Dear Rachel, You are turning in to quite the young lady! I’m so proud of you. As the oldest there’s kind of a lot of responsibility, but you shoulder it well. You are good to your brother and sister and are great at organizing play and having fun! Like your brother, you also LOVE to…
We visited on a special day, which was lucky because we got to stay late and explore the fort by campfire & candlelight! When We Visited: September 13, 2014 Ages of Kids: 8, 7, 4 Tips From Mom: They had to scrounge some Jr. Ranger Books for us as the event runs from 4-10pm, the…
During our time in Portland, several local friends recommended that we visit Chapman Elementary School and watch the birds. This seemed both unique and local, which are two of the best reasons for us to try something during our travels. ‘The Birds’ turned out to be Vaux’s Swifts, a variety of bird that roosts at…
Our visit to Patrick’s Point and the Trinidad area was most notable for it’s amazing blackberries. I’ll get to details there, but first, let’s talk about fun on north coast beaches. When We Visited: August 10-14, 2014 Ages of Kids: 8, 6, 4 Where We Stayed: 4 Nights at Sounds of the Sea RV Park,…
As we were waiting for our tour to start in the Lehman Caves, Sam and I started discussing how many caves we had actually been to in the last year. We started counting and realized this was our fourth is just the last year! Not only that, the locations of these caves ranged from Virginia…
