We got our second card which will be sending us Ax throwing! We planned to go when we were in Houston for the Texans game but the car decided to start overheating and then we had to tow it to the Houston house and to the dealer on Monday because everything is closed on Sundays in Houston... so, our date idea had to be postponed until we picked up the car. However, when we get the car back from the dealer, throwin some axes to relieve the stress should be fun! I will update wh

First TX Scratch-off item in the Texas Bucket list Adventure Challenge of 2026!We have decided to get to know Texas and use this Bucket List Challenge to get to know our state and do fun things around town (and far away in other towns!) This one took us to play Mini Golf at Another Round  in Dallas, TX! ON New Year's Day we scratched off the adventure card and planned our trip to conquer this adventure! We made an appointment online to reserve our spot at 1:15pm. You don't re

We are excited to announce that in 2026 we will be getting to know our beautiful state of TEXAS and sharing the adventures with all of you! 2024 and 2025 took us by surprise, and we experienced a lot of changes, but we are looking to ground ourselves in 2026 and get to sharing our travel experiences. We will be working with the RIO Adventure Bucket List and The Secret Traveler Texas Bucket List for 2026. Since home base is North Texas, we started with our Dallas card. Eric pi

Leave it to us to select one of the coldest days in South Carolina's Fall season to visit this splendid national park! Congaree National Park is located in South Carolina, about 18 miles south of Columbia. Coming from Sumter, it was about a one-hour drive. It is home to the Congaree River and old-growth bottomland hardwood trees. This means, swampy and river adventures! Since we were visiting our son for Thanksgiving, we figured we would drag him along with us on our National

This post is proof that dreams come true BUT you need to be careful who your trust! we visited American Samoa on our Hawaiian summer adventures and spent a few days on the island. We learned so much about American Samoa and, although we went on our own on day 1, we hired a tour guide for days 2 and 3. Our guide, Lu, was amazing! This post is about our day 1 adventures and WHAT NOT TO DO when visiting American Samoa! See, we fall for the "TAXI" driver trick, where they quote o

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Nature is healing. There is research that shows that visiting El Yunque in Puerto Rico restores health. There is so much oxygen and clean...