Travel Blog

In preparing to spend nearly a month on the road with my 5 and 3 year olds, I consider games a must-have on our trip. Luckily for me my husband is a board game enthusiast, we have a rich field of games in our home to choose from. Here are a few that will be coming with us. They have been selected based on appropriateness for young kids to play and box size.  1) Incan Gold You and your fellow adventurers are...

For those local yocals who are thinking about the California State Fair, (nevermind what you were thinking) you may want to check out my articles at Davis Life Magazine. ( Part 1: http://www.davislifemagazine.com/2010/07/state-fair-for-pennies-or-less/  or Part 2:    http://www.davislifemagazine.com/2010/07/finding-fun-at-the-state-fair/ )  I have not been there since I was a kid, and was surprised...

You may remember me talking earlier about how excited I am to be staying on a farm soon. Although I can tell the kids how cool this (or any part of our upcoming trip) will be, it’s hard for them to get excited about something they’ve never seen before. That’s why I love shopping for pre-trip books. Stories and pictures are great for building some anticipation. I also love finding a few lightweight...

                              Couldn’t help posting this. Last weekend the eldest decided he wanted to make a lemonade stand. It was good weather for it. We are now $16 further along in our travel budget. Nice work, kiddos!   (By the way, we had iced tea as well, the lemonade was in the opaque pitcher.) This post is part of Photo Fridays at Delicious Baby. Check out her site for more...

Lately I have been looking for places to stay for our summer trip. The one I am most excited about is a farm we will be staying at in Ashland, Oregon. Willow-Witt Ranch has been breeding, raising, training, and selling goats since 1991. They are free range goats, so I imagine we will be bumping into them throughout our stay. The farm also raises pigs and chicken.  As farm stay guests, we will have the opportunity...