• Home
  • Blog
    • Archives
  • About
  • Disclosure
    • Privacy Policy

Family Rambling

Travel. History. Genealogy. Discovery.

  • Fun
    • Herself
  • Family
    • Health
      • Essential Oils
    • House & Home
    • Homeschool
  • Travel
    • Family Travel
      • Best Family Travel Tips
    • Adults Only
    • Camping & RVing
      • Camping & RVing Tips You Can Really Use
  • Blogging Biz
  • Explore the USA
  • Explore Ireland
This site generates income via partnerships with carefully selected travel brands and/ or purchases made through links to them. See why this is important.
You are here: Home / 2012 / Archives for June 2012

Archives for June 2012

Setting Out on Our Road Trip! Thanks Kum & Go!

By Jody Halsted June 29, 2012

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 […]

Leave a Comment · Filed Under: Driving ·

Friday Finds: Helping Make Travel Easier and Less Expensive

By Jody Halsted June 29, 2012

MegaBus Double Decker Bus Ride

 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 […]

Leave a Comment · Filed Under: Recommended Travel Products · Tagged With: Contests & Deals

Wanna Be RVers

By Jody Halsted June 28, 2012

Class C RV

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 […]

4 Comments · Filed Under: Driving ·

Packing for an Active Vacation

By Jody Halsted June 26, 2012

Packing for an Active Adventure 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 […]

3 Comments · Filed Under: Packing Tips ·

Friday Finds: Helping Make Travel Easier and Less Expensive

By Jody Halsted June 22, 2012

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 […]

Leave a Comment · Filed Under: Recommended Travel Products · Tagged With: Contests & Deals

Excited to Partner with Kum & Go This Summer

By Jody Halsted June 21, 2012

F'Real Shakes at Kum & Go

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 […]

Leave a Comment · Filed Under: Midwest, Recommended Travel Products ·

Top off-the-beaten-track honeymoon destinations

By Jody Halsted June 21, 2012

Gacelas_en_Etosha

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, […]

Leave a Comment · Filed Under: International, South America · Tagged With: Indonesia

Never Pass By a Hot Dog Stand: Johnny’s WeeNee Wagon in Markham, Illinois

By Jody Halsted June 19, 2012

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 […]

Leave a Comment · Filed Under: Midwest · Tagged With: Food and Restaurants

Top 5 Family Vacations Spots Priced Just Right

By Jody Halsted June 5, 2012

 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 […]

2 Comments · Filed Under: Eastern US, USA ·

Where do you want to go?

Welcome!!!

Hi! I am so glad you’re here! My name is Jody Halsted and you’ve found my little home on the web.
Want to know a bit more about me? It's all right here....

Shopping Online?

Ebates Coupons and Cash Back

Trusted Travel Gear

Family Travel Deals

Generic_250x250

Flat $15* off on Flights with our Columbus Day Deals! Book Now!

Proud to be Featured at

Top 20 Family Blogger award
Alltop, all the cool kids (and me) 25 Best Travel Blogs
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy

Copyright © 2019 · Design by Design Chicky