Abe can be a nervous kid, particularly when heights are involved. I understand this, because I can be a nervous grown-up under the same circumstances. But I’m happy to report that, after some initial trepidation, both Abe and I conquered our fears at Bandelier National Monument and climbed the very scary ladders into the cavate […]
Things to Do in Santa Fe, New Mexico with Kids and Teens: City of Many Museums
Santa Fe, New Mexico sits at over 7000 feet in elevation, keeping its summer temperatures more reasonable than the ones associated with other cities in the southwest. The average high in June is in the low 80s, which is one of the major reasons it earned a spot on our summer itinerary. I live in […]
Two Days in Cincinnati with Kids and Teens: In which we become the World’s Biggest William Howard Taft Fans
travel dates: July 2021 Despite fond childhood memories of watching WKRP in Cincinnati in syndication, I had never spent any time in Cincinnati aside from passing through on the interstate. So when we found ourselves passing through again on our way home from Detroit, we decided to stop for a couple of days and see […]
Visiting Hot Springs National Park with Kids and Teens
travel dates: June, 2022 What Hot Springs National Park lacks in wide open spaces and scenic beauty, it makes up for in really hot water. Just kidding, Hot Springs: you are so much more than just hot water! Hot Springs is an unusual National Park, though, with its urban setting and focus on human history over natural […]
A Belated Visit (Lots of Visits, Really) to the Henry Ford near Detroit, MI
travel dates: July, 2021 Flashback! November, 2019. It is Black Friday. I get the brilliant idea that maybe there are some good deals out there that we can use on our summer, 2020 trip to Michigan. I do some sleuthing and find a great sale on memberships to the Henry Ford museum in Dearborn, Michigan! […]
A Day on Detroit’s Belle Isle
travel dates July, 2022 I talked about our time in Detroit on the RV Atlas podcast awhile back. Give it a listen here. There’s something about islands. I just like them. (But not boats, as I’ve mentioned before. An unfortunate pairing). So when I learned about Detroit’s Belle Isle, a 982 acre public park with […]
Two Days in Memphis with Kids and Teens
travel dates: June, 2022 As I write these first few posts about our summer 2022 trip, I’m writing not only a travelogue, but also a serialized short story about our assorted van woes. Which is why this post is not called THREE days in Memphis with Kids and Teens. We were in Memphis for three days, […]
Two Days in Niagara Falls with Kids and Teens
Travel dates: July 2021 For the National Park Service, Niagara Falls has long been a cautionary tale: we need to protect America’s natural wonders quick, before they all go the way of Niagara Falls–commercialized and built up and surrounded by tourist traps! And it’s true. That’s what Niagara Falls is like, and it would be nicer if […]
Two Days in the Finger Lakes with Kids and Teens: Seneca Falls and Watkins Glen State Park
Travel dates: July, 2021 There were two things we wanted to make sure to see while we were in New York’s Finger Lakes region last summer, one of them a little more…obvious than the other. We knew we wanted to go to Watkins Glen State Park, for this was the summer of hiking through gorges. […]
Visiting Opus 40 in Saugerties, NY
travel dates: July, 2021 A quick post today about Opus 40, a cool place we went that doesn’t really fit in anywhere as part of a longer post. We were in the area to tour Bard College with Milo, our current senior, and we had just enough time to fit in a visit to Opus […]