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A Family of Five Exploring the World

Grand Teton – Jenny Lake – shuttle boats and waterfalls

The Tetons are so breathtaking to look at because of the geological forces at work in creating them.  Many of the National Park roads we have driven on have been winding roads on cliff edges, even in parks not known Read more…

By Red Boat by the Sea, 8 years ago

Grand Teton – Oxbow Bend and Taggart Lake

Our first morning in the park, we headed to Oxbow Bend.  This spot is famous for the way the Snake River reflects Mount Moran on a calm day, and for the animals that congregate there. We did get a calm Read more…

By Red Boat by the Sea, 8 years ago

Jackson Hole and Grand Tetons

We drove from Rocky Mountain National Park to Jackson Hole, Wyoming. We were going to spend four days in Grand Teton National Park, but decided it would be good to spend our first night in a hotel in civilization before Read more…

By Red Boat by the Sea, 8 years ago

Rocky Mountain National Park – Snow in June!

We woke up really early to head into Rocky Mountain National Park. We were headed to the Bear Lake trailhead, one of the most popular in the park, and reputed to fill its parking lot by 8:30am.  We made it Read more…

By Red Boat by the Sea, 8 years ago

Rocky Mountain National Park – The Alluvial Fan

This is the 12th National Park we have been to as a family – and I think it is my favorite!  (A ranks it #5, but whatever!).  Other than the sort of insane crowds (long lines to get in to Read more…

By Red Boat by the Sea, 8 years ago

YMCA of the Rockies

After a few uneventful days in Boulder (we just relaxed, ran errands, and played at the local playground), we headed up to Estes Park, Colorado, just outside Rocky Mountain National Park.  We took a scenic drive up there on the Read more…

By Red Boat by the Sea, 8 years ago

Canyons and Dinosaurs in Moab

As I mentioned in my last post, due to temps approaching the 100’s, we decided to jam a week’s worth of activities in Moab into one 36 hour period. We will certainly have to go back someday to see what Read more…

By Red Boat by the Sea, 8 years ago

Arches National Park

While in Colorado, I checked the forecast for Southeastern Utah, where we had planned to spend the following week.  The temps were going to be around 100 degrees! Not really great for the long hikes we had planned in the Read more…

By Red Boat by the Sea, 8 years ago

Monument Valley – Totally worth the Cockroach!

Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park is known for its cluster of red sandstone buttes and mesas jutting up from the valley floor.  You will also recognize it as the place Forrest Gump stopped running.  I had reserved a cabin on Read more…

By Red Boat by the Sea, 8 years ago

Notes from the Road III

As a follow up to this post and this post, here is our new tally of things we nearly hit on the road: C’s hat –  there was a small fly on the inside of my window so I opened Read more…

By Red Boat by the Sea, 8 years ago

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We have taken the boys on longer 1:1 trips before We have taken the boys on longer 1:1 trips before they get to high school. He decided he wanted to go to see orangutan in Sumatra. So that is where we went! It was a tough trek but an amazing experience - including spotting a few orangutan in the wild. #travelwithkids #sumatra #orangutan
Nothing exciting to say about this - having fun wi Nothing exciting to say about this - having fun with the kids and seeing cool things en route to other places. Good times.
He got to pick where he wanted to go for this trip He got to pick where he wanted to go for this trip. Back to Galapagos (he doesn’t remember it well from when we were there 5 years ago) but this time they went to Isabela island, and it by far surpassed anything we saw before. He might as well stop snorkeling now, cause I don’t think this will be beaten.
Summer trip to Southern Africa. In addition to lot Summer trip to Southern Africa. In addition to lots of amazing animal sightings on safari, we couldn’t miss seeing Victoria Falls (from both the Zambia and Zimbabwe sides). Though to be be honest, it was a bit hard to see anything much of the time with so much water spraying everywhere! #victoriafalls #victoriafallszimbabwe #mosioatunya #thesmokethatthunders #travelwithkids #familytravel #zimbabwetravel
We took a short trip during the kids spring break. We took a short trip during the kids spring break. We have traveled with the kids a lot as they grew up but it is getting harder as the kids get older. They just don’t want to go anywhere. We are trying to compromise and take fewer, shorter and/or cooler trips. The teenager is hard to impress though. Hoping once he is a young adult and broke and on his own, he will come back to wanting to travel with us for the free trips 😝. Until then, we will try to give him more input on where and when we go. #sanfrancisco #travelwithkids #travelwithteens
The (literal) heights I will go to impress my trav The (literal) heights I will go to impress my travel weary young teen who has “been there, done that” for most of our travels these days. We are the middle row. #travelwithkids #travelingwithteens #familytravel #rotorua #newzealand
Wrapping up another summer trip to Scotland. We lo Wrapping up another summer trip to Scotland. We love the cool weather, long days of sunlight, fresh air and green fields when we visit Scotland in the summer. I love that the kids get this time with family and I know they will grow up and have great memories of their visits here. As we head back to hot, humid and uncomfortable summer in the US Deep South, we will look forward to next summer! #scotland #travelwithkids
While we were in Scotland this summer, I decided t While we were in Scotland this summer, I decided to book one quick little side trip, so did some research to find a good, easy destination to take one kid for a few days. Tallin, Estonia was not really a place I’d given much thought to, but I’m glad this was the place we ended up. Absolutely beautiful old town, easy to walk around, good food and an interesting history.  Also loved having just one of the kids with me - we had a lot of fun together and he was a lot more willing to hang out with me when it was just the two of us somewhere new and exciting. Plus, wow it is much easier to get a table at a restaurant for 2 people than it is for 5! #travelwithkids #estonia #tallinn #familytravel
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