There’s Camping, and then there’s Camping. Now in print, the words looks the same, but believe me, in a practical manner, they are vastly different. My husband grew up camping first in a Sears Umbrella tent, then in a 1960 Nimrod Pop-up. (In case you have any questions what that was like – it had…
Sometimes you feel the need to get away but don’t have time to really take a road trip. So what do you do? That’s when you look for places that are close enough to run over and give you that adventure without requiring an overnight vacation. Less than an hour from our house is the…
While on our epic Road trip vacation this summer, we had the opportunity to tour the Fenimore Art Musuem. This museum in Cooperstown, NY gave us the opportunity to explore the works of Ansel Adams plus one of the most extensive collections of American Indian art. It’s important to us to expose our kids to…
Sometimes you just have to step back in time and get a glimpse of how life used to be. Recently we were on a family road trip with grandparents and they pulled off the side of the road to walk into RM Brooks Store near Historic Rugby. The kids weren’t quite sure about this but…
Each of us should be taking basic steps to have the basic essentials on hand for our family in case of emergencies. It’s not that we fear zombie invasions or major catastrophic events, but we do understand the reality of how quickly life can go from normal to emergency mode. There are many ways we…
One of the things we enjoy doing when we are on road trips is stopping at presidential places of interest. We have visited the John F Kennedy Presidential Museum, Jimmy Carter’s Presidential Library, Abraham Lincoln’s birthplace and homeplace and numerous other presidential homes and graves. Recently we were driving through Cleveland, Ohio and then over…
Hobbies are the things we do that make life fun. When I started my blog in 2011, I found that many of the people I interacted with felt like they were just too busy to have a hobby. They had too many things in their life that were important and hobbies had to be put…
When we take our dog to the groomers, he always comes home with the most adorable bandanas. A few years ago, I found out how easy it is to make my own dog bandanas for Henry. Remember how easy it was? I simply cut, folded and sewed a quick line. But since right now is…