Visiting Fort McHenry was a wonderful experience of connecting with history. We went with some friends from college and timed our visit for one of the Bicentennial events which celebrated the victory during the war of 1812. Although the war began in 1812, it lasted two years and ended in 1814. The Friends of Fort…
With all of our cross country traveling, we do spend more time driving than the average person (and more money on gas) but its actually less than most people think. Our goal isn’t to travel as fast a possible across the 50 states. You can’t see anything that way. We love to take it slow…
Great tips 🙂 We do several long trips a year(10+hours) to see family on top of vacation travel. My boys really like the Narnia books on tape, the Magic Tree House, and the Adventures in Odessey. What seems to go the best is having a bag with writing supplies, toys(even ones that are theirs), and special snacks, and giving them something out of the bag every hour or so. I am definitely getting the travel bug after reading your posts!ReplyCancel
We are church people (hopefully that’s obviously by now). Each Sunday we track down a local congregation to attend where we spend the day as visitors. Normal LDS culture involves attending church in an assigned time and place with the same people every week. However, being a visitor is actually really easy. The LDS congregations…
Whew! 5 days at Disneyland. It was amazingly fun, but by the end we were all exhausted. Lots of Buzz Lightyear, Mickey Mouse, Cars Land, and yummy food!!
Scott Jarvie is an amazing photographer and friend from back in Utah. We first met him at a Utah Photographers Meet-Up in Salt Lake City, and have interacted in various ways over the years. He primarily is a wedding photographer, travels a lot, and recently ran a successful project on Kickstarter called “Faith In America“….
[…] of 4 forts that once guarded the Pensacola Bay and the Navy Yard. It definitely seemed bigger than Fort McHenry, mostly because we could crawl through smaller places and explore more inside the walls of the […]