Travel Blog

For our stay in the Gold Country area of California, I picked the town of Murphys somewhat randomly as our central home-base location. Now after traveling around the area a bit, I am even more pleased with our choice. This is a small town. Its downtown retains the flavor of the olden days, as this area is known for. There are enough restaurants for a modest length stay, as well as a large playground for the...

I planned to visit at least one cave this week, despite the advice that bringing a 3-year-old into a dark, wet, cold cavern may  not be his idea of fun. I did the prudent thing; checked out caving books from the library to prime my kids’ curiosity,  called the website number in advance to learn which cave would be the best bet, built it into my week’s itinerary for a morning, the time when...

I am currently on a little adventure to check out the “Gold Country” of California. This area is a strip of small towns and a whole lot of history. It is place that often gets overlooked as a vacation spot. With the majestic Sierra’s to the east and the busier corridor of cities fed by Interstates 5 or 99 to the west, the winding roads that link these pieces of history just get left behind....

For some reason, the words “vernal pool” sound about as thrilling as a discussion of the ferry shrimp that often live there. Seriously, it’s hard to get excited about these creatures that are hard to see and are neither cute nor fuzzy. Or, so I thought. Then I learned about sacsplash.org. This organization offers interactive experiences for kids centered around appreciating the outdoors....

I love adventures that are inspired from reading an adventure book.  I was lucky to get turned on to a book series for kids by Lisa McCottrell-Bentley called “Wright on Time“. Each book follows a the Wright family as they travel from state to state exploring something different particular to that state. Currently we are reading the book, Arizona. Our principal characters, the Wright family,...