Category: Travel
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🚐 Oregon RV Road Trip: From Orange County to Portland
Fall 2025 Adventure with Zack & Messi This September, we packed up an RV, loaded our dog Messi, and hit the road for a week-long trip from Orange County, California to Portland, Oregon. It was a mix of scenic drives, cozy campsites, national parks, breweries, pumpkin patches, and one chaotic dog. Here’s the full story…
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Consumerism and Keeping up with the Joneses
I love learning about personal finance. Every book I read teaches me something new. I’m a book person through and through—podcasts are fine for quick takeaways or buzzwords, but books are where the real substance lives. One book that really hit home for me was Your Money or Your Life. It peeled back the curtain…
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How to Do Bora Bora for Less Than $5K
It was my dream to go to Bora Bora and stay in an overwater bungalow for my honeymoon. We originally planned to leave the day after our wedding reception—but then the Air Tahiti Nui staff went on strike. People were stranded in Tahiti trying to find ways home through New Zealand. I’d saved credit card…
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