True confession time: Even though I am a huge proponent of family travel there is always a day in the traveling process where I inwardly rant that it is just not worth it and it would be better to stay home.  Any guesses on which day pushes me to my traveling breaking point?  It’s ... Read More about Travel Tips Tuesday: Taming the Packing Beast

Travel has become such a regular part of our family life that the kids have come to view the next big trip as a rather mundane occurrence.    Often when we pile in the car they don’t even bother asking where we are headed, figuring they should use the travel time (and relaxed ... Read More about Travel Tips Tuesday: Surprising Your Kids with a Vacation

It’s unclear whether I was just passing notes during these lessons in middle school, or perhaps my internal GPS chip was somehow dislodged during a hair teasing incident circa 1985.  Whatever the reason, I am stuck with a bit of directional dyslexia.  Normally, this wouldn’t be ... Read More about Maps Made Easy with Multiplottr

Welcome to Travel Tips Tuesday!  With summer on the horizon, I'm reminscing about our trip aboard the inagural cruise of the Carnival Magic.  It was a trip of firsts, with a new ship in its new home port of Galveston, TX, but it was also our first time aboard a cruise ship as a ... Read More about Travel Tips Tuesday: Ten Tips for Sailing Aboard the Carnival Magic with Kids