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Arches National Park with Points
This summer we took our first road trip in my EV. We wanted to stay somewhat close-ish to Denver since I had some anxiety about charging and getting stuck with a dead car in the middle of nowhere. I also had an annual $200 hotel credit to use from this credit card. So I started…
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NYC at Christmas… (kind of)
I love, love, love NYC, and have done most of my visits during the month of December on business travel. However, December is also not the most affordable time of the year to visit the City that Never Sleeps. When work pays the bill, it’s one thing. When I’m paying (x3), I try to find…
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Seattle with Kids – How We Maximized Points and Fun!
Connor, my youngest, has been obsessed with Seattle for years. All things Seattle. The football team, the city, the weird needle thing, the airplanes that come from there, all of it. So as part of a Christmas gift, I planned a trip to the Emerald City for the boys over one of their long weekends…
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Cancun with Kids – Fall Break 2022
There’s only one week a year I get the kids for a full 7 days, and I always try to make that one week the best adventure possible. This year, I saved up all of my hotel points and took advantage of my business travel status as a Marriott Bonvoy Titanium member and booked 5…
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Adventures at SeaQuest
This weekend we drove about 30 minutes west to Littleton to check out SeaQuest at Southwest Plaza Mall. We’d gotten a good deal on tickets (free!) and had heard it was a fun little place. It was fun, and definitely worth the price of admission :). It took us a little under an hour to…
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The Hesses Go to California
Awhile back we started watching America’s Got Talent. One of the boys asked how people got to be in the audience. So I went online and signed up to be notified about when tickets were available and… With less than a week’s notice, and it also being on the eve of back to school, I…
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Welcome!
Please bear with us as we get our little corner of the web set up. We can’t wait to share our adventures with you, whether it’s around the town or around the world! Love: Brady, Connor and Mama Hess