We Were Standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona.
We’d been to Arizona before — Logan was 5, Q was 2. Our first official spring break now that Logan was in school. It was…
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Jamaica? Nashville? How We Ended Up Somewhere We Never Planned
I have a confession. I am not always decisive. I know — shocking, coming from someone who once booked a trip to New Zealand a…
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Maine (and Beyond): Traveling with Kids, Loose Plans, and a Lot of Uncrustables
Let me be upfront about something. If you’re looking for a color-coded, hour-by-hour itinerary with perfectly timed bathroom breaks and zero meltdowns — this is…
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Iceland 2018: The Trip We Almost Didn’t Take
We said no vacations in 2018. I want to put that on record. And then our friends introduced us to Scott’s Cheap Flights, and that…
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When Sports Became Our Vacation
We didn’t plan this. I want to make that clear. Nobody sits down and says, “You know what would be fun? Let’s build our entire…
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Why New Zealand? The Trip That Started With “Why Not?”
People thought we were crazy. Honestly, they weren’t wrong. In 2017, my youngest sister decided to study abroad in New Zealand. For my parents, it…
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