July 25, 2024 Meet alpacas and more at Majestic Meadows As a family that loves animal encounters, you’d think we would have experienced them all by now. But even though we do several of…
September 4, 2023 Waterfalling is easy in West Virginia and Virginia Tom Petty may have liked free fallin’, but I personally prefer waterfalling. Waterfalling is the act of seeking out wild, natural waterfalls to walk…
August 26, 2023 How to turn a 1,000-mile road trip into an epic adventure Have you ever taken a girls’ trip with your best friend? It’s something I’ve wanted to do for a long time. I honestly haven’t…
April 5, 2023 Does your family love road trips and side quests? Our family takes a lot of vacations. We typically travel by air, but once in a while, we take a road trip. I personally…
March 25, 2023 How to research the perfect road trip side quest I love family road trips. They feel like such a fun childhood rite of passage. When Z was younger, we used to drive up…
August 20, 2021 See the waterfall of your dreams at Cuyahoga Valley national park Would you believe I’ve lived in Ohio for more than 20 years but had never been to our state’s beautiful national park until this…
April 23, 2021 The Grand Canyon is even better than you think Visiting the Grand Canyon national park has been on my wish list for many years based on other people’s travel stories and photos I’ve…
September 6, 2020 An unexpected road trip gem: Presque Isle beach A couple of years ago, during one of our biennial road trips to Buffalo, we made a remarkable discovery while looking for a place…
June 24, 2020 4 glorious days on Kelley’s Island Our family, including one of our awesome nieces and our two dogs, just spent four incredible days and three nights in a cabin on…
March 23, 2020 Get your family talking Family conversation is an art form that is not practiced as often as it was in times gone by. Too often these days, small…
