We’re taking the train from Washington DC to New York City this morning, but we’ve had a pretty good week in our nation’s capital. The end-of-week weather was beautiful (hot and humid, of course, but clear and sunny), we pretty much figured out the Metro, and we got some great pictures, despite the fact that my camera decided to become temperamental and will be taking its own vacation to the Canon Factory Service Center after […]
We took a three-generation vacation two years ago – Mom-in-law, Tall Paul and me, and his kids: a classic “family road trip” to Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Canyon. It really worked out quite well, especially when you consider the amount of time we spent in the car – and that won’t be an issue this time. We’ll spend much less time on the journey and concentrate much more of it on the destination(s). […]
This past week, Karen had one of those unexpected adventures that can happen along the way, and that prompted a question: Weekend Assignment #298: Do you often get lost, trying to get someplace new? Do you print out a map, or just wing it? And when you do have trouble finding your way, is it an annoyance or an adventure? Extra Credit: Is your town or city easy to get lost in? View Larger Map […]
Karen once worked for a travel agency, and travel is on her mind for this Weekend Assignment: Weekend Assignment: #286: What is the #1 place you’d like to visit that you haven’t been to yet? Do you think it’s likely that you’ll ever get there? I really don’t have big ambitions to see the world, which is pretty sad when I think about it. There are a few European countries I’d like to visit some […]
I’ll be glad to make room and share the corner, though. It is a truth universally acknowledged that anyone with a blog and plans to attend a conference must write a post prior to said conference discussing her hopes, plans, and fears surrounding her attendance at the event. This is mine. Too early on Thursday morning, I’m boarding a plane at LAX headed for Chicago, a city I’ve never visited before and probably won’t get […]
As I mentioned several times recently, I spent the weekend of my birthday at Disneyland. This year, Disney’s parks are featuring the theme “Celebrate Today,” and encouraging visitors to come there for their special occasions. One incentive they’re offering is free admission on your birthday, which is what prompted the whole idea to go there. My birthday’s falling on a Sunday, and the fact that the kids had no school the next day due to […]
For this weekend’s Assignment, Karen said: It’s been a mindboggling year in many ways, and not all of it has been good news. Let’s focus on the personal and the positive, shall we?Weekend Assignment #246: A strange and sometimes difficult year is drawing to a close. Tell us about something that happened this year that was a pleasant surprise for you personally.Extra Credit: Are you looking forward to the new year? This year will be […]
This road-trip-inspired post, which is partly a meditation on religious instruction, was originally published in a somewhat different form on the Los Angeles Moms Blog. I don’t have an official “Hump Day Hmm” going up for this week, so I thought this post could fill in for that. Bright and early on a Saturday morning in mid-June, the day after the school year ended, the five of us climbed into Mom-in-law’s SUV and headed off […]
I’m holding down the fort at Sunshine‘s place today. She issued an invitation a few weeks ago for guest bloggers to contribute posts talking about what’s great about their home states. My current state of California was already spoken for, but this is where it comes in handy to have moved around as much as I have – I was able to but in a bid to post about one of my previous home states. […]
I could actually take the easy way out on this week’s Ten on Tuesday topic, “10 Favorite Vacation Moments,” and link back to the 10 days of vacation moments I recently posted about as the “Road Trip Diary,” but I decided that I should look back further than last month‘s vacation, and see what past experiences stood out. The list is organized by destination and travel year, and some vacations have more than one “moment” […]
This is the last of four posts recounting the story of our 2008 family vacation – the others are here, here, and here. Day 8: Williams, Arizona and the Grand Canyon The kids and I were going to be seeing the Grand Canyon for the very first time, and Tall Paul had arranged for us to go there via the Grand Canyon Railway. It’s not the fastest way there, since it takes 2.25 hours to […]
Day 6: Yellowstone to Provo, Utah After leaving my contacts out for a full day, my left eye looked and felt much better, and I decided that I’d go ahead and wear my glasses again for the coming day on the road. We got an early breakfast, loaded up the car, and headed out. Our first stop came pretty early – the general store at Grant Village, still inside the park. The Boy had bought […]
