This year’s summer adventure was the third three-week road trip we have embarked on with our family in the last three years. Although a lot of things went exactly as expected, a few things surprised us this go around. We kind of went into the trip feeling like we were old pros who had mastered the art of longer road trips. That was probably our
My secret to stress-free travel with kids
When I was a kid, I was a brat. Well not really. 🙂 What I mean is, I was a military brat. So we were stationed in various locations around the country–and not usually near family. So we put a lot of miles on the old blue station wagon and then the Chrysler minivan. On those long trips I can still remember my mom
DIY kids’ travel activity binder
For our upcoming camping and touring trip I wanted to make the kiddos a travel binder of activities to keep them busy in the car. This is going to be the longest trip they’ve taken thus far, so I know the key to a peaceful ride is going to be keeping them busy–or napping would work too! I scrolled Pinterest and found bunches of ideas–who




