travel dates: July 2024 We stayed at KOAs for both of our stops in Quebec partially because both Montreal and Quebec City have well-reviewed, conveniently located KOAs and partially because we kind of wanted some familiarity and sense of knowing what to expect. And, indeed, both KOAs were very much….KOAs, with all the amenities we […]
New England Fall Break (aka Boston with Kids)
Back in the old days, Dave taught in a different school district and had a week long break in September, and we went to Disney every single year for a long time. Our kids were young, the parks were uncrowded, and it was (relatively) cheap. Then he changed schools, to pretty much the only county […]
Three Days in Montreal with Kids and Teens
Sometimes there’s a stop on a trip where nothing seems to go quite right, and Montreal was that place for us. And, yet, Montreal is still probably the single city from our Canadian Cities itinerary that I’d be quickest to return to, which I think is a testament to what a very cool city it […]
Revisiting Old Favorites in St. Louis
travel dates: June, 2025 What with it being the gateway to the west and all, we find ourselves planning routes that take us through St. Louis pretty frequently. And we never mind, because St. Louis is a pretty great city. So when we needed to drive right through St. Louis yet again on our summer […]
A Review of Wesley Clover Parks Campground in Ottawa, Ontario
travel dates: July, 2024 I was pretty excited to stay at Wesley Clover Parks. For one thing, I like the name. Also, we’d had a stay booked here several years ago that we’d had to cancel because Canada was closed for Covid, so there was quite a bit of built up anticipation. And it’s just […]
370 Lakeside Park near St. Louis, MO: A Campground Review (and the summer 2025 trip begins!)
travel dates: June, 2025 We’re on a mission to stay at every RV park in the greater St. Louis area. This is not actually true, but this was our third time RVing St. Louis and our third different campground. Many years ago we stayed at the St. Louis West KOA out in Eureka (that was […]
Things to Do in (and around) Ottawa with Kids and Teens
travel dates: July 2024 A fun thing about spending a summer exploring Canada is that sometimes you find yourself touring Canada’s historic Parliament building with one other couple from New Jersey, and you both have a lot of questions about Canadian politics. After this aforementioned tour and a lot of time on Wikipedia, though, I […]
Upper Canada Village and Upper Canada Campground
travel dates: June/July, 2024 Dragging my family to living history sites is something of a hobby for me, so of course Upper Canada Village was on our itinerary. Upper Canada Village bills itself as one of the largest living history sites in Canada and says it aims to “depict life in a rural English Canadian setting during […]
More Dollywood! And Hiking in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. And a Campground Review
travel dates: March and April, 2025 That’s right: there’s a lot going on in this post! Because we keep going to Dollywood. So since our last Dollywood check-in, Abe and I have been back for two more trips–one with Ari and Abby over their spring break and then again with Dave during his spring break. The trip […]
Visiting Boldt Castle: A Brief Return to the US and the Gilded Age
travel dates: June, 2024 I’ve been to a lot of house museums in my time. Like…so many. Every house has a story to tell. But, really, every house has lots of stories it could tell (this is true of most things in the world. The world is a bit of a sprawling mess, and people are the […]