in water, hanging with "the band", and singing Estonian love ballads in a tiny town in New York.

A local favorite finally cracks the top desserts list, Heather's obsession with a certain type of pastry, and the pie that Trav thinks is the world's most underrated - plus a (unexpectedly) lengthy discussion about a specific candy bar that Heather loves and Trav thinks is "all marketing hype." 

Coffees in rural Vermont.  Cocktails in Mexico City.  Eastern European liqueur.  And tea from...Jamaica???  An eclectic mix makes up our best drinks of 2025 - listen to see what comes out on top.

Just because we didn't travel as much in 2025 doesn't mean we didn't have some incredible meals.  From sushi trains to eating cheesesteaks in a car in South Philly - with lots (and lots) of Mexican food in between - these are our best meals of 2025.

What was our best accommodation?  How about our worst?  What was the most unexpected thing that happened in 2025...and who was the neatest people we met?

For the 10th year, we are back with our six part Year in Review, starting with 2025 travel stats.  How many places did we sleep last year?  Did we spend multiple nights on an airplane (unfortunately for one of us, yes). 

240 acres.  Sweeping mountain views.  10,000 square foot event barn.  1803 stone farm house.  A mile from the base of a ski mountain.  Unlimited potential.

Find out how a Louisiana boy found the deal of a lifetime in the Catskills, and what they Trav and Jonas (with their partner Zack) plan on creating on this mountain paradise.

7 months. Over $20k of our own money. Thousands of hours of work.

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What does pickleball, an Eagles Super Bowl win, upstate NY, and the world's largest furniture markets all have in common?  Those, plus 16 other things, are all things we were unexpectedly thankful for in 2025.  

Over the last 5 months, since I announced my "retirement", a lot has happened.

Retirement life - I've never been busier!

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