When we checked in to our hotel in Killarney, the woman at reception asked where we were coming from and, when we told her Dublin, said, “oh, you HAVE come a long way!” It is less than 200 miles from Dublin to Killarney….about a three and a half hour drive. The perception of scale is […]
Two Days in Dublin with Kids and Teens
Travel dates: June 16-19, 2019 Everything I read about Ireland before our trip cautioned me against devoting too much time to Dublin. And, honestly, a quick poll of my family puts Dublin in last place out of our six England/Ireland stops on the trip. But in looking back over our time in Dublin to put […]
Ten MORE Things to Do on Jekyll Island with Kids: Off the Beaten Path Edition
Travel dates: December 27-January 2, 2019/20 (I have lots more Jekyll content in my original things to do on Jekyll post, and this one, and in this podcast that I recorded with RV Atlas) My tombstone could read, “loved islands, hated boats.” There’s probably some deep metaphorical significance there that’s eluding me at the moment […]
A Weekend in Macon, Georgia with Kids and Teens
When we’re visiting a new place, I like to spend a lot of time online (some would say too much) finding the very best things to do there, with an emphasis, if possible, on hidden gem type things that might not make the TripAdvisor top 10. And this is how the 64 foot concrete slide in […]
Bakewell and the Peak District: Exploring England with Kids and Teens
travel dates: June 13-16, 2019 At some point or another in the planning stage of our England trip, we considered just about everywhere in the country as a potential third stop after London and Bath. We eventually landed on Bakewell in the Peak District through some combination of intention, luck, and randomness. We wanted something […]
Things to Do in Greensboro and Winston-Salem, NC with Kids and Teens
Our England/Ireland trip was the big event of our summer, but we also got a chance to visit one of our other dream destinations: Greensboro, North Carolina. Okay, if I’m being completely honest, we were really in Greensboro because our 16 year old, Milo, attended music camp at UNC-Greensboro. It’s about five hours from home, so it made […]
Two Days in Bath, England with Kids and Teens
travel dates: June 11-13, 2019 The city of Atlanta began life in 1837 as a stake driven into the ground, marking the endpoint of a proposed railroad connecting the southeast to the midwest. Homes and stores started to spring up around the stake, and the settlement was named Terminus, because that was exactly what it […]
Three Days in Cavendish, on Prince Edward Island with Kids and Teens: Bikes, Beaches, and Anne
travel dates: July 13-17, 2018 I was on the RV Atlas podcast awhile back talking about our stay on PEI, so you can head over there and listen for even MORE PEI info. I knew two things about Prince Edward Island when we started planning this trip: Anne of Green Gables is from there, and […]
Visiting Stonehenge with Kids and Teens (in which I did NOT crash the rental car!)
Travel date: June 11, 2019 Stonehenge was Dave’s sole must see on our entire England and Ireland trip. And so we saw it! It was a bit of a detour, but it fit in pretty nicely as a stop between London and Bath. We left London on Tuesday morning, took a million (or three) trains, […]
Nine Things to Do in London with Kids and Teens
When we were planning our London visit over the winter, I made a list of “must sees” and “maybe sees” in London. The finished lists had thirty three things on them collectively. Had we been staying in London for a month, this would have been fine, but since we had five days we had to […]