I knew it was coming. I had been on enough to cave tours to anticipate it. Yet it was still creepy. As the guide moved towards the light switch, I...
Last winter, looking for a ski trip that wasn’t as far as Vail, we ended up taking the family to Canaan Valley Ski Resort.Skiing and hiking in Canaan Valley during...
When life felt a bit too overwhelming and the Delta variant a bit too invasive, we did what works for us and we escaped to the woods.Pulling out our pop-up...
Sometimes, I don’t know how travel ideas become part of my daydreams. Sometimes, some trips, feel like they just pop up without warning then consume me until I book them....
The place where towering giants from dreams sway high up in the sky and ferns lifted from a prehistoric jungle fan out lushly at your feet… it’s the Redwoods National...
Mr. Family Trip and I recently celebrated 15 years of marriage. With two kids, four homes, two dogs, one cat, one hamster, two fish, and two states conquered together, we...
This was the day it happened: we left Route 1. I would pretend like we were sad or looked back, but Route 1 has a way of beating you down...
Our visit to Mendocino (said Mendo-SCENE-o, not Mendo-CH-ino) was happenstance and one made of necessity. We knew we needed somewhere to stop along California’s coast to break up the drive...
When I booked our campsite at First Landing State Park, a park frequently listed as one of the most beautiful in Virginia, I had no idea that it would be...
There are so many beautiful things to do in California, especially on its rugged coast, that it was hard to decide where to spend our limited time. But after many...