DAY 5 After packing up the next morning in Flagstaff, we hit the road to head toward Sedona. We cruised through, admiring the gorgeous red rock along the way. We headed straight for Phoenix, where we stopped in for lunch … Read More
DAY 3 Started in Flagstaff Spent the entire day in Grand Canyon National Park Ended in Flagstaff We left Grandma’s early on a Monday morning and drove the 3.5 hours to Wupatki National Monument. If I’m being perfectly honest, … Read More
The Southwest United States just feels like a different world to me. So many crazy geological formations, weather patterns, flora & fauna. I grew up mostly in Alabama, spent two years in Utah during high school, then moved to Philadelphia … Read More
I feel like San Jose is a bit of a black sheep of the Bay Area. It’s fairly spread out and not super cohesive and there are lots of varied pockets. It tends to be a city of suburbs, with … Read More
A few weeks ago, we decided to check out Mori Point in Pacifica, CA. It boasts a gorgeous hike right along the coast south of San Francisco, and a friend had mentioned it was kid-friendly (a friend who was sadly … Read More
There are so many off the beaten path things to do in San Francisco that you’ll never run out of activities. Here are 101 San Francisco hidden gems that will keep you exploring with your kids! Whether we’re living in … Read More
One of our favorite ways to prepare for any sort of trip is to read a bunch of books on the subject. It’s fun having a mix of titles – both non-fiction (to learn about the history, geography, and culture … Read More
Before last May, I’d only been to Hawai’i once, back when I was 9. I remembered warm beaches and had a vague recollection of Pearl Harbor, but that was about it. My husband had never been before, and since we … Read More
Did you know you can take a free tour of San Francisco’s City Hall? It’s gorgeous and historic, and the docent we had gave us a terrific history of not just the building but also of the city. We loved … Read More
The DC area has such a special place in our hearts. Three of our four kiddos were born there, so it’s the first place we started exploring with kids. We moved there before we had kids, so we also got … Read More
Fort Point is one of my very favorite spots in San Francisco. It’s perfect for appealing to both … Read More
We loved having my parents out visiting for the last week, and we all wanted to go do something fun on Saturday. We wanted to do a short-ish hike, and since my parents live in Virginia several hours from the … Read More
