So many stops on our 6.5 week road trip around the U.S. deserve their own posts. I'm not sure if we'll ever get a chance to cover all our travels, but today we're spilling about Albuquerque, NM! As a Florida girl through and through, I was surprised how much I loved experiencing the Southwest. I've never spent any extended time on that side of the country and it really is amazing. It's fierce … [Read more...]
A Pioneer Girl Wannabe’s Dream Come True
“Are you sitting down?” my husband asked over the phone a few months ago. “Is something wrong?” I answered, panicking slightly. Daniel and I usually communicate via text or google chat during the day, so I was curious to see what kind of news merited a phone call. “No, it’s good news. Just…you should probably sit down. I found out that the Ingalls Homestead in De Smet, South Dakota is … [Read more...]
Our Secret Weapons to Keeping Young Kids Happy on Long Car Trips
We just wrapped up a 6.5 week road trip around the United States with three kids ages 6, 3, and 2. The almost 8,000 miles of driving was definitely an education in what works and what doesn’t work for keeping young children happy on a long trip! I thought I'd share a few ways we made it easy on ourselves and held onto our sanity. Planning the Trip For our trip of visiting friends, cities, … [Read more...]
Why I Could Live in Boise
While we were planning our six week road trip around the U.S. we knew we needed to make a stop to recover from several nights of camping at Grand Tetons and Yellowstone before driving on to Bend, Oregon and Crater Lake National Park. Boise was the perfect distance. But we'd never been to Boise or knew much about it at all. We definitely weren't expecting to absolutely love it. After five … [Read more...]
Things to Love About Louisville, KY
I've wanted to visit Louisville for a long time and the stars finally aligned when we were planning our six week road trip around the country. We knew we were stopping at Mammoth Cave National Park and the Abbey of Gethsemani (because we believe in taking children all kinds of places). The Abbey is just over an hour away and we couldn't pass up the chance to spend some time in Louisville before … [Read more...]
