Our family is all about being active outdoors. It’s a theme on every one of our trips and adventures – we love being in nature and we enjoy being active in order to take in nature’s beauty and awesomeness. In fact, my wife and I take it as our responsibility to expose our kids to …
Domestic Travel
Going on a Holiday? Travel Like a President!
How do you think the way you travel differs from U.S. presidents? Obviously, you aren’t flying around on your own private customized Boeing 747 or staying in the President’s Suite of luxury hotels with an entourage of Secret Service. But if you stay in a room rented from a person’s home through a service like …
Dad Travel 101: Know These Three Top Seattle Breweries
Seattle, Washington is the largest city in the Pacific Northwest is known for many things including software, rain and coffee – but we’d argue it should be known as one of America’s premier craft beer cities as well. Located in a city known for loving ‘local’, Seattle is in one of the premier areas for …
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Top 5 runDisney Training Tips at Walt Disney World
Running a half or full marathon is a great accomplishment that thousands of runners complete every year. I’m one of those runners, and like many of you, I needed a place to start.  It was 2007, and what better way to celebrate my wife’s pregnancy of our first child than to sign up to run …
Is Disney Dining an Allergy Friendly Experience?
Traveling with kids with allergies poses a unique challenge in that it can often define where you travel to and how much luggage you need to take. Still, allergies don’t prevent us from traveling, but we do plan much more in advance than we would otherwise. For our trip to Disney World (our first), we …
Top 5 Duluth MN Things to Do in Winter
What do you do in Duluth, Minnesota in the winter? It’s cold, covered in snow. Did I mention that it’s cold? We’re Floridians! We weren’t sure what to do during our white Christmas vacation in Duluth MN, so we had to find out. We couldn’t just sit in the cabin by the fire the whole …
Top List: Three Craft Beers in San Francisco Worth a Sip
San Francisco CA prides itself on quality of life, amazing views and, of course, an excellent culinary scene. Those things are all true. But there is more: San Francisco fosters one of the most amazing craft brewery environments on the west coast. The city by the bay is full of fine men and women exceeding expectations …
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The Omni Homestead and the Case for the Classic American Family Resort in the Age of AirBnB
This story starts a couple of months before I would visit The Omni Homestead Resort, a stunning historic hotel in Hot Springs, Virginia. I needed to be in southern Maryland at 10am on a Monday morning to visit the new Camp Kesem summer camp location I helped fund by hiking across England with a gaggle …
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Why Irvine California Rocks For Family Travel
Irvine, California located in South Orange County, is one of the larger cities in the region and is home to fantastic restaurants, hotels and fun for families. With John Wayne Airport in town, the City of Irvine is super easy to access as well. Let’s break down the best of Irvine for family travel! What …
11 Things NOT to Do at Santa’s Wonderland
Santa’s Wonderland is a behemoth of the Texas Christmas light scene. In fact it is the BIGGEST Christmas attraction in Texas. It began as a drive thru Texas Christmas light attraction and grew into the type of theme park that would make Clark Griswold proud. It draws Texans from far and wide to its delightful explosion …
What It’s Like Swimming with Manatees
Sometimes, in the life of a family travel writer and photographer, you must leave the family back at the ranch and have experiences all by your solo self. It’s a happy and sad reality all at once, but sometimes there’s not budget for +3, and so I go it alone and report back to them …
A Trip to Glenwood Springs Colorado as We #FindNewRoads
Chevrolet invited us to road trip to Glenwood Springs, Colorado and find adventure as part of its Find New Roads campaign. Our trip included a visit with Chevy representatives to see the family-oriented features of the Chevy crossovers, a scenic drive into the Rocky Mountains, a day at a mountain top adventure park, a dip in …
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