Category: Travel Tales
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A family road trip from St. Louis to Hot Springs, Arkansas
We love a good road trip, and when we thought about places within driving distance of St. Louis that might still have fall colors, we landed on Hot Springs, Arkansas. The drive from St. Louis to Hot Springs is about six hours, but when we mapped the drive, we saw Little Rock was right along…
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What to do when you miss your flight – how we learned our lesson
Did you know there are potential issues to traveling often – and have TSA precheck? We’ve found a big one is being overly confident. Did you also know you can use trashbags as luggage and get them through TSA? It turns out you can, and we found that out after a minor mishap with our…
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12 family friendly places for fall foliage in the Northeast
When we were pregnant with our second son, we decided it was time to pack our bags and take our oldest on his first flight for one last big vacation as a family of three. We bought him a Southwest plane toy and got him a special mask since it was still in the height…
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5 family-friendly things to do with a day and a half in Toronto
Toronto is a big city with a lot to do, but what do you do if you’re visiting with little kids? You have a lot of options, so here are some of our favorites from our quick trip in Toronto. 1. Royal Ontario Museum Our boys could have spent the entire day at the WonderWorks…
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If you’re around Detroit or Toronto, visit Point Pelee National Park
We traveled to the easternmost point of the United States and enjoy exploring national and state parks, so why not visit the southern-most point in Canada? That’s exactly what we did on our way to Toronto from Detroit. Point Pelee National Park is the southernmost point of the Canadian mainland where you can walk, hike,…
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Our 2,000-mile road trip to Canada
About three years ago – during COVID – we started getting stir crazy and wanted a change of scenery, so we planned a big road trip, driving through nine states and seeing many different places. Ever since that vacation, we’ve planned a whirlwind road trip at least once a year. In the past, we may…
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How we became a family on the go
Everyone seems to experience a small sense of wanderlust. The two of us definitely did even before we met, traveling frequently and exploring different places and cultures. Our story We both had 9-to-5 jobs, lived in big cities and felt something was missing. Vacations filled that void. Then we each moved back to the Midwest,…
Family on the Go 