This is going to be a really great post, because I have so many kitten pictures: De Smet wasn’t really on the way from Sioux Falls to the Badlands, but it wasn’t that far out of the way, so when I learned awhile back that they have RV sites right there at the Ingalls Homestead, I […]
An Evening in Sioux Falls and Sioux Falls KOA Campground Review (Plus a little Sioux City)
Travel dates: June 3-4, 2017 It was dinnertime in Sioux Falls, SD, and we were running into an unexpected problem: none of the restaurants we could find seemed to want us there. I looked up a few different places online and noted that they had “no one under 21 allowed” policies for no discernible reason. […]
Two Days in St. Louis with Kids and Bikes: Four Free Things to Do
Our family’s relationship with St. Louis goes all the way back to spring of 2015, when we went there and to Mammoth Cave for spring break. And we had a fabulous time (and didn’t get to see nearly everything), so we decided on St. Louis for our first multi-day stop of our summer trip. We […]
Charlestowne Landing and a Carriage Tour: the last Charleston Post!
Travel dates: April 1-8, 2017 Well, I meant to get all the Charleston posts finished before we left for our big summer trip, but sometimes getting ready for one’s next trip gets in the way of blogging about one’s last trip. But here I am with one last post about stuff we did on our […]
Ships and Submarines in Charleston, SC: USS Yorktown, Hunley, et. al.
Travel dates: April 1-8, 2017 We visited Charleston for the first time a few years ago. It was a quick visit, and we went mostly to see Dave’s sister, Amy, and her husband and kids, who were in the area visiting family for the holidays. But one of the few things we got to see […]
McLeod Plantation in Charleston, SC with Kids
When our McLeod Plantation tour guide, Paul, tells us, “‘Plantation’ is really just a euphemism for ‘for profit slave labor camp,’” I know we’ve come to the right place. We try it out, driving around Charleston later in the trip: “Shadowmoss Slave Labor Camp Golf Club.” “Slave Labor Camp Oaks Apartments.” I can see why […]
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 […]
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 […]