Usually, when you plan a vacation, you have a certain route picked out ahead of time. On this particular expedition, we are learning how to pivot and change plans at a moment’s notice. That’s what happened to us when we were deciding where to go after…
The Rig, the Route, & the Reason
A lot of people have asked me to elaborate on some of the details of our National Parks road trip. I’m in the middle of writing a blog post about how the trip came to be because it’s a pretty unique and special story. In this…
Dinner.Every.Day.
About 2-3 times a month one of my Mom friends (or Dad friend’s if they are the ones that do the majority of the cooking) will post a meme or a tweet or comment something about how we have to cook dinner every. single. night. And…
Fort Bragg / Sacramento
From the Redwoods we wound our way four hours down the 101 to Fort Bragg. It was a ridiculously windy road with hairpin turns that went straight up the mountain and then straight down. Not ideal for an RV towing a car, although we weren’t the…
Lava Beds National Monument
Our third stop was in northeastern California at the Lava Beds National Monument. Last year, the boys were especially enthralled with the idea of volcanic bombs, or lava bombs – molten rock that was catapulted into the air during an eruption. It was so neat for…