Articles by Julie Henning

5 Creative Geocaching Containers

As our geocaching journey continues, I’m always impressed by the creative cache containers people come up with. Building on my original post, 10 Unique Geocaching Containers, here are five more that earned one of my favorite points: Magnet Cache Do you…

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Yellowstone in a Day

Yellowstone National Park has been on my road trip bucket list for many years. Passing through Wyoming in May, I detoured to the northwest corner of the state with a plan to see as much of the park in a…


Family Travel in Iceland

At a latitude of 64°08’ N, Reykjavik is the northernmost capital city in the world. And with a population of around 120,000, it’s also the largest city in Iceland. Flying to Reykjavik from Minneapolis-St. Paul in the fall of 2014,…


Hamburg, Germany with Kids

Normally we road trip for spring break, but this year we headed across the Atlantic Ocean for a solid week exploring the port city of Hamburg, Germany. Connected to the North Sea by the Elbe River, a complex of rivers…


Using Pokémon GO for GeoTourism

If you’ve been reading Road Trips for Families for any time now, you may have noticed we have been Geocaching enthusiasts for many many years. A high-tech treasure hunt, geocachers use a GPS device or the Geocaching app on a…


Chiang Mai, Thailand with Kids

In the past several years, we have managed to deviate from the traditional North American road trip and expose our kids to different cultures, languages, traditions, and food. I traveled to Chiang Mai, Thailand with my daughter and met up…