If you’re looking for RV camping near downtown Augusta, you don’t really have a lot of options outside of Heritage RV Park. So it’s lucky that it happens to be a pretty nice place. I’ll say right up front that the big caution here is that there’s no bathroom; if you’re not self-contained, you’re out […]
A Quick Trip to Universal Orlando with our New 11 Year Old
This trip happened back in January, but I’ve put off writing about it until now, because I haven’t been sure quite how to approach it. We planned a short trip to Universal Studios in Orlando for Gus’s 11th birthday (you know, because that’s when you go to Hogwarts. If you’re a wizard). We’ve been to […]
Eight Things to Do with Kids in Augusta, GA
When a lot of people think of Augusta, Georgia, they think of golf, specifically the Masters’ Tournament that’s held in Augusta every spring. We pretty much never think about golf in any capacity, though, so when we decided to spend a weekend checking out Augusta, we were in it for canal boat tours and president […]
Raccoon Mountain in Chattanooga, TN: Campground Review
Travel dates: Saturday, November 19-Sunday, November 20 We spent much of our very busy fall (full of the kids doing a play and Dave finishing his master’s) trying desperately to fit in a weekend trip and failing miserably. We booked or thought about booking weekend after weekend, but things kept popping up to keep us […]
Dodging Tornadoes and Eating Bacon
Travel dates: January 2-3, 2017 We’d originally planned to drive home from Disney all in one day, but it’s a nearly 500 mile drive: way longer than we like to do under any circumstances, and even more so towing the new trailer a long distance for the very first time. So, on the recommendation of […]
Our Disney-without-the-parks New Year’s
travel dates: December 31, 2016-January 2, 2017 Conventional wisdom about Disney vacations says that you should plan a non-park day in the middle of a week’s vacation–hang out at the pool, do some shopping, maybe a bit of resort hopping, have a nice meal out–to help you recuperate from long days of theme park touring. […]
A Day on Tybee Island, GA
Travel date: December 29, 2016 I think our Tybee Island day was my favorite from this trip, which has me overanalyzing and trying to figure out why. And I can’t really put my finger on it–some combination of Tybee itself, the stuff we saw there, everyone’s various moods….I wouldn’t be able to replicated the experience […]
2017 Travel Plans, or: the (Very) Long Awaited Massive Road Trip Year is Finally Here!
Once upon a time, a long, long time ago, we made a big plan to spend a whole summer break going on a giant, cross-country road trip. One thing led to another and soon we had decided we’d better buy a travel trailer to make this plan a little more economically manageable. Then time passed, […]
Day Two in Savannah: Old Savannah Tours
If you just can’t get enough Savannah, you can read the post about our first day here or my post on my other blog about design and architecture here. Abe is a big fan of transportation. Especially recycling trucks, school buses, mail trucks, and cement mixers, but, really, anything with wheels and a motor will […]
Skidaway Revisited, Savannah History Museum, and the Jepson Center: Our Triumphant Return to Savannah
Travel dates: December 26-27, 2016 For more about Savannah, you can check out my post on my other blog about exploring the architecture and design side of the city. Or you can read my posts about last year’s visit here, here, and here. I’m not sure our return to Savannah was really all that triumphant, […]