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Continue reading →: The Beautiful ShowThis weekend, we wrapped up watching Ted Lasso. If you haven’t watched. Stop what you’re doing right now and watch, all three seasons, as there are spoilers in this post. I’ll admit, we came to the Lasso game late. There was so much to watch on Netflix and Amazon Prime…
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Continue reading →: The Less Travelled RoadI remember, vividly, touching down in Switzerland on our way back from Greece in 2015 and thinking, “ok, yeah I could keep going. I could get out of the plane and check out Switzerland for a while”. This dream of traveling the world was one that Melissa shared more with…
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Continue reading →: Karma and a Car KeyI’ll be right up front about this; I believe in karma. I believe that bad or mean people eventually (often at a frustratingly slow pace) get their comeuppance and good people, while sometimes following prey to bad people, circumstance or things, on balance, reap the rewards of being kind. Of…
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Continue reading →: The Luck of the AirtagWe recently returned to Europe. Last year, when we returned, we shipped some things back. We left (what we thought was) plenty of time to receive them before we departed for France and Italy. We were wrong. The package arrived at customs about three weeks or so before we were…
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Continue reading →: A Tale of Two Cities“Be safe”, “Don’t walk around at night”, “Burlington’s changed”. These are things I heard from good friends when I booked our Airbnb near downtown Burlington for a week. Sweet little Burlington? Sure, it’s a city and you have to be careful in any city, but Burlington? When we arrived, it…
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Continue reading →: Honoring those who ServeOn this Memorial Day weekend, we want to take a moment to thank, honor and remember those who serve and those who have served: the active duty and veterans of our armed forces who sacrifice for our freedoms. We are also remembering Melissa’s dad who fought in World War II,…
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Continue reading →: Follow us?If you like what you read here, you may want to follow us on our main travel blog page (if you aren’t already following that is): https://thetravelingridleys.com. From this main page you’ll get regular updates on our travels. Off of the menu icon (the three horizontal lines at the top…
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Continue reading →: The Haunting of Mill Pond Inn“Oh shoot. I think the restaurant will be closed while we are there”, she said after we booked the night at the Inn. “And it doesn’t look like there’s much in town, so we may need to get creative for dinner”. No problem. We are used to making do. We…
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Continue reading →: Reluctant Travelers?There are two sides to me (ok, maybe more but let’s not focus on my issues). The one who loves to be traveling, seeing new places, meeting new people and experiencing new things. This me writes these pages. Then there’s the homebody. The one who loves routine. The one who…
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Continue reading →: Play Me That Mountain MusicAs the snows begin to melt and the rivers and creeks begin to rise in the Colorado mountains, we prepare to take our leave and head east and back to Europe. It’s been a great winter home. In my full time working days I’d often thought about what it would…







