Far and away, one of my favorite family travel moments of the past year was hiking up the world-famous Dunn’s River Falls in Jamaica. As you can see, by “hiking up” the falls I mean hiking in the falls—in the river itself. That my two daughters, at only 3.5 and 5.5 years old, and my…
This post is part of my “Cheap and Free San Francisco” series. As you drive north across the Golden Gate bridge, leaving San Francisco on Highway 101, you will see the rugged Marin Headlands stretching into the pacific. At the west-most point sits the Point Bonita Lighthouse, built in 1855 to help ships filled with…
Silver Falls State Park, OR – Within moments of entering Silver Falls State Park, I had to wonder how I’d managed to stay away for so many years. It’s not only the largest State Park in Oregon, but it has waterfalls that rival any I’ve seen in Hawaii or Yosemite National Park. I had my…