I can’t remember exactly how the little town of Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, right on the Bay of Fundy, made it onto our Atlantic Canada itinerary, but I’m glad it did. We loved the town, and it served as a perfect introduction to Nova Scotia for us. We spent three nights here, so we had two […]
Our First Trip to the Canadian Maritimes: Tips and Observations about All Things Canada
When we were driving across New Brunswick on our way to Parrsboro, our first stop in Nova Scotia, I realized that the campground we were staying at was cash only. We didn’t have any Canadian cash yet, so we called the campground to explain the situation and ask if there’d be an ATM we could […]
Bar Harbor Oceanside KOA Campground Review
The conventional wisdom about the Bar Harbor Oceanside KOA is that it’s an amazing campground….if you can get one of the oceanfront sites. So we dutifully got online the first day reservations opened up to snag one, and it was well worth planning for. Waking up to that view every day was incredible, we loved […]
Our Top 15 Travel Highlights of 2018
For the second year in a row, our New Year’s travel plans were thwarted by weather. Last year it was extreme cold and icy roads in the forecast all over the southeast; this year it was rain and thunderstorms and tornado warnings. (Incidentally, I posted about canceling our trip on an RVing facebook group and […]
Two Days in Acadia National Park with Kids: Not Quite Canada
Travel dates: June 18-21, 2018 Gearing up to write this post, I had feelings about it similar to the feelings I had about the actual stop on the trip: I kind of just want to get to Canada already! But I also know that Acadia is fabulous, and I want to make sure it gets […]
Quechee/Pine Valley KOA: Campground Review
Generally when we’re looking for a campground, we’re looking for one near some attraction or national park or whatever. But this time our main objective was to be close to Dave’s parents’ house in West Lebanon, NH. If someone were looking for a campground near our house, they’d be hard pressed to find one closer […]
A Day in Vermont: Quechee Gorge and Vermont’s Only National Park
Travel date: June 16, 2018 We left off with our extended family scattered all over New England: Dave, his mom, and the younger kids were still on Cape Cod, and Ari, Dave’s dad, and I were in western Mass visiting Amherst and Williams colleges. But we were all reunited in Quechee, Vermont, where we made […]
The Worst Whale Watch
Travel dates: June 8-15, 2018 I’ve been trying to think of a moment–a beat, a vignette–to perfectly encapsulate the surreal hell that was our Cape Cod whale watch. Maybe the time when the increasingly nervous sounding naturalist whose job it was to tell us about both whales and safety over the loudspeaker finally gave up […]
Visiting the Statue of Liberty’s Crown (and Ellis Island)
Visiting the Statue of Liberty’s Crown was one of the most highly anticipated parts of our trip. We’d taken the older kids to the Statue a few years earlier, but we’re very big fans and were excited to make another trip and introduce Abe to her. So adding on crown tickets as something new and […]
Art, Math, and Singing Waiters: One Day in NYC with Kids
We continued our whirlwind tour of east coast cities with a single day in Manhattan (we were at Croton Point Park for 4 nights, but we also spent one day north of the park and one day visiting the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island). Perhaps this means we should have devoted the time to […]