A Family Travel Blog
2020 2020 isn’t going to be on anyone’s shortlist of favorite years. That doesn’t mean it’s a lost year though. For every cancelled trip, concert and sporting event, there was an opportunity to enjoy a slower way of life, and plenty of time to improve ourselves. In Southern California we… Read More
The Best Christmas Presents Welcome to my holiday gift guide for another year! Given that we traveled far less than normal because of the pandemic, I have a mix of travel and non-travel items this year. As usual, no one has has paid me to include them on this list,… 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
Flying During COVID – Introduction I recently did a Zoom interview with Mogul about flying during the current pandemic. In the event you didn’t see it, I thought I’d summarize my thoughts and advice here. We’ve flown four times since March 1. I’ve also talked with others who have flown… Read More
This post is sponsored by Ecolab. How to Choose a Hotel I get a lot of questions about why we choose the hotels we do, and this year, as we’ve been road tripping, I’ve received a lot of emails and DMs asking about which hotels have done a good job implementing… Read More
Travel Photography So you love travel and you love to photograph while you go. But are you always a little bit disappointed at the ability of your photographs to capture the spirit of your destination? Do you want to improve your photography while you’re in amazing destinations? Have you thought… 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
Travel Inspiration and Travel Planning My days are filled with travel inspiration and travel planning. Sometimes they’re mutually exclusive. During the COVID-19 lockdown there was definitely a lot more inspiration going on than planning! But most of the time they intertwine – I’ll see a hotel on Instagram for example,… Read More
Rating Every Country We’ve Traveled To During the COVID-19 shutdown last year we were at home and looking for ways to stay entertained, so I asked my wife and kids to rate every country they’ve been to from 1 to 10. I added in my votes and ranked every country… Read More
