travel dates: June/July, 2024 Dragging my family to living history sites is something of a hobby for me, so of course Upper Canada Village was on our itinerary. Upper Canada Village bills itself as one of the largest living history sites in Canada and says it aims to “depict life in a rural English Canadian setting during […]
Visiting Kingston, Ontario + a Quick Rideau Acres Campground Review
travel dates: June, 2025 Ah, Kingston! Birthplace of famed Canadian rock band, The Tragically Hip. Here, unnecessarily, are my three favorite Tragically Hip songs: Wheat Kings, Bobcaygeon, Poets. These are actually perhaps the only Tragically Hip songs I can even name. I’ve spent a fair amount of time trying to get more into the band, […]
Elliston, Newfoundland: It’s Finally Time for Puffins!
travel dates: July, 2023 Look! I put a puffin picture right at the top, so no one would have to wait for puffins for another second! Puffins are amazing. And the little town of Elliston in Newfoundland is one of the best places in the world to see them up close. Lots and lots and lots […]
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. […]
Hike Inn at Amicalola Falls State Park: A Kidless Weekend
travel dates: September 2023 More than once in the weeks leading up to our stay at the Hike Inn I described the experience to someone: “so you hike five miles through the woods and then you sleep in bunk beds and have a family style dinner with strangers…” only to be met with blank stares […]
St. Mary/East Glacier KOA Holiday: Campground Review
travel dates: July 2022 It’s difficult to write about the St. Mary/East Glacier KOA without comparing it to its cousin on the other side of Glacier National Park, the West Glacier KOA. So I won’t even try! Where the West Glacier KOA features pristine landscaping, boatloads of amenities and activities, and spectacular mountain views, the […]
Top 9 Travel Memories of 2021
It’s time for one of my favorite posts to write every year! 2021 marked the return of the long distance trip for us after a pandemic year of sticking closer to home. We spent most of the summer exploring New England and some of the midwest, and our top travel memories of the year are […]
Our First Five Years of RVing: Top 20 Travel Memories
Every New Year’s Eve our whole family makes lists of favorite travel memories from the past year. It’s one of my very favorite family traditions. Then someone reads the lists out loud anonymously, and we all try to guess whose list is whose. And then I tally up which things got multiple votes, and I […]
Our 2020 Travel Plans
2019 was a great travel year, but it wasn’t a very RV-intensive travel year. 2020 should see us back to exploring the US and a bit of Canada with the trailer in tow, though. The working title of our big summer trip this year is “Less Baseball, More Lakes.” Originally it was supposed to involve […]
Top 14 Travel Highlights of 2019
Every New Year’s Eve we sit down with the kids, and everyone makes lists of our favorite travel-related memories from the past year. It’s become an elaborate ritual and one of our favorite traditions. Here’s how it goes down: everyone makes their own secret list, and then we enter them into a word document so […]