My mom is a Worldmark Owner so we take a mother/daughter trip just her and I for a week every year. We have stayed at many resorts including: Oceanside, CA; Kihei, Maui, HI; Discovery Bay, WA; Las Vegas, NV; among many others over the years. This year we decided to spend our week in Solvang, CA. I was apprehensive at first, having never heard of the place, but it turned out to be quite an interesting area. We arrived in rain storms and fog, we took Highway 154 fr...

We earned our buddy passes by hopping on 3 layers of scaffolding and painting Mat's parents gigantic living room. Costa Rica was a random choice, but we were in need of somewhere out of the ordinary. When we were looking at where to stay, we chose the Caribbean side of the country, which is rural . Mat and I found and fell in love with a hostel called Rocking J's in a tiny town called Puerto Viejo de Limon in Talamanca. We rented 2 tents that were $6 per person, ...