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24 Hours in New York City

October 17, 2017

Hey travelers, welcome back to Allison in Wonderland!  This past weekend, I did a whirlwind trip to New York City and I’m here to share all about my time there.  Keep reading to see what I got up to in the big city!

Driving to New York City only takes about 2 or 3 hours from where I live in Maryland, so we usually drive or take a bus, but this time we decided to take a train!  I took my mom on the trip with me and it was actually our first time on a train.  When we went to Chicago (Chicago travel post linked here), we rode a commuter train into the city but that ride was only around 20 minutes and a little bit different than the Amtrak train we took this time, so we were really excited for the experience!  It ended up to be an absolutely amazing way to travel into the city and we can’t wait to book our next train trip!

Once we arrived in Penn Station, we quickly hopped in a taxi and were on our way to our hotel.  After we were in the taxi for about a minute, we actually got pulled over and the driver got a ticket!  It was strange to have that happen because I never thought about the possibility of getting pulled over in New York City but we just hopped out and got in another one.  We stayed right by Central Park, so the ride took about 20 minutes and we were already checked into the hotel after only being in the city for a half hour!

Once we got settled in our room, we hit the streets!  Originally, we weren’t supposed to get to the city until after dark but we were able to change our tickets so we arrived earlier and we were so glad we did!  We walked around the Columbus Circle area and W 59th Street and got our first taste of the city in the fall!  I’ve been to the city many times before but never in the fall and it’s amazing!  The leaves were changing in Central Park so it was neat to walk the streets and have the city skyline on one side and the colorful leaves of the park on the other side.

The next morning, we were up bright and early because I had a Central Park photoshoot at 10am!  A couple months ago, I contacted one of my favorite photographers that I follow on Instagram and found out she was coming to the East Coast this month and I jumped at the chance to work with her.  The shoot was incredible and she was just the sweetest girl!  I’ll be getting the photos back soon so make sure you’re following me on Instagram (@allisantmyer) so you’ll see how amazing they turned out!  Also, leave me a comment if you’d like me to write a post talking about the details of the shoot!

After the shoot, we grabbed some lunch and headed back to the hotel to grab our things.  Once we took a little breather, we headed back out with all our luggage to do the rest of our exploring.  Luckily for us, we each managed to only bring a backpack so we didn’t have a ton to carry around with us.  We walked a lot of Central Park, looking at all the beautiful bridges and the carriage rides and I got to see the Central Park carousel for the first time!  Before this trip, I hadn’t spent a lot of time in the park so I was really stoked to get to see more of it.

When it was close to the time we had to catch our train, we grabbed a taxi and headed back to Penn Station.  Penn Station was a lot busier than the station we left from at home, but it was still very easy to maneuver.  Overall, the trip was incredible and 24 hours went by way too quickly!  I’d been looking forward to this trip for months and I’m sad it’s over but I guess that just means I’ll have to go back again soon!  Thank you so much for reading this post, I hope you enjoyed it!  Don’t forget to follow me on Instagram to see more photos from my trip.  See you next week!

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What To Bring On a Tropical Vacation

September 12, 2017

Good morning and happy Tuesday!  I hope your September is going wonderfully so far.  I’m so excited for fall but first, I wanted to share my last vacation post of the summer!  Today, I’m sharing my packing essentials for the tropical vacation my family and I just went on so keep reading to find out what I brought!

Throughout my life, I’ve been on plenty of beach/tropical vacations but I’d never been to the Florida Keys, which is where I jetted off to in mid-August.  I had a week ahead of me at a beach resort and I was so excited to finally relax after a summer of working hard.  I knew we’d do some adventuring (click here to read my last post about our trip) but I also knew I’d be spending a lot of time by the pool, so I’ve compiled a list of my relaxation/adventuring must-haves.  Here they are!

My number one must-have is a big, floppy hat.  In the Keys, it was insanely hot and humid and it was hard to be out of the pool for more than thirty minutes at a time.  My straw hat (pictured in my last post) helped keep me cool and also helped shield my face and shoulders from the sun!

My next must-have is a good book.  Before the trip, I bought a book called “The Beach Club” by Elin Hilderbrand.  It’s a New York Times bestseller and it was pretty good!  It was an easy read that made you want to keep reading more and, when you’re getting a tan at the same time, nothing’s better than that!

Must-have number three is to bring more than one bathing suit.  On this trip, I brought three and I’m so glad I did because, with being in the water all day, my suit was constantly soaked and then would have trouble drying overnight because it was so humid outside!  I was definitely glad I could switch back and forth between the ones I brought.

The next must-have is a no brainer and it’s to bring tons of sunscreen!  Throughout the 7 days we were there, my family of four went through five cans of the spray sunscreen.  That’s crazy!  The sun is so hot in Florida that we wanted to make sure we didn’t get burnt and we ended up going through almost a bottle a day.

My last must-have is to buy an underwater camera.  With all the snorkeling, jet-skiing, and other water sports we did, it would have been nice to be able to not worry about getting our phones wet and use a waterproof camera instead.  Especially with snorkeling, an underwater camera would have captured such cool moments!

Those are all my tropical vacation must-haves – thanks for reading!  As always, I’ll be back next Tuesday with another post so be on the lookout for that!  Have a great week!

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Being a Tourist In: Key Largo, Florida

September 5, 2017

Hi everyone!  Welcome back to my blog and to the first of my tropical vacation posts!  Two weeks ago, my family and I traveled to Key Largo, Florida and I’m here to tell ya all about it.  Keep reading for all the details!

On Sunday, we flew down to Ft. Lauderdale and then drove the rest of the way down to the Keys.  Initially, it looked like it was going to rain all week because it was the start of their wet season, but it actually ended up being a beautiful, rain-free week!  We stayed at the Key Largo Bay Marriott Beach Resort and overall, I really loved the resort!  It was right on the water and had a great pool and hot tub.  They had plenty of hammocks and guests had access to jet-skis, paddle boards, kayaks, and parasailing right at the hotel!  There was also a spot for the snorkeling and scuba diving boats to pick you up right on site.  It was awesome!

 

On Monday, we started our adventures with renting a couple jet-skis.  I don’t have a great history with jet-skiing because, in high school, I went on vacation to Panama City Beach and that was the first time I was ever on one.  I wasn’t old enough to drive it then so I was riding on the back with someone else and it was just terrible.  I didn’t like how fast we were going and that I had no control so I was a bit nervous going into the experience this time but it was actually a lot of fun!  I’m old enough now to drive the jet-ski myself and I had a great time!  I would definitely recommend renting jet-skis on your next vacation if you have the chance.

Our adventure of the day on Tuesday was snorkeling!  There was a company right at the resort called Ocean Divers and that’s where we booked our snorkeling trip.  We caught the boat there, at 9:00am, and we were off!  We went to two locations – one was called the Christ statue and the other was called Horseshoe – and they were both wonderful.  Some parts were pretty deep and others were shallow so we got to see a lot of different fish and plants on the bottom of the ocean!  The instructors, Tuck and Dani, were awesome and it was such a cool experience!

We spent the majority of the next two days at the pool, relaxing.  We had explored and adventured so much the two days before that it was nice to spend some time lounging by the pool.  Going into the vacation, I thought we’d spend more time in the ocean, but the ocean was as warm as a bath!  That would usually be a good thing, but it was so hot and humid during the day that we just wanted something to cool us off from the burning sun.

On Friday, our last full day in Florida, we parasailed!  It was super easy to book and super quick once you got on the boat.  We stayed in the air for 10-12 minutes and it was really relaxing and peaceful!  It barely felt like you were moving and there was such a good view because we were up so high.  My dad is scared of heights and he didn’t have a problem with doing this, so if you’re scared of heights too, I’d say you’re safe to go for it!  Also on Friday, we discovered that the resort had a game section!  There was a little outdoor room on the first floor that had life-size games like Jenga and Connect 4!  There was also shuffle board and a few ping pong tables!  We spent a good amount of time here because there was so much to do.  I loved that the resort had this!

Our last day was mostly spent packing up and being sad that we were leaving.  It was such an amazing vacation and I didn’t want it to end!  Next week, I’ll have another vacation post coming to the blog about what to pack for a tropical vacation so be sure to come back for that one!  Have a great week!

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Being a Tourist In: Chicago

July 11, 2017

Hi everyone, welcome to one of my most exciting travel posts yet!  This one’s about my recent trip to Chicago, Illinois and I can’t wait to tell you all about it!  I’ve never been to Chicago but my uncle lives there part time, so my mom and I went to visit with him and explore the city over a long weekend.  Let’s get started!

We flew into Midway International Airport on a Thursday afternoon, so when we arrived, we had the majority of the day to see the area he lives in.  He doesn’t actually live in the city of Chicago, but in a town called Elmhurst that’s only a short drive away.  It’s the absolute cutest little place that has an amazing downtown area and you would never know you’re only twenty minutes outside of Chicago!  There are so many trendy coffee shops and boutiques and the people were so friendly!  There were also a ton of cute spots to take outfit photos so that’s always a plus!  One of my favorite things about the Elmhurst main street was the old movie theater called “York” that they still have in business.  This town also has a train station right in the middle of it, so you can hop on the express train and be right in downtown Chicago in only twenty minutes!  Great for work week commuters and weekend adventurers!  If you’re in the Chicago area and have a little bit to explore the suburbs, Elmhurst would be a good one to visit.

Friday was our first full day to adventure, so we hit the city early.  We were up and out the door by 8:30 and ready to tackle the day!  So no time was wasted, we purchased tickets for the day ahead of time with the Go City Card app.  With the Go City Card app, you pay before you download the app and are then given a long list of attractions to do in the city.  With this app, you’re allowed to choose three things to do and all you have to do is scan your app when you get to each destination.  It was a great way to skip some lines and see what the city had to offer!  For our first attraction, we went to the Sky Deck, which is in the Willis Tower.  Apparently, the Willis Tower used to be called the Sears Tower, but the name switched a couple years ago.  The views from the top of the building were insane!  They had three or four glass enclosures that were extended over the side of the building so, when you walked out on them, there was literally nothing separating you from 103 floors down except a thin sheet of glass.  Crazy!

Next, we headed to Navy Pier.  Navy Pier is super cool and there was lots to do and see!  We first went inside where there were a lot of places to eat and then we headed out to the end of the pier to see Lake Michigan.  Chicago sits right on the lake so the water was beautiful!  While we were there, there was a Rolling Stones exhibit going on so there were tongue statues everywhere – so neat!  There are also a few rides and a ferris wheel on the pier (which are also an attraction that’s included on the Go City Card app), so we took some time to ride a few rides.  The ferris wheel was a great idea because you can see the entire skyline of Chicago when you reach the top.  Definitely worth the trip to the pier to see that!

After Navy Pier, we grabbed a quick lunch and decided to do an architecture boat tour as our third attraction for the day.  We caught the boat right around the bridge where Trump tower is located and rode all around the Chicago waterways!  It was a 75 minute tour in total and we learned so much about the history of Chicago and the different types of buildings that have sprung up since the Chicago fire.  This initially wasn’t something I was super excited about when I saw it on the list of things we could do, but it ended up being one of my favorite things we did while we were in the city!

On our last day in Chicago, we explored a little bit more and went to the Bean!  I found out it’s actually called Cloud Gate, but it’s in Millennium Park, which is a really beautiful area of Chicago where there are a lot of sculptures and other forms of art.  After this, we did a two hour segway tour with a company called Absolutely Chicago.  It was awesome!  We had a few minutes before we started where we could practice and get the hang of it and, I’ll admit, I almost wiped out the first time I went up a big hill, but overall it was pretty easy!  Great for people of all ages!  Since we had spent the day before going all around the city, I had perviously seen a lot of what we saw on the segway tour, but it was nice to get some more information about the touristy locations we went to.  I’d recommend doing this if you want to see a lot of prime Chicago spots in a short amount of time!

My trip to Chicago was incredible and thank goodness I could sleep in the day after we got back because I was exhausted!  Overall, Chicago was a lot cleaner and more friendly than I was expecting and I’d go back in a heartbeat.  I’m already looking to visit again soon so let me know if you have any suggestions of places to go that I didn’t mention in this post.  Have a great rest of your week and I’ll see you next Tuesday with another post!

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Being a Tourist In: Annapolis, Maryland

July 4, 2017

Hello everyone and welcome to another “Being a Tourist In:…” post!  Thanks for coming back to Allison in Wonderland on the 4th of July!  I hope you’re looking forward to your plans for tonight and have a blast watching the fireworks – they’re my favorite part of today!  It’s so exciting that the warm weather and sunshine are in full-swing and I’m thrilled that I have the opportunity to live in such a beautiful place for the summer.  I’ve been living in Annapolis for the last month or so while I’m working at my internship and it’s been such an incredible experience!  With driving to and from Annapolis every weekday last summer for my internship, I really wanted to be able to live here full-time this summer so I could cut down on the long commute time and also figure out if this is where I want to live and work after I graduate.  I’m graduating from James Madison in December, so it’s coming up quickly!  Luckily, we were able to find a gorgeous, short-term apartment and everything has worked out really, really well so far.  Throughout this post, I’m going to take you through a few of my favorite, local places in Annapolis so I hope you enjoy!

The first place I’m going to share about is a restaurant called the Iron Rooster.  I had never heard of this restaurant until over the winter when my bosses took the department out for a holiday brunch.  It was so nice of them to do that – it was absolutely delicious!  And I unknowingly drove past it every single day!  The Iron Rooster specializes in breakfast/brunch and it just so happens that those are my two favorite food categories!  It has a very rustic interior and the staff is as pleasant as could be.  I definitely recommend getting the big waffle, it was delicious!

The second place on my list is the entire area of downtown Annapolis (which is where the Iron Rooster is located as well).  The cobblestone streets are just gorgeous and it’s the perfect mix of small town and city.  There are tons of interesting shops to visit and there’s history everywhere you look!  Downtown is right next to the water so you get quite a view on both sides.

My third recommendation is a little shop called Sadie’s Flower Shop and it’s just the cutest place!  I noticed it driving home one day last summer and immediately needed to go.  It’s the tiniest building right along the road and it only says Flowers across the top, so it took me a long time to figure out what it was actually called but it would definitely be a must on my list if I was visiting Annapolis for the day.

 

Another one of my favorite spots to hit on the weekends is the Anne Arundel Farmer’s Market.  We just went for the first time a couple weekends ago and it was super cute.  There were a ton of fruit and veggie stands and the people were really nice!  It was such a fun thing to do to get our weekend started on a Saturday morning.

Lastly, my absolute favorite area of Annapolis is a section called Eastport!  Both my apartment and the company that I intern at are in Eastport and it’s the coolest.  It’s right next to downtown Annapolis, across a tiny drawbridge, and it has so many fun, unique features to it!  There are coffee shops all around, marinas at almost every block, and it has it’s own park called Quiet Waters.  My boyfriend and I love going to Quiet Waters on the weekends for a quick hike or to take some food and sit by the water. Eastport has all the perks of downtown Annapolis but it’s just a bit quieter and I love it!  I don’t think we could’ve chosen a better place to live.  Plus, there are a ton of cute locations to take OOTD photos!

Those are all the recommendations I’m going to write about today but I have a ton more so let me know if you’d like me to do a “take two” of this post at the end of the summer!  Thanks for taking the time to read all the way to the end and I hope you have a wonderful week!  See ya next time!

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Being a Tourist In: New York City

June 6, 2017

Hey everyone and welcome back to my next “Being a Tourist in…” post!  I added to my list of summer trips by going to New York City with one of my best friends this past weekend and I’m so excited to share with you what we were up to in this incredible city!  Let’s get started!

My friend lives about an hour outside of New York City, so we spent Friday night in her area and then took a transit bus from her town into the city on Saturday morning.  We left around 8:45am, so we arrived at Port Authority, which is right near Times Square, at about 10am.  When we went to the city together a couple years ago, we ended up walking a ton more than we thought we would, so this time, she had the wonderful idea of getting tickets for one of the double-decker, hop-on hop-off buses!  We used a Groupon, so the tickets were only about $18 per ticket and we were set for the whole day!  The only walking we had to do beforehand was walking from Port Authority to the Visitor Center to redeem our tickets and our feet were thanking us for that.

Basically, the bus makes a huge loop around the city, taking about an hour or two in total!  If you take the downtown loop, it hits all the touristy areas, like Soho, the Empire State Building, and China town.  We got on and rode until we were near Chelsea Market and the bus driver made a special stop just for us so we’d be a little bit closer to where we needed to be!  Once we were off the bus, we walked about eight blocks or so to Chelsea Market.  It was so cool!  They have all sorts of food vendors and there are even some little shops inside with books and cards and toys.  After Chelsea Market, we went up on the High Line.  I had heard great things about it, but I’d never been so I was thrilled to see what it had to offer!  Essentially, it’s an elevated space where a train used to run, but it’s been renovated to be a walking space above the street with greenery and great views.  We were there on such a beautiful day so it was a perfect spot to hang out for a bit!

After we left that area and grabbed a quick lunch, we headed back to a bus stop to hop back on the double decker.  Our next stop was the Top of the Rock!  In all the times I’ve been to the city, I’ve never done the Top of the Rock so that’s what I was most excited for during this trip.  The tickets to get to the top were around $35, so not a terrible price to see such an awesome sight.  At the top, it wasn’t super crowded, especially for a Saturday afternoon, and two couples got engaged while we were there!  It was cute to see that in person – I’m sure they have proposals happen there every day!  When it was time to go, we decided to walk back to Port Authority through Times Square instead of taking the double decker because it wasn’t too long of a distance.  When we were walking through Times Square, there was a Christian band playing and it was just incredible to see the love they were sharing in the middle of such a high-traffic, busy area!

We made a quick stop at the famous Magnolia bakery to get a few cupcakes and then we were on our way!  We made the transit bus back with about two minutes to spare and couldn’t of been happier with our day.  I love New York City and I’m so thankful that I am able to take day trips there!  If you’ve ever been to the city, let me know what your favorite thing was that you did during your trip.  See you next week!

 

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Being a Tourist In: Alexandria, Virginia

May 16, 2017

Hi everyone!  Welcome to another “Being a Tourist In:…” post on Allison in Wonderland!  These are some of my favorite posts to spend time writing and I’m so excited to share my latest travel adventures with you.  Let’s get into it!

I went to Alexandria, Virginia with one of my good friends from college last weekend and it was my very first time there!  It was only about an hour and a half from my house in Maryland so not a bad drive at all to see somewhere so adorable.  We also were visiting on a week day so traffic wasn’t horrible and I got there in a good amount of time!  Even before I got out of the car in the parking garage, I could already tell it was going to be a place I’d want to come back to!  The townhouses reminded me of the townhouses I’ve seen in Brooklyn and Georgetown and it was so fun to walk up and down the brick and cobblestone streets.  They have a really developed main street in Alexandria where most of the shops and restaurants are and that’s where we spent most of our time!  There were a ton of cute, little boutiques that are unique to Alexandria but they also had some normal, mall-type stores like Anthropolgie and H&M.

 

Alexandria is also really nice because it’s located on the water – it’s actually right across the river from the National Harbor in Washington, D.C.!  At the end of the main street where all the shops are is a super cute dock area where they have some seafood restaurants and beautiful places to take photos!  We spent a good amount of time there, walking up and down the waterfront streets, looking at all the picture-perfect houses.  They were so cute!  Another thing that was cool was that they have a trolley in this city!  We didn’t have a chance to ride it, but it goes all around and stops about every two blocks so you can hop on and off when you’re shopping or walking around.

I really, really loved Alexandria – I couldn’t believe I’d never been there before!  I’ll definitely be going back in the future so be on the look out for another blog post about this beautiful place.  Check back next week for a post all about first date ideas!  Thanks for reading!

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Road Trip to Lake Norman, North Carolina

May 2, 2017

Hi guys, welcome back to my blog!  If you’ve never visited my site before, hi!  I’m Alli!  I hope you’re having a wonderful first week of May!  I took a weekend road trip to North Carolina a few weeks ago and I’m here to tell you all about our adventures!  I hope you enjoy!

I went with one of my best friends, Elyse, to her family’s lake house at Lake Norman and it was so much fun!  We got to the house on Thursday night, so we had the whole weekend ahead of us to relax and enjoy the beautiful weather.  We spent most of our time laying out on the dock and exploring the shopping area that’s right around the lake.  I was surprised at how much of a small town feel Lake Norman has considering there’s so much to do right around where the house is!

 

The weather was gorgeous on Friday and we got a good amount of sun to start the summer off right.  It was so nice to lay out on the dock and watch all the people who were boating and jet-skiing to kick off the warm weather!  Since it was so early in the season, there weren’t too many people around so that made it nice and peaceful to be able to spend the weekend away from the stress of school.  Later that day, we headed to a little shopping area and grabbed dinner at a little hibachi place.  We rented the movie Sully from Redbox and it was really good!  I’d definitely recommend watching it if you’re having a night in.

On Saturday, we started off the day by heading to Davidson, a little town that’s only about twenty minutes from where we were staying.  There was a little festival/farmer’s market going on when we got there so we couldn’t of visited at a better time!  There were so many cute little stands with art and fruit and jewelry!  The shops along the main street in Davidson were so cute too, we loved walking through them and looking at all the lake souvenirs.  While we were walking through the market, we came across a flower stand and they were selling the biggest, most beautiful bouquets for only $20!  It’s the best money I’ve ever spent – they are still standing tall in my apartment now!

 

Unfortunately, Sunday was the day we had to head home and get back to our responsibilities.  I loved visiting Lake Norman – I hope I’ll get to go again in the future!  Have you ever been?  Let me know in the comments below!  See you next week!

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My Trip to the Grand Canyon

March 28, 2017

Hey everyone, welcome to my last Arizona travel post!  I’m so sad to be almost done writing about such an incredible trip but I’m excited I got to share it with you all!  This one’s going to be about our day trip from Phoenix to the Grand Canyon so let’s get started.

From where we were staying, it was about three hours to the Grand Canyon, so not a bad drive to see such a cool and memorable place!  Even though the drive wasn’t too long, I was driving a huge pick-up truck so I was relieved when we finally got there.  We parked in the parking lot by the visitor center and got started on the main trail of the South Rim Visitor’s Center.  The trail goes for 12 miles but it’s paved and you can turn back at any point.  Because we were there on a week day, there weren’t a ton of people around so we got to see some wonderful views without feeling crowded!  We also had the perfect weather!  It was about 60 degrees or so and the skies were completely clear.  We lucked out with such a great day!

 

 

We spent a good amount of time on the trail because there are benches every once in a while and wonderful look-out points!  We brought a blanket with us because we didn’t know how cold it would end up being and it was nice to be able to warm up if we needed to!  When we were finished on the trail, we went inside the visitor’s center and the gift shop and they actually had some really cool souvenirs!  I found a really cool tin hiking mug but, unfortunately, they were under a park-wide power outage while we were there so we weren’t able to bring anything home with us.

If you’re traveling from Phoenix to the Grand Canyon, I would definitely recommend stopping somewhere along the way, like in Flagstaff!  We weren’t able to on our trip but it seemed like a nice stopping point to walk around or grab some food.  I hope you enjoyed my Arizona travel posts; I can’t wait to write some more in the summer!  See you next week!

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Being a Tourist In: Scottsdale, Arizona

March 21, 2017

Hi, welcome back to Allison in Wonderland!  Today’s post is going to be another travel post about my spring break trip to Arizona.  If you haven’t checked out last week’s, I’d love it if you’d read it!  It’s all about the time I spent in Sedona, Arizona.  Let’s get started!

I’d never been to Scottsdale before this trip, so I was pumped when I realized I’d have enough time to visit this time around.  Before going, we looked up a couple things to do but mostly just decided to wing it.  Scottsdale is a really great city to just go with the flow and that’s exactly what we did!

We started out at a coffee shop/bike rental store called Regroup Coffee & Bicycles and rented the cutest bikes!  They let us choose whether we wanted pink, green, blue, or black ones so we picked the ones we wanted and were on our way.  We rode all around – visiting Old Town, the Fifth Avenue area, and everywhere in between!  We didn’t want to stop at a ton of shops so biking was the perfect way to get around.

After spending a couple hours in the sun, we decided to head to the Desert Botanical Garden which is also in Scottsdale.  This was something that was at the top of my list and I’m so glad we made it there!  It was amazing to see so many plants that we don’t see on the East Coast all in one place.  It was incredibly beautiful and we had the perfect weather to be able to enjoy being outside.

The last thing we did in Scottsdale was go to their new aquarium called OdySea!  It was on the smaller side but once you got in, it didn’t feel small.  The coolest part about it was the carousel feature they had.  We walked into a room that had a few rows of theatre seating and once everyone was seated, they did an introduction and then the room spun!  They showed us the shark tank, sea lion tank, and a tank with sea turtles.  It was a really cool feature and made the whole experience a million times more memorable!

With Scottsdale being so close to Phoenix, it was definitely worth the extra drive time.  I’m so glad we went!  If you’re visiting, I definitely recommend getting around by bike – it was so cool!  See you next week with my last Arizona travel post!