A Family Travel Blog
Arches National Park Utah This past year during the COVID pandemic, we switched from international travel to domestic road tripping (necessitated by a house sale), and we gravitated to the National Parks. In total we made 14 visits to six US National Parks between June and October, all in Utah,… Read More
SW USA – The Best Road Trip Destinations This year, between June and October, we road tripped from California to Colorado four times and from Colorado to California five times. I spent over 200 hours in the car – with some combination of zero, one or two kids – and… Read More
This post is sponsored by Ecolab. Road Trip Tips The past few months we’ve driven over 12,000 miles and spent more than 200 hours in the car, road tripping between California and Colorado. We’ve never been a road trip family before, but with virtually no international travel options this year, and… Read More
Family Adventure Vacations We’re always heading off on adventures around the world. Just the way we travel is an adventure – around-the-world trips with the kids, taking float planes to remote islands, walking across Tuscany – but we’re also active, hiking, kayaking, climbing and cycling wherever we can. Last year… Read More
Summer Road Trips In June I drove from California to Colorado and back with two of my kids and documented the road trip, including the COVID-specific elements, in this post. And then in July I drove half the route again, from Colorado to California, with my oldest daughter. And we… Read More
A Covid 19 USA Road Trip Like most of the world, we locked down for almost three months due to COVID-19. And we cancelled a lot of travel plans in the process, including trips to Italy, Turkey, Germany and Greece. With summer here, though, it was time to get out… Read More
What to Expect at Volcano Bay with COVID-19 Restrictions Volcano Bay at Universal Orlando just reopened (at the end of February 2021) after its first seasonal closure. I wrote this post when Volcano Bay reopened last June after the initial COVID lockdown, and Universal has confirmed that all procedures from… Read More
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… Read More
Things to Do in Ojai, California Ojai has long been a perfect Los Angeles weekend getaway. The town of 7,500 is less than two hours from LA, but worlds apart, set in a valley of sage and oak and surrounded by orange and avocado groves. It’s easy to find activities for couples, given… Read More
Family Travel Inspiration I created my family travel blog to inspire people to take their kids everywhere. It’s why I post to social media as well. It’s an amazing world. The more places you take your kids, and the more cultures they see in person, the more it will change… Read More
