After spending 12 hours on the road Wednesday we bedded down at the KOA in Missoula. Western Montana is beautiful country, so it seemed like a no-brainer that the KOA there would be comfortably situated in the most scenic area of Missoula (we stayed at a KOA near Glacier National Park two years ago and […]
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Well, we’re hitting the highway early tomorrow en route to California. By way of Montana, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon. We’ll spend a few days in the Emerald City before heading south to see the mighty Redwoods. It’s a lot of driving for ten days, but I’m anxiously looking forward to a change of scenery and […]
It’s the final stretch! The kids have just four days to Summer Vacation! Today our first-grader has Hawaiian day and he was more than happy to sport the beach print shirt, shorts, lei and sunglasses – even if it is raining all day. I think the final week tends to be more about fun when […]
It’s interesting how kids can be oblivious to the world around them. The things that you would think they would be embarrassed about doing in public don’t even phase them… like throwing a screaming tantrum in the middle of the mall. Other times the most ‘invisible’ thing will become the focus of their self-consciousness… like […]
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It’s not easy to fly anymore
I wouldn’t consider myself a world traveler or anything but I’ve flown a few times since the TSA upped its security at airports. One thing I haven’t gotten used to is the demoralizing process of taking your shoes off to walk through airport security. There’s something very vulnerable about being barefoot. In the same breath, […]