I’ve never had the opportunity to stay in a hostel before, but I have always wanted to, if only to have the experience. Of course, from my idealized vantage point, the hostel experience would include travelers from all parts of the globe gathered in a cozy common area- sharing food, swapping stories. Then, when it couldn’t get any cozier,…
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Examining Culture Through Local Food Markets
Bold colors and lingering smells meld one into the other and pull me closer in a slow hand over hand motion like a mime’s invisible cord. Impossibly perfect strawberries perched like jewels in a basket are the first sight that catches my eye, but as my eye dances over the beads of water on the berries, my nose is distracted…
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What I Wish I Had Known Before Visiting Grand Canyon, Sequoia, Yosemite and More
Prior to this year, we haven’t had much experience with traveling to the national parks. In fact, my travel blogger self is completely embarrassed to say that we may not have been to any national parks until this year. To my defense, we don’t have any parks near our home or even within a half-day drive, and our travels to…
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Barringer Meteor Crater in Winslow, Arizona: Cheesy Tourist Trap or Worth the Stop?
When traveling with my children, I want to show them sites that will make an impact, and nothing makes an impact quite like a crater one mile in diameter left in the Arizona desert by a 50,000 year old meteor. The Barringer Crater, named for the man who first suggested that its existence was created by meteor impact, is located…
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Roadschooling in Real Life: How One Family Learns While Traveling
Roadschooling is one of those nebulous terms that almost certainly involves schooling and travel, but the details are fuzzy. A pretty standard definition is that roadschooling is that it is a form of homeschooling that involves traveling while allowing the places and experiences to drive learning rather than any standardized curriculum. As soon as you post a definition,…
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