My February 2025 Social Media Detox Experience

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On the afternoon of January 31, 2025 I made an announcement on Instagram and Facebook that I would be taking February 2025 off of social media and not returning until March.

I took the month of January off social media last year and wrote about how it went here.

This year I took February instead of January off of social media and wanted to share how the experience went my second time around. My motivations for taking the break were different this time so that impacted how I felt.

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A Weekend in New Orleans, Louisiana

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New Orleans is a vibrant city that has beautiful architecture, delicious food, fun bars, interesting history, and an eclectic mix of cultures. Allow yourself to relax and truly appreciate a weekend in this marvelous city.

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Exploring St. Louis: Food, Music, and Attractions

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St. Louis, Missouri is a city where I wasn’t quite sure what to expect, but once there, I wanted to stay longer. Its historic neighborhoods, blues music, variety of attractions, and food scene left us with a positive impression and it’s somewhere I definitely wouldn’t overlook for a city getaway. Here are some of the highlights of our visit.

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24 hours at the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Pennsylvania (in Winter!)

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Mark and I recently visited the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area in Pennsylvania. We were interested in seeing this area because there has been discussion of it becoming a future national park. Our trip was in December, so I will be sharing what we did in winter (non-snow conditions) at the park. There are some roads and hikes that are closed in winter but we still found this to be a worthwhile time to visit.

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Walking Across Delaware – How To Walk Across a State in a Day

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After hiking across the state of Maryland on the Appalachian Trail via a series of section hikes in 2022, I started eyeing if there were any other states I could reasonably cross on foot again.

Since I live in Maryland, I started by researching other states around me and found that there is a trail that runs across the state of Delaware. The trail starts in Chesapeake City, Maryland as the Ben Cardin C&D Canal Trail and then once it crosses into Delaware changes names to the Michael Castle Trail, ending in Delaware City, Delaware. 

You can find the AllTrails map for this walk here.

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