Traveling through life with hope, joy, and Jesus.
I love planning and I am not really a go-with-the-flow person. but sometimes plans go awry: you get lost, you get hurt, you have car trouble. In order to enjoy time with your family sometimes you need to relax and be at peace even when your plan doesn’t work. When I start planning a vacation, […] Read more…
I love to travel. To see new sights, revisit old favorites, and make amazing memories with my family. Our preferred kind of vacation is a road trip. I love to see all the sights between here and there and it can be less expensive. While you could certainly just hop in the car, a little […] Read more…
Our family loves to camp – the smell of wood smoke, the taste of s’mores, seeing all the stars out, hearing the birds and tree frogs. It is important to take the time to disconnect from our frantic, technology-centric lives, and re-connect with nature. But what can you do when the money is tight? Or […] Read more…
Sometimes when you have a mostly unplanned camping trip, you also get some unexpected campsites. We had two very different, both very memorable campsites on this trip. Campsite Beautiful Since this was a trip without a plan, we did not have campsites picked out ahead of time. When we were in Kansas, we started looking […] Read more…
I am a big believer in plans, checklists, details. Things just go smoother when I have a plan (and everyone follows my plan…). But sometimes life just happens. Plans fall apart. One of our most memorable camping trips came about because life got crazy and we were forced to be spontaneous. The Plan One of […] Read more…
This summer, we took our youngest daughter and oldest granddaughter on a trip that included the Grand Canyon. We only had a partial day to spend at the Canyon, so I tried to plan for us to make the most of our time. Here are my tips for maximizing your time for a trip to […] Read more…
Camping tips we’ve learned by doing things wrong I love camping and sharing the outdoors with our kids, just like my dad shared his love of the outdoors with me. Over the last 30 years of camping with kids and grand-kids, we have picked up a few tips, usually by doing things wrong. I grew […] Read more…