travel dates: June 2023 We watched a lot of YouTube videos about Newfoundland while we were planning our trip. One particularly memorable one featured a day trip to Fogo Island, off the north central coast of Newfoundland; the title was “Fogo or No Go,” and the couple (whose Newfoundland videos we really enjoyed overall) did […]
Resort and Skyliner Day: Disney World Days 1 and 2
travel dates: January 2024 (mostly MLK week) Friday: Arrival Day/All-Star Music Generally speaking I’m fairy happy with where we live. We can walk to stores and restaurants; there are lots of parks and hiking nearby, it’s an easy drive to get south to Atlanta or north to the mountains…but then there are the times where […]
Grand Falls Windsor and Sanger Memorial RV Park: RVing Newfoundland with Kids and Teens
Travel dates: June 2023 A trip to Newfoundland usually involves a lot traversing the perimeter, clinging to the coast and rarely letting the ocean out of your sight for very long. It’s an island, after all. I won’t pretend that I think this approach to touring is wrongheaded; Newfoundland’s coast is stunningly beautiful, and you […]
A Complicated Disney World Trip for Abe’s 11th Birthday: The Plan
travel dates: January 2024 Warning: I’m about to spend a lot of time talking in excruciating detail about Disney World. At least it will be excruciating to those who hate and/or have no interest in Disney World. Feel free to skip these posts, which will be interspersed with Newfoundland RVing content! Flashback: In September, August […]
Gros Morne/Norris Point KOA Review: Newfoundland’s Only KOA!
travel dates: June 2023 Newfoundland has a grand total of one KOA, but it’s a good one. We ended up staying at the Gros Morne/Norris Point KOA for an entire week after we cut a few days out of our Viking Trail plans, and it was a great base camp for exploring the northern side […]
Some Iowa and Some Hannibal, MO: Finally Wrapping Up Summer 2022
travel dates: July, 2022 And then we left Ingalls Homestead and headed home! There were still several stops to go, though, because we don’t live anywhere near South Dakota. Also because Ari had a gig doing research at Iowa State that summer, and we wanted to stop by and visit him. I already told the […]
Gros Morne National Park, North Side Edition: RVing Newfoundland with Kids and Teens
Travel dates: June, 2023 To the extent that Gros Morne National Park has a busy side, it’s the area north of Bonne Bay, where you’ll find the touristy little town of Rocky Harbour, popular excursions like the Western Brook Pond Tour, and Gros Morne mountain itself. After our aborted trip up the Great Northern Peninsula, […]
A Return to Ingalls Homestead and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Pageant in De Smet, SD
travel dates: July 2022 Our first visit to the Ingalls Homestead in De Smet, SD in 2016 ranks right up there with our very best travel memories. The kids spent their time riding bikes across the prairie, running from barn to barn to cuddle with kittens, and just generally having the time of their lives. […]
Port Au Choix and the Great Northern Peninsula, Briefly: RVing Newfoundland with Kids and Teens
Travel dates: June, 2023 North of Gros Morne National Park, Highway 430–aka The Viking Trail– hugs the western coast of Newfoundland for 150 miles or so up the Great Northern Peninsula, before turning eastward, finally ending in the town of St. Anthony. The drive is beautiful and the road surprisingly good by Newfoundland standards. People […]
Storybook Land and Wylie Park Campground in Aberdeen, SD: A Surprise Hit
travel dates: July, 2022 I don’t remember how I came across Storybook Land way back in the planning days before our 2022 summer trip. It was pretty much on the way between Theodore Roosevelt National Park and our next planned stop at the Ingalls Homestead in De Smet, SD. We needed something to break up […]