road trips

When was the last time you had to ride in a car with your legs dangling freely for hours on end? It’s probably been a while since you could relate…

Sure, you can pack along water bottle for every member of the family for your next road trip, and I recommend you do. But when you also have a 3-gallon…

The summer road trip season is almost upon us. While we’re no strangers to road trips in this family (my youngest had covered every mile of Interstate 5 between San…

Here’s my family-friendly guide to visiting California’s giant redwoods and giant sequoias. Now with SIX of our family’s favorites! I will never forget the first time I saw a tree…

Here’s a snapshot upon entering Bauman Farm’s amazing market – with bakery – with gift shop – with out-of-this-world nursery and over-the-top playground, which my mother-in-law introduced me to during…

Having survived thousands of miles of road trips with diaper-clad co-pilots, I can tell you one thing with certainty: diaper changing facilities are few and far between along America’s great…

That’s us on one of our road trips last summer, returning from the Pacific Northwest through the magestic redwoods you may encounter along northern Hwy 101. As part of our…

When I recently discovered the Poetry Speaks to Children book with CD, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on the CD and listen to the likes of Langston Hughes,…

Okay,  5 people packed in a minivan setting out for hundreds if not thousands of miles of adventure may not be the first image that comes to mind when you…