DECEMBER 2025 Adventures With Carli A monthly round of tips, travels, adventures and what's next Some of the links in this post contain affiliate links. What does that mean you ask? I may earn a small commission, but you won’t pay any extra. Hello adventurers! We've reached the end of 2025, finally 😅 This year has been a bit of a roller coaster for me in my personal life, but a banner year for traveling. I started the year watching fireworks in Sydney Australia and am wrapped up the year...
about 1 month ago • 6 min read
NOVEMBER 2025 Adventures With Carli A monthly round of tips, travels, adventures and what's next Some of the links in this post contain affiliate links. What does that mean you ask? I may earn a small commission, but you won’t pay any extra. Hello adventurers! Somehow it's already December (tomorrow) 🙀 If you're in the US, I hope you had a great Thanksgiving. And if you celebrate Black Friday, be sure to check out my blog below on 10 Practical Gifts for Travelers. This year I opted to skip...
2 months ago • 6 min read
OCTOBER 2025 Adventures With Carli A monthly round of tips, travels, adventures and what's next Some of the links in this post contain affiliate links. What does that mean you ask? I may earn a small commission, but you won’t pay any extra. Hello adventurers! It's crazy but we've already made it to the holiday season. Halloween of course! Halloween is my absolute #1 favorite holiday. There's a little bit of everything. Fun fall activities like pumpkin patches and apple picking, spooky vibes,...
3 months ago • 5 min read
SEPTEMBER 2025 Adventures With Carli A monthly round of tips, travels, adventures and what's next Hello adventurers! Another month has flown by. I'm currently writing this somewhere over northern Canada 10 hours into my flight from Qatar to Chicago. This is flight 2 of 3 for around 25 hours of traveling Amman -> Doha -> Chicago -> Minneapolis 😵💫 September was a bit of a blur. I was back home in Minnesota for Labor Day and going to my favorite end of summer event - the Minnesota State Fair. If...
4 months ago • 5 min read
AUGUST 2025 Adventures With Carli A monthly round of tips, travels, adventures and what's next Hello adventurers! Somehow it's already Labor Day 😰 We've had a pretty incredible summer in Seattle with only a few unusual days of rain. I've been continuing my paddle boarding adventures and even had an incredible encounter with some seals near Golden Gardens in Seattle. The perfect lazy person's paddleboard Last week I also went on a day hike into the Enchantments outside of Leavenworth, WA. This...
5 months ago • 4 min read
JULY 2025 Adventures With Carli A monthly round of tips, travels, adventures and what's next Hello adventurers! I can't believe we're already halfway through summer 😩 Since this is truly the best weather in Seattle (and the reason we deal with all the gloom) I try to stick around the PNW as much as possible. July is also the time of year for my favorite non-sanctioned event of the year (see video below). I even got talked into buying a paddleboard, which after 2 decades in the city makes me...
6 months ago • 4 min read
JUNE 2025 Adventures With Carli A monthly round of tips, travels, adventures and what's next Hello adventurers! Spring has been a bit of a whirlwind to say the least. Since May, I've been to 2 countries, 3 states and have flown 23,600 miles ✈️. I'm headed out again this week (shocking) for 4th of July, then will be in Seattle for the next couple of months to enjoy all that summer in the PNW has to offer. Where in the world is Carli San Diego? Earlier this month I went to Louisville for work....
7 months ago • 4 min read
MAY 2025 Adventures With Carli A monthly round of tips, travels, adventures and what's next Hello adventurers! It's been a busy couple of weeks. I had a work trip to Alaska then booked myself a last minute trip to Stockholm for Memorial Day weekend (yes just a long weekend). Currently, I'm somewhere over Georgia as I fly to Louisville for a work trip after only 3 days at home 🙃 Gouda, Netherlands Where in the world is Carli San Diego? Earlier this month I returned to Anchorage, Alaska for...
8 months ago • 4 min read
APRIL 2025 Adventures With Carli A monthly round of tips, travels, adventures and what's next Hello adventurers! It's been a quiet travel month since returning from Antarctica and Minnesota, but that's changing quickly. I've just returned from a work trip with 2 more coming up in the next 6 weeks, plus a few other personal trips. It will be a busy spring! Where in the world is Carli San Diego? I spent the week in Spokane, Washington for work. I visit here about 2 times a year to meet with...
9 months ago • 4 min read