Camping Activities for Kids
When it comes to camping, I mostly don’t care if my kids are bored. In fact, I think it’s good for them to be bored. To be unplugged and to know the birds start chirping and sunrise and the stars…
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North Florida Winter Family Road Trip
Florida makes the ideal winter escape: light crowds, mild weather, and there’s so much more than sunbathing and roller coasters. If you’re taking I-95 south during the colder months, you’ll be driving right by Jacksonville and St. Augustine. Both North…
Unforgettable Stops On A Death Valley Road Trip
Death Valley, perhaps the scariest place name of anywhere in the US, and one of the most beautiful landscapes in the south-west is an excellent destination for an epic road trip. The region, including the National Park, contains some of…
Tenino, Washington: History Lessons and a Beautiful Quarry Swimming Pool
Tenino, Washington is oddly famous for two things. First, the United States Army has used a geographical map of Tenino as a standard in map reading/training since the mid-1970s (due to the variety of different symbols used on the map)….
Twilight Road Trip: Visiting Forks and La Push
As reluctant as I am now to admit it, the Twilight Saga book series by Stephenie Meyer somewhat influenced our decision to relocate to the Pacific Northwest from the Midwest in 2015. Twilight Movie Scene Locations in Forks, Washington Scenes from…
Finding Cape Flattery, Washington
Presented with a full week to fully explore Washington state’s Olympic Peninsula, finding the the northwesternmost point in the contiguous United States consumed a full afternoon. Named by British Explorer James Cook in 1778, Cape Flattery lies at the mouth…