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Swimming with Wild Dolphins in Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
On Day 4 of our December 2017 honeymoon, we woke up extra early so that we could be at the marina by 8am to meet our ship captain for our next adventure: swimming with wild dolphins. As soon as we located our captain, Paul, he informed us that no one else had booked the tour that day, so we would have the boat to ourselves! The boat itself was lovely—a large catamaran with a cabin area inside and a large bow in the front for us to sit and enjoy the views. We pulled out of the harbor around 8:30am and headed straight towards the open ocean. Matt and I…
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Carefree, Arizona
There’s perhaps nothing more relaxing than staying at a resort in a town called Carefree. This blissful little place sits just forty-five minutes north of Phoenix, situated at the western edge of Tonto National Forest. On a long weekend in September, when Arizona temperatures were climbing past 100 degrees, we flew into Phoenix and rented a car to take us to our resort, The Boulders at Carefree, Arizona. The Boulders is a resort and spa that straddles nearby Scottsdale. The campus sits on 1,300 acres and boasts 160 casitas and 60 villas tucked into the terrain. It takes its name from the nearby granite boulders rock formations rising as tall…
