Category: Travel

  • How to Buy a Used Go Pro (and Other Camera Gear) at a Discount

    Let’s face it. This world of digital technology is constantly changing, and we always need to be upgrading and improving the gear we use when it comes to photography and blogging. GoPro gear can be expensive, especially as an addition to the multitudes of other camera gear we’ve budgeted for and purchased at discount prices…

  • Happy Birthday, America!

    Happy Birthday, America!

    Since I was a little girl, I’ve envisioned visiting Mount Rushmore. Now that I’m a mom, my husband Luis and I have made it a point to include travel as part of our children’s home school (world school) education.  In planning our summer travels to the Speed Cubing National competition this summer in support of…

  • Cities to Visit on Your Southern California Vacation

    Cities to Visit on Your Southern California Vacation

    Cities to Visit on Your Southern California Vacation This post was created in sponsored collaboration with Hipmunk. When you visit California, there are so many choices of places to visit and hotels to stay, landscapes to experience, and activities to enjoy that it can be difficult to plan your visit. California is so vast, you must…

  • Taking a Family Vacation to Your Childhood Home

    Taking a Family Vacation to Your Childhood Home

    Going “Home” can be the most memorable vacation for the whole family! We’ve all heard the saying, “home is where your heart is.” For me, that “Home” is wherever Mom is!  The house where I grew up  is located in the mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania, in a small town, called Montrose. We got our first…

  • Five Boredom Busters for Kids while Flying

    Five Boredom Busters for Kids while Flying

    Flying isn’t always the most fun experience, especially when you have the kids tagging along for the ride. Long journeys aren’t a favorite for little ones, and it’s only natural they’ll start to get bored after a while. What can you do to prevent that from happening? Today, we’re going to run through five clever…

  • Ten Tips for Choosing a Vacation Rental

    Ten Tips for Choosing a Vacation Rental

    Even before my husband Luis and I were married, we’ve shared twenty years of travel experiences (fourteen with children) and one of our favorite ways to vacation is (almost) always in a vacation rental. Sometimes, we’ve rented with the “big ones” like Home Away, VRBO and AirBnB, other times it’s through a local property management…