24 hours in Grand Canyon National Park with kids

Catching a sunrise during 24 hours in Grand Canyon National Park.

During the winter break our family was able to spend a quick 24 hours at the Grand Canyon. It’s been a bullet point on my national park bucket list for awhile–see the Grand Canyon in the snow. Well, even though the weather decided not to cooperate, we still had a great 24 hours in Grand […]

what’s the best fall family travel destination?

What's the best fall family travel destination?

Fall is one of my favorite times to travel together as a family. Crowds are usually lower and weather is often ideal. Now that we no longer homeschool and I have a child in high school (how?!), traveling when school is in session is a little trickier. We have a couple little overnights planned, but […]

Olympic National Park with kids

The Visitor Center at Olympic National Park.

On this summer’s epic road trip our family crossed the last two national parks on the west coast off our list. Visiting Olympic National Park with kids was a fun experience. If you’ve never been before, it’s a really unique park! Keep reading for what makes this national park so special, as well as our […]

visiting North Cascades with kids

At the end of the Munro Boardwalk in North Cascades you can glimpse a glacier.

Washington state has three national parks and we have officially visited all of them. We loved visiting North Cascades National Park with the kids on our 2024 summer road trip. It was fun getting to cross this incredible national park off our list that’s only 20 miles from the Canadian border–as the crow flies, it […]

camping near North Cascades National Park at Grandy Creek

The fun playground at Grandy Creek Thousand Trails.

Our family just returned from our epic summer road trip through the Pacific Northwest. We splashed in the Pacific Ocean, walked through historic districts, and hiked in two new national parks–well, new to us. This was our first big road trip with our travel trailer that we bought last fall and it was a pretty […]