The Compass Is Calling

Cat Holladay. Freelance writer & blogger 📝| #binders | Photographer 📷| #Budget Expert 💲| #familytravel #travelwithkids 👪 📍Florida

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Merry Christmas from our family to yours! Wherever you are in the world, may it be exactly where you want to be. This year, we stayed and traveled a lot closer to home than normal (for us) but we couldn’t be happier. .
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It’s not often I can get either of these two to sit still long enough to snap a pic these days, let alone BOTH at the same time! 👼 #notalwaysangelbabies #infactrarelyangelbabies #itsallworthit #thecompassiscalling https://t.co/ebq9Y8cOPm

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Pensacola means a lot to our family. It’s where Adam grew up. It’s where we met each other ❤️. It’s where many of our friends and family members still live. .
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It’s also an area with a strong community and a place you’ll always hear “How y’all doing?” f… https://t.co/qXlmaRgboJ

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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas...I can’t begin to describe the amazing venue we visited on our recent trip to Lexington, Virginia. If you’re on the hunt for a #beautifulweddingvenue or wonderful #corporateevent space, check out @theseclusio… https://t.co/MGYiGVQWgF

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Sending #hope and #prayers to our friends in Hope Town, Abacos Bahamas. This storm is no joke. #hopeforhopetown #hurricanedorian #goawaydorian🌀 #huntsvillebotanicalgardens #rockgarden #rockmessages https://t.co/STOd8ZgZDv

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I don’t think we’re going to get tired of this view anytime soon. So far, aside from the #incrediblesunsets every evening, we just can’t get enough of our new #hometown. It’s small, quaint, and full of great people, restaurants and culture. We are so hap… https://t.co/3x1d9ZaFMH

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We’ve been a little quiet over here since the start of summer, but it hasn’t been for lack of adventure! We’ve settled in to our new home, visited with family (now close by 😍), and started new routines...like fishing and crabbing off our dock every e… https://t.co/Ilt0OmHm7g

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#swingingintosummer with a bang! Getting settled into our new place and sending this little guy off on an adventure with his grandparents to hunt for crystals! Honestly, the trip is more for our sanity than his pleasure, but when he’s this happy about it… https://t.co/gao93St5Tm

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One of the neatest things about travel is that it can really stretch your sense of time and place. It’s always humbling to think about how many people walked the same steps at an historic site. .
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In the US, 100 years is “old!” But that’s not even a dro… https://t.co/HsI7mCIw7S

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One of the coolest things about Norway 🇳🇴 is that it is permitted to wander in nature anywhere you like. Trespassing doesn’t exist. Simply park your car, find a cool spot and enjoy a picnic lunch in an amazing spot! We found this tiny bridge and a half-b… https://t.co/LwtTb0mWSJ

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Norway is majestic. Norway is showstoppingly (is that a word?!) beautiful. Norway is where we’d pick up and move if we had our choice of anywhere in the world and language was not a barrier. Instead, we’re picking up and moving to the #easternshore of Al… https://t.co/6l2FFNMM6E

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Making friends everywhere we go, bonus points if they are furry. It’s always fun when local inns have resident pooches. This quaint one (@vangsgaarden) was no exception. It helps that language isn’t a barrier too! #furryfriends #aurland #guesthouses #nor… https://t.co/iWsSmwlOdG

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Who knew the ‘snow road’ would still be snowed in and closed in April?! Apparently it opens in June...meanwhile, we enjoyed a terrifying drive up to the closure point with wall to wall snow 8’ high along the sides of the street. We didn’t see a single ot… https://t.co/4iJK7GBgJZ

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Hanging salmon, brightly-colored building, beautiful door. Just your average view when you #visitnorway. #norwaytravel #aurlandsfjorden #takemetonorway #thecompassiscalling https://t.co/qWj2vBGpDq

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Happy Easter! 🐣 This time two years ago we were in Norway marveling at the jaw-dropping landscapes. This year we marvel at the jaw-dropping diapers 🤢 the little one on the left can create! How can something so stinky come from something so cute?! #la… https://t.co/NsOaBYwBQk

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This photo was taken 15 years ago around Christmas time. I was up here by myself because Adam realized he needed to use the bathroom after climbing all 200-something steps to the top of the tower. I was not happy, but I remember turning around to this vi… https://t.co/0Q5IMAIVeR

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Now that’s a #cheeseplate! And between us we ate just about everything on it! #sailing, #wine (in shatterproof cups of course), and #cheese go hand in hand. Thanks to @sailingawaits for an absolutely amazing time aboard. #nowthatsacheeseboard #cheeseboar… https://t.co/6oR9MW6D7m

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This kid has the “one hand on the boat at all times while underway” rule down pat. Why does he have difficulty following the rules repeated at home every day?! 😭
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Do your kids turn into different people on vacation? Is it for the better or worse?!… https://t.co/FzBltjiZYZ

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Believe it or not, this gorgeous drawing is made with chalk on the street! CHALK! I struggle with stick figures but the artists at #sarasotachalkfest made magic with a medium most use only for writing. #crazycool .
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Have you been to a chalk fest? This o… https://t.co/C5p2steyAq

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