Hi Everyone! We are so excited to finally have this up and running! Yes–this is a travel blog–but we thought first we needed to tell you “Our Story”, of how we/and all of this “travel” came to be. Read More
“At Last”
Our Story -Part 2 So the interesting part of this story is how David and I finally got together. Follow closely though, as this is the semi-complicated part. You see, his sister Amy dated my cousin Tom, for several years back in the day. They both went on to marry other people, and Amy now Read More
Exciting News! Have You Heard? We’re Back! But First…
Where have we been? First, let us reintroduce ourselves. We are Teri & David, and WE LOVE TO TRAVEL! Back in early 2020, we envisioned and created this website/travel blog, entitled “It’s Take-Off Time”. The idea is that we would use our travel experiences to excite readers about travel–all the while enjoying the journey along Read More
U.S. National Register of Historic Places – The Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center
One of our daughters and her family live outside the Roanoke, Virginia area, so when we visit, we stay either in a hotel or an Airbnb close by. On our last visit, we had the privilege of staying at The Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center. David and I have stayed here before, so when we Read More
Favorite Tropical Destination – Part IV -St. John, USVI – favorite restaurants
This is Part IV of a series of articles featuring our favorite tropical destination, St. John, USVI. You can read about how to get to St. John here, about our latest visit and stay at Coconut Coast Villas here, and about our favorite beaches and a special sunset cruise, here. This article will feature a Read More
Favorite Tropical Destination – Part III – St. John, USVI-favorite beaches, sunset cruise
This is Part III of a series of articles featuring our favorite tropical destination, St. John, USVI. You can read about how to get to St. John here, and about our latest visit and stay at Coconut Coast Villas here. In Part II of the series we mentioned we would share our favorite beach bar/restaurants Read More
Favorite Tropical Destination – Part II – St. John, USVI, featuring Coconut Coast Villas
This is Part II of several posts featuring our favorite Caribbean tropical island, St. John, USVI. Our first post was all about “How to Get to St. John”. You can learn more about that aspect here. As you can see, getting to St. John, at least for us, is part of the adventure! David and Read More
Traveling Safe During Covid-19 in 2020
Let me start off by saying that David and I have the “travel bug” running through our veins. Coming from years of being around airplanes and working at airports, we jump at any opportunity to get on an airplane to go just about anywhere. We Love To Travel!! So when this pandemic hit and things Read More
Hidden Gem: North Point Plantation – Part I
North Point Plantation As I have mentioned before, David and I have family in both Virginia and Illinois, and we try to visit everyone regularly. The Covid-19 Pandemic has temporarily made it more challenging for us to travel, and has limited our accommodation choices when not at our “home base” in Illinois. After researching our Read More
Adventures in Kayaking
Traveling all over the world is fun and exciting for us, but sometimes it’s just as fun to find little gems of places to go to and do things right in our local area. A while back, David and I took a kayak class/adventure series LL Bean offered near our home in Illinois. If you Read More
Favorite Tropical Destination – Part I – St. John, USVI-Getting There
Getting There This is Part I of what will most likely be several posts for this destination. Last year we took a quick trip to St. John, USVI, which is my most favorite Caribbean destination (and quickly becoming David’s as well!) We love St John!! This post will focus on how we get there–because as Read More
TWA Hotel at New York’s JFK Airport
When David and I travel, since we fly standby, many times we will fly into a city and stay overnight in order to set ourselves up for a flight to our desired destination the next morning. On one of our trips, we decided our best chance on standby would be to fly out of New Read More
