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Spring Visits to Kings Dominion & Busch Gardens Williamsburg

This past Saturday & Sunday (June 3-4th), Olivia and I jumped in the car to make an early morning trek to visit two of our favorite home amusement parks: Kings Dominion and Busch Gardens Williamsburg! See below for a recap of both of our amazing park visits: We had such a blast at both parks…

Bachelor Weekend at BGT

This past Wednesday morning, my brother and I landed in Tampa to celebrate my upcoming wedding and bachelor weekend. Since I had a bit of time to kill the next morning while he finished up some work, I chose to pop over to Busch Gardens Tampa for a few hours to activate my brand-new season…

Solo Trip to Carowinds

Last Thursday the 24th I decided to make a spur the moment trip to one of my home parks just a few hours down the road in Charlotte, NC: the beautiful & up-and-coming Carowinds. I lucked out tremendously with the crowds—one of the reasons I decided to make the trip in particular—but it turned out…

First Rides on Pantheon at BGW!

After an arduous two year wait, Busch Gardens finally debuted their brand-new & highly-anticipated Intamin multi-launch coaster: Pantheon. Originally slated to open spring of 2020, the worldwide pandemic had other plans and the opening was delayed indefinitely. Two trying years later, the coaster was finally ready to be unveiled, and trust me when I say…

Last Shred of the ’22 Ski Season

For our last trip out west for the 2022 ski season, me and my fiancé accompanied a good friend to the mountains of Colorado to snowboard for a long weekend. We were luckily joined by two of our other good “couple” friends to explore a some new and old (to us) terrain. Check out the…

Bro’s Trip to Vail, Breck, and the Beav

This past week I was lucky enough to experience four days in the beautiful mountains of Colorado skiing and riding with good friends. We were able to make this trip out west pretty efficiently (in terms of time-off work and $) and we still managed to ride three incredible resorts over the extended weekend. Take…

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Hello! Thank you for checking out T-R Travels. My name is Walker Detweiler and this is my personal blog. I live in Raleigh North Carolina with my beautiful fiancé Olivia and our golden retriever Eleanor. Join me in my adrenaline-chasing adventures as I document all of the action here at T-R Travels!

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