{"id":11848,"date":"2018-12-30T19:26:51","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T01:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/?p=11848"},"modified":"2018-12-28T08:55:39","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T14:55:39","slug":"highlights-of-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/blog\/highlights-of-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Highlights of 2018 &#8211; Top Travel Moments Outside Suburbia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This year I&#8217;m thankful for the amazing safari experiences in East Africa where we got to see the Great Migration and so many other amazing wildlife.\u00a0 Africa has been a big bucketlist destination for us and so excited that we got to check it off this year.\u00a0 Waking up to the trumpeting sounds of elephants and seeing zebras and giraffe from our safari tent is not something we will forget soon.\u00a0 Mr Suburbia captured so many stunning photos of the wildlife, one of them won Sir Richard Branson&#8217;s VLETravels award.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BpZa1DEnq39\/<\/p>\n<p>While I have always wished for wings, living in Dallas Fort Worth area with its two major airports is kinda like having wings, most places that we like to travel to have direct flights or easy connections away.\u00a0 We were thrilled to fly with Alaska Airlines this year from Dallas Love Field to San Diego as part of their <a href=\"https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/north-america\/united-states\/san-diego\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Weekend Wanderer Campaign<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_62 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">WHAT IS IN THIS POST<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-662aa373ddf26\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #000000;color:#000000\" 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href=\"https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/blog\/highlights-of-2018\/#Winter_in_India_and_Maldives\" title=\"Winter in India and Maldives\">Winter in India and Maldives<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/blog\/highlights-of-2018\/#Whats_next_for_2019\" title=\"What&#8217;s next for 2019\">What&#8217;s next for 2019<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Spring_in_Colorado\"><\/span><strong>Spring in Colorado<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10414\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/north-america\/united-states\/maroon-bells-colorado\/attachment\/grouppic-maroonbells\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/GroupPic-MaroonBells.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1208,805\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/GroupPic-MaroonBells-1024x682.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/GroupPic-MaroonBells-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10414 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/GroupPic-MaroonBells-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Maroon Bells College reunion \" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/GroupPic-MaroonBells-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/GroupPic-MaroonBells-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/GroupPic-MaroonBells-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/GroupPic-MaroonBells-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/GroupPic-MaroonBells.jpg 1208w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We didn&#8217;t do any family Spring break trips this year since the boy was busy with baseball and the girl in college. Thankful that I still keep in touch with my college buddies and we got together on a little reunion trip to Colorado in May.\u00a0 Off shoulder season travel at its best &#8211; we had a beautiful chateaux at the edge of the Arapaho National forest to ourselves.\u00a0 We drove up to Aspen and hiked around the towering bells, ashy aspens that were starting to sprout leaves and walked through patches of spring snow.\u00a0 The <a href=\"https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/north-america\/united-states\/maroon-bells-colorado\/\">Bells<\/a> were everything I though it would be and more, and to experience it with the company of friends that I have know for 25 years was something special.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Summer_in_Africa\"><\/span><strong>Summer in Africa<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12290\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/blog\/highlights-of-2018\/attachment\/angama\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Angama.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,683\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D850&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1532828199&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9  OutsideSuburbia.com&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;44&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Angama\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Angama-1024x683.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Angama-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12290\" src=\"https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Angama-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Angama Mara\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Angama.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Angama-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Angama-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From visiting seeing the Great migration in Masai Mara to a <a href=\"https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/reviews\/tour\/hot-air-balloon-safari-in-serengeti\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hot air balloon safari in Serengeti<\/a> to seeing the Penguins frolicking in a South African beach &#8211; Africa was beyond amazing!\u00a0 Not to mention the few beach in <a href=\"https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/reviews\/stay\/park-hyatt-zanzibar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zanzibar<\/a>. We stayed at some amazing lodges and it is hard to pick a favorite but we have been talking about a return trip to Angama Mara right after we landed in Dallas, so that should tell you how awesome the stay was.\u00a0 From the safari guides to the location to views &#8230; it was so memorable and is on the top five of our favorite hotels right next to <a href=\"https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/travel\/europe\/switzerland\/badrutts-palace-hotel-st-moritz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Badrutt&#8217;s Palace Hotel<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/reviews\/stay\/mont-rochelle-franschhoek\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mont Rochelle<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Fall_in_Panama_City_Beach\"><\/span><strong>Fall in Panama City Beach<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12292\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/blog\/highlights-of-2018\/attachment\/kidsrosemary2018\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/KidsRosemary2018.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,683\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone X&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1538864155&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;20&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0066666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"KidsRosemary2018\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/KidsRosemary2018-1024x683.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/KidsRosemary2018-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12292\" src=\"https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/KidsRosemary2018-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Rosemary beach\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/KidsRosemary2018.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/KidsRosemary2018-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/KidsRosemary2018-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dallas is landlocked and all the nice beaches are 10 to 11 hours drive away, we are thankful that we got to visit Panama city and the white sand beaches of the Gulf coast in October with friends.\u00a0 We narrowly escaped hurricane Michael!\u00a0Hurricane Michael was the third-most intense Atlantic hurricane to make landfall in the contiguous United States and it was heartbreaking to see the destruction and damaged caused by it.\u00a0 WE LOVED 30A and can&#8217;t wait to go back to visit the Emerald coast of the Florida Panhandle again soon.\u00a0 We had such an amazing time with friends in a beautiful house right across from the ocean and the light pollution was so low that we even saw the milky-way one night right on the beach.\u00a0 Look for some astro photos from the beach next year \ud83d\ude42<b id=\"yui_3_10_0_1_1543529231591_265\"><\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Local_Highlights\"><\/span><strong>Local Highlights<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11887\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/blog\/highlights-of-2018\/attachment\/fallcolors_fwbg_10\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Fallcolors_fwbg_10.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1365\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Fallcolors_fwbg_10\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Fallcolors_fwbg_10-1024x683.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Fallcolors_fwbg_10-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11887\" src=\"https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Fallcolors_fwbg_10-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Where to find Fall colors in Fort Worth - Photo by @OutsideSuburbia\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Fallcolors_fwbg_10-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Fallcolors_fwbg_10-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Fallcolors_fwbg_10-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Fallcolors_fwbg_10.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yes I would like to be wandering under the Tuscan Sun sampling all that Chianti but the Texan Sun is not bad either.\u00a0 Thankful for the 300 days of sun and milder temperatures in Dallas so we have more alfresco meals. With so many restaurants in and around DFW, it is easy to travel the world without leaving&#8230; we did just that during this Thanksgiving break.\u00a0 From Vegan Ramen at Yatai Plano to a falafels at Zatinya&#8217;s we found a way to Travel the World without leaving Plano and wrote about it in the Plano Magazine.<\/p>\n<p>After visiting Japan last year, its been on my wish to see Fall colors in a Japanese garden and it came true this year.\u00a0 Me and Mr. Suburbia went leaf peeping sans kids at the <a href=\"https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/discover-dallas\/fall-colors-in-dallas-fort-worth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fall Colors in Dallas Fort Worth <\/a>at the Japanese gardens in Fort Worth.\u00a0 The colors of the maples so intense and now seeing fall colors in Vermont has climbed up my list.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Winter_in_India_and_Maldives\"><\/span><strong>Winter in India and Maldives<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12297\" src=\"https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/F2EAD9B2-095D-40F3-B85D-F8A37EACBFF1-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12296\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/blog\/highlights-of-2018\/attachment\/e404a595-ead0-4b4b-8d22-257bc1b6fa49\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/E404A595-EAD0-4B4B-8D22-257BC1B6FA49.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1365\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D850&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1545977654&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;64&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"E404A595-EAD0-4B4B-8D22-257BC1B6FA49\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/E404A595-EAD0-4B4B-8D22-257BC1B6FA49-1024x683.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/E404A595-EAD0-4B4B-8D22-257BC1B6FA49-1024x683.jpeg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12296\" src=\"https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/E404A595-EAD0-4B4B-8D22-257BC1B6FA49-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/E404A595-EAD0-4B4B-8D22-257BC1B6FA49-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/E404A595-EAD0-4B4B-8D22-257BC1B6FA49-640x427.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/E404A595-EAD0-4B4B-8D22-257BC1B6FA49-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/E404A595-EAD0-4B4B-8D22-257BC1B6FA49.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Last but not the least, thankful that I will get to spend some time with my parents in India and a few days in Maldives to find that winter sun.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Whats_next_for_2019\"><\/span><strong>What&#8217;s next for 2019<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>I was not going to say I&#8217;m thankful for my family and friends because it sounds so basic&#8230; but I&#8217;m pretty basic and my circle is pretty small.\u00a0 So&#8230; I&#8217;m grateful for my family and thankful that I get to experience and explore one country at time with my kids. I&#8217;m every forever in debt to my circle of friends who are patient with my addiction to Instagram.\u00a0 2019 is up in the air because of schedules and SAT preps&#8230; Morocco is the works and so is a trip to Seattle with friends&#8230; but only time will tell!<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Hope your 2018 was awesome and wishing you an amazing 2019!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year I&#8217;m thankful for the amazing safari experiences in East Africa where we got to see the Great Migration and so many other amazing wildlife.\u00a0 Africa has been a <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/blog\/highlights-of-2018\/\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,12],"tags":[1377,169,675],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Highlights of 2018 - Top Travel Moments Outside Suburbia &#8226; 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