We’re off for our RV Road Trip Adventure! We began at a metro Kum & Go to fuel the RV- and ourselves! We’ll be posting from Kum & Go stations along our route- so be sure to check in and join our trip virtually. And be sure to check out Kum & Go on Facebook […]
Archives for June 2012
Friday Finds: Helping Make Travel Easier and Less Expensive
Friday Finds is your weekly spot for travel tips, money saving travel deals and travel contests to enter. Get Friday Finds delivered to your reader or inbox! Budget Travel Tip: Take the Bus If you have a road trip coming up, but aren’t looking forward to the drive (and won’t need your vehicle after you […]
Wanna Be RVers
Doug and I have often dreamed of owning an RV. With as much driving as we do we dream of the additional space, the ability to have the girls lay down to sleep as we drive, the hotel savings and the ability to “move up” from tent camping (especially attractive when our camping weekend has […]
Packing for an Active Vacation
In just a few days my family leaves on our biggest adventure yet- an active family vacation that includes stops at some of America’s most iconic National Parks. We’ll be hiking, cycling, horseback riding and rafting with Austin Lehman Adventures and RVing, camping and exploring on our own. You could say we’ll be busy. Packing […]
Friday Finds: Helping Make Travel Easier and Less Expensive
Friday Finds is your weekly spot for travel tips, money saving travel deals and travel contests to enter. Get Friday Finds delivered to your reader or inbox! Easily Transport Wine Home from Your Travels It used to be that bringing home a bottle of wine from your travels meant wrapping the bottle in a layer […]
Excited to Partner with Kum & Go This Summer
Sometimes it’s very easy, as a travel blogger, to find companies you want to work with. When you use their products often, talk about the company with friends and go out of your way to choose that company over another, closer, competitor, you know that company is a natural fit. When we began planning our […]
Top off-the-beaten-track honeymoon destinations
While for many people a honeymoon consists of nothing more than spending two weeks on a beach in the Caribbean, Maldives or somewhere equally sunny and pretty, that doesn’t have to be the case if you’d like a bit more adventure. If you want to rebel against the sun, sea and sand culture of honeymoons, […]
Never Pass By a Hot Dog Stand: Johnny’s WeeNee Wagon in Markham, Illinois
If there is one thing our travels have taught us, it’s to never pass by an interesting looking restaurant. Such was the case during our trip to Chicago’s Southland. We were in town for the Gaelic Park Irish Fest and were looking for a place to grab lunch. We had passed Johnny’s WeeNee Wagon on […]
Top 5 Family Vacations Spots Priced Just Right
New York City New York City vacations have something for everyone from sampling contemporary culture to riding Colossus at Coney Island. Family vacations to New York City are ideal for kids to experience some of the best museums in the world and sample the eclectic foods that Manhattan is famous for. If you are not […]