travel dates: April 2022 Taking a quick break from last summer’s blog posts for a belated recap of last spring’s spring break trip to Chicago–everyone’s favorite spring break destination. Well. Not really. But we had a few different midwestern colleges we needed go get to so that our then senior, Milo, could pick one of them […]
Visiting Spiral Jetty and Golden Spike National Historical Park in Utah (in which we sacrifice a hubcap for art)
travel dates: June, 2022 In 1970, artist Robert Smithson hired a crew to haul nearly 7000 tons of rock to the northeastern shore of the Great Salt Lake in Utah and arrange it into a 1500 foot long spiral jutting counterclockwise into the lake. The sculpture is stunning to look at, and it has a […]
Visiting Durango, CO with Kids and Teens
We had just spent a week suffering through near record high summer temperatures in Santa Fe, NM, so we were excited for the change when Durango, CO greeted us with…a dangerous hailstorm. I’m just kidding. It wasn’t actually nice. We had to pull over at one point, just a few minutes outside of town, because […]
Bandelier National Monument and Los Alamos with Kids and Teens
Abe can be a nervous kid, particularly when heights are involved. I understand this, because I can be a nervous grown-up under the same circumstances. But I’m happy to report that, after some initial trepidation, both Abe and I conquered our fears at Bandelier National Monument and climbed the very scary ladders into the cavate […]
Things to Do in Santa Fe, New Mexico with Kids and Teens: City of Many Museums
Santa Fe, New Mexico sits at over 7000 feet in elevation, keeping its summer temperatures more reasonable than the ones associated with other cities in the southwest. The average high in June is in the low 80s, which is one of the major reasons it earned a spot on our summer itinerary. I live in […]
Two Days in Cincinnati with Kids and Teens: In which we become the World’s Biggest William Howard Taft Fans
travel dates: July 2021 Despite fond childhood memories of watching WKRP in Cincinnati in syndication, I had never spent any time in Cincinnati aside from passing through on the interstate. So when we found ourselves passing through again on our way home from Detroit, we decided to stop for a couple of days and see […]
Visiting Hot Springs National Park with Kids and Teens
travel dates: June, 2022 What Hot Springs National Park lacks in wide open spaces and scenic beauty, it makes up for in really hot water. Just kidding, Hot Springs: you are so much more than just hot water! Hot Springs is an unusual National Park, though, with its urban setting and focus on human history over natural […]
A Belated Visit (Lots of Visits, Really) to the Henry Ford near Detroit, MI
travel dates: July, 2021 Flashback! November, 2019. It is Black Friday. I get the brilliant idea that maybe there are some good deals out there that we can use on our summer, 2020 trip to Michigan. I do some sleuthing and find a great sale on memberships to the Henry Ford museum in Dearborn, Michigan! […]
A Day on Detroit’s Belle Isle
travel dates July, 2022 I talked about our time in Detroit on the RV Atlas podcast awhile back. Give it a listen here. There’s something about islands. I just like them. (But not boats, as I’ve mentioned before. An unfortunate pairing). So when I learned about Detroit’s Belle Isle, a 982 acre public park with […]
Two Days in Memphis with Kids and Teens
travel dates: June, 2022 As I write these first few posts about our summer 2022 trip, I’m writing not only a travelogue, but also a serialized short story about our assorted van woes. Which is why this post is not called THREE days in Memphis with Kids and Teens. We were in Memphis for three days, […]