Stuck inside watching the snow fall today? So are we. When it’s cold and it’s snowing outside, you start to feel like hibernating on the couch in your blanket. Well, fear not, we have some suggestions to make you love the snow just a little bit more.

Normally when it snows, we jump on the chance to pull out our boards and hit the slopes. We drive Galena, Illinois, where Chestnut Ski Resort is located. It’s about a 45 min drive, but we spend the entire day there. Snowboarding is always a blast when you’re in the mountains (say Colorado for example), however if you don’t have access to the mountains this is a good second. While we do board most of the time, sometimes you just need a break. There’s a lodge that overlooks the slopes, we head in, and with hot chocolates in hand watch out the large glass windows as other skiers and snowboarders pass you by. Even if you don’t like snowboarding or skiing, you could go with your friends and just enjoy the lodge. It’s truly a beautiful view, especially if you catch the sunset, too.

Hello fellow readers, while I would like to say that we’re always in the mood to travel, sometimes we feel stuck. Like, right now, when it’s cold and everything outside is dead. You would think that makes us want to travel more, but like I said, sometimes you just feel stuck. So, we have some shows to bring out that desire once again. Even when we are in the mood to travel, these shows get us through until we are able to. If you are dying for an adventure but you can’t leave yet, get lost in the following shows:

If you read our last post, you know that we don’t use our local airport, and if you haven’t read it yet, you can check it out here. Since it’s much cheaper to fly out of a larger airport, we head to Chicago. There’s one problem with that though, Chicago isn’t twenty minutes away, it’s about three hours away. But, that doesn’t have to be a problem!

There are many different forms of transportation to get you there, but the cheapest way is actually to drive yourself. We have looked at Uber, car services and much more, but they all end up being way more than the cost of driving yourself.