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    • Key West Travel Guide – Part 1
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    • First Time CamperVan Trip: Expectations vs. Reality
    • Sedona and Arizona Sisters Trip
  • New England Destinations
    • New England Day Trips: Essex/Ipswich, Ma
    • One Day in Burlington, Vermont
    • Weekend in the White Mountains – Bretton Woods
    • Acadia & Bar Harbor Maine
  • Lifestyle
    • Is Marie Kondo’s “Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up” Truly Life Changing?
    • Closets in the Cloud – Is Renting Clothes a Game Changer?
    • Kombucha Cost Hacking – Brew Your Own
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Tray Ventures

A Blog About Experiences – Travel, Real Estate & Lifestyle


  • April 9, 2023

    One Week in the Palm Springs Area: Joshua Tree National Park & La Quinta Resort

    One Week in the Palm Springs Area: Joshua Tree National Park & La Quinta Resort

    In my mind it’s always sunny and 80 degrees in Southern California. Not the case when Josh and I went visited Joshua Tree National Park and the Palm Springs area in February of 2023. It was more 45 degrees and 15-20 mph winds in Joshua Tree and low to mid 60s in Palm Springs. Ironically,…

  • October 24, 2020

    First Time CamperVan Trip: Expectations vs. Reality

    First Time CamperVan Trip: Expectations vs. Reality

    First Time CamperVan Trip – 8 Days Covering Grand Teton, Yellowstone, Big Sky and Bozeman Montana

  • April 20, 2020

    In Defense of PMI

    In Defense of PMI

    In Defense of PMI – A Case Study on a 5% Down Payment for a Two-Family Property Metro Boston

  • April 2, 2020

    Bermuda – 5 Days Exploring Paradise

    Bermuda – 5 Days Exploring Paradise

    First Time Experience in Bermuda, Guide to spending 5 days there.

  • March 19, 2020

    Sedona and Arizona Sisters Trip

    Sedona and Arizona Sisters Trip

    What do you get when you take two sisters who can barely drive, a rental Soccer Mom Volvo, and the open road? That would be the fourth installment of the annual Ericson sisters trip. For this trip, we were looking for a domestic trip somewhere off the beat and path with access to a National…

  • October 24, 2019

    Acadia & Bar Harbor Maine

    Acadia & Bar Harbor Maine

    Boston to Bar Harbor in October I had been itching to get to a National Park for a bit. Acadia National Park in Maine being the closest one seemed like a logical choice as Josh and I thought about taking a Fall long weekend trip. Between the foliage, hiking, spectacular ocean views and delicious, meals it…

  • April 23, 2019

    Kombucha Cost Hacking – Brew Your Own

    Kombucha Cost Hacking – Brew Your Own

    The Process of Brewing Kombucha Tea and How the Costs Breaks Down vs. Buying from the Store

  • April 8, 2019

    24 Hours in Panama City

    24 Hours in Panama City

    In just 24 hours, you can accomplish quite a bit in Panama City. Highlights were the Panama Canal, Casco Viejo, and takin gin the city vibe.

  • April 4, 2019

    First Investment Property Purchase

    First Investment Property Purchase

    Basically since I graduated college and got a job I started saving to buy a property. That was what I had seen other people do and so I thought that was the best use for the money. I thought probably a condo. As I got older and my monthly savings started to finally accumulate some,…

  • February 12, 2019

    Closets in the Cloud – Is Renting Clothes a Game Changer?

    Closets in the Cloud – Is Renting Clothes a Game Changer?

    A Comprehensive Review of Renting Clothes with Rent the Runway’s Update Service

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