Rating Every Country We've Been To As of right now, the COVID-19 travel shutdown, I've traveled to 97 countries and my kids have, in some combination, been to 62 countries. We've been spending the lockdown with online school, puzzles, hiking, ping pong, volleyball and cooking, but there's still a lot of free time, so I asked my wife and kids to rate … Read More
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Holiday Gift Guide 2020
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The 10 Best Road Trip Destinations in the Southwestern USA
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Advice for Flying During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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