This is Part V of several posts featuring our favorite Caribbean tropical island: St. John, USVI. We have shared how to get to St. John, as well as some of ourfavorite beaches, restaurants, and places to stay. We thought we had finished out our series on St. John, however a new resort popped up, and Read More
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OK! We’re Back! For Real This Time! Life Got Crazy!
The last time we wrote, we told you all about our new woodworking/charcuterie board business, Under the Palm Palms. We had also traveled to a few fun places, and wanted to share those trips as well–however life took a wild spin for us, and we movedfrom Illinois back to our hometown in Virginia! We found 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
Chicago Botanic Garden
David and I are huge flower lovers, his favorite being the orchid. So for Valentine’s Day last year I gave him tickets for us to attend the 2019 Chicago Botanic Garden Orchid Show, entitled “In the Tropics”. While it is still cold in February/March in Illinois, it was really warm in the Orchid Greenhouses and Read More
