I start a fair number of descriptions of places we’ve been with words to the effect of, “we didn’t really know what to expect here…” There is good reason why I feel I need to point out when I don’t know what to expect: I usually do know more or less exactly what to expect, because I’m […]
5 Things to Do in Burlington, VT with Kids and Teens
Travel dates: July, 2021 I had very high hopes for Burlington, and I was pretty sure it was going to live up to them on our first night there, when we walked down to the beach at Lake Champlain from our campsite and then meandered along the shore as the sun set. Burlington very much […]
Castle in the Clouds in New Hampshire’s Lake District with Kids and Teens
travel date: June, 2021 We only went to Castle in the Clouds because I spilled wine on my MacBook, but it turned out to be one of our favorite stops of the whole trip (#4 on our top travel memories of the year). I don’t know that I’d exactly say that it made it worth spilling wine […]
Santa’s Village in Jefferson, NH: World’s Most Charming Theme Park
Travel dates: July 2021 When you’re only going to have one day of good weather in the White Mountains, you go see Santa. Anyway, that’s what we decided when we visited New Hampshire last summer, and it was a great call. Santa’s Village is utterly charming, not to mention clean and well run. And fun […]
3 Days on New Hampshire’s Seacoast with Kids and Teens
New Hampshire has only 18 miles of coastline, but it doesn’t waste an inch of it, efficiently packing in a handful of state parks, the historic small city of Portsmouth, and the touristy Hampton Beach, with its boardwalk, live music, and crowds. But for most people, the first thing that comes to mind about the […]
Tips for Painless Art Museum Visits with Kids: MFA + DIA in Boston and Detroit
There’s an eleven year spread between our oldest and youngest kids, so we’ve been forced to become experts on finding travel destinations that appeal to a wide variety of ages and/or to find ways to make the sights we choose to see fun and accessible for everyone. But art museums have always been our biggest […]
In Order to Form a More Perfect Duckling: Exploring the Freedom Trail with Kids and Teens
Why is Boston the setting for so many great kids’ books about birds? Well, I mean, at least two: Trumpet of the Swan and Make Way for Ducklings, both of which Abe has read over the past year or so. So before we could actually get to the Freedom Trail proper, we stopped to explore the Public Garden […]
Boats, Baleen, and Baby Seagulls: New Bedford, MA with Kids and Teens
Long time readers will perhaps remember the last time we attempted to learn about whales on a trip: the disastrous whale watch near Provincetown. Everyone was still far too scarred by that experience to attempt another whale watch a mere three years later, but we do still love whales….so we decided to visit the New Bedford Whaling […]
Tybee Island Revisited (Plus a Little Savannah)
I didn’t realize how much I’d missed the beach until I finally made it back to it. We planned a trip to Tybee for Thanksgiving week with Dave’s parents (who live in New Hampshire and who usually come to Georgia for Thanksgiving) back in late summer/early fall–when COVID numbers were fairly low and we had […]
Beaches, Sheep, and a Dog Named Jim: Exploring Connemara with Kids and Teens
Travel dates: June, 2019 I wasn’t prepared for how lovely Irish beaches are. I really have no one to blame for this but myself, since there are pictures on the internet and everything. I had it in my head that they’d likely resemble the rocky coasts of Maine or Atlantic Canada. And, don’t get me […]