Collect Memories, not Things
Soooo, today was supposed to be a Yosemite day. After driving about 3 hours, we arrive at the last stretch for the hotel to Yosemite. We made a quick pitstop for some water and ice cream for Dre. That’s when disaster struck – ROAD CLOSED!!! …
That’s right folks, we went into the heart of Death Valley with our children. It wasn’t too bad heat wise. It was toasty though and dangerous. If you want to lose all of your water weight, I would highly recommend hanging out here for a …
Wow, Vegas is very different with children. If you think walking around in a casino pregnant gets you looks, just walk around a casino in Vegas with an infant. Jeff and I couldn’t tell if they were just thinking, “thank God that’s not me” or …
We woke up from our upgraded room at the Grand Canyon Railway & Hotel and got ready to roll a little later than normal. We had the kiddos watch TV and chill while Jeff finished some work and I packed up. We got on the …
I had a fun adventure planned for the day. Everyone knew we were going to the Grand Canyon today, but nobody knew it would be by train! The train was scheduled to leave by 9:30 am sharp, and we were about 30 minutes from the …
After our first night in the cabins, we woke up freezing. The fire I had started died out in the middle of the night and we forgot to turn the heater on in the cabin. Lesson learned there. We decided after roughing it for the …
Damn bait-click tag lines!! Sorry, I had to do it, it was just too easy…. So today was the adventure of Albuquerque, NM to Flagstaff, AZ. This was about a 5 hour drive or so. The drive was a bit of a long one today …
Today we had 4 hours of drive time between the Texas city of Amarillo to the New Mexico city of Albuquerque. We knew there wasn’t too much to see, so we started the day a little later by having a chill breakfast and bath time …
Today was a perfect example of what a road trip should be. We packed the minivan to the brink of capacity with hopefully all essentials, however I’m pretty confident that the portable rocking chair is not an essential item. Either way, we got all the …
We are about to embark on our first family road trip and it is a long one…. Many folks have inquired what could have possibly provoked you to take a 30+ day road trip around the western United States with a four year old (Andre) …