A winter hike in Rocky Mountain National Park with kids is doable so long as you have the right gear and the weather cooperates. Our friends who have a cabin in Estes Park pointed us to Bear Lake. In the winter it is safe to hike across a fully frozen Bear Lake. In an instant, […]
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Washington, DC in winter can be lovely. Yes, it can be rainy and a bit blustery but I forgot what a joy it is to visit a city in its off-season. Last spring we spent a weekend in Washington, DC during the cherry blossom festival…. which was crazy. I felt like we were fighting crowds […]
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One of the most unexpected stops on our journey to Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Park was the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center in Casper, Wyoming. We thought we would just stop in and ended up staying until the museum closed. This is where we first started to wrap our heads around the hardships of […]
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This post contains affiliate links. Our first stop on our South Dakota Adventure (a 4-day weekend trip) was in Nebraska. Scotts Bluff National Monument was one of the waypoints on the trails that headed west across the United States. We visited seven years ago, but the drive to the top was closed and the Big Little […]
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Yep. We paid $2/person to take our children to a superfund site… and I would do it again. Butte, Montana is a mining town in every sense of the word. The hills are dotted with old mining rigs. Yellow hills loom around town. The Butte-Anaconda Historic District is a National Historic Landmark that spans huge […]
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If you are fossil crazy, or maybe like us you are heading toward Glacier National Park, the Kemmerer, Wyoming area is a great place to spend a day. I don’t want to give a false sense of Kemmerer, WY as a destinaton, this is the desert after all, but we had a great day in […]
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This post contains affiliate links. I have a love-hate relationship with picking our homeschool curriculum. I LOVE looking at all the options and the endless possibilities. I hate having to narrow it down into a manageable curriculum. I always want to do all the things. I’ve done this long enough now to know that our […]
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Yes, State Forest State Park has a bit of a confusing name, but it turns out to be the moose capitol of Colorado. It is a large state park in the northern part of the state, about four hours from Colorado Springs. We booked camping with some friends in February for the July 4th weekend […]
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Independence Pass is a two-lane, 12,095 ft pass through the Rocky Mountains that is only open Memorial Day to early November. If you get a chance to drive through it, it is well worth the harrowing drive. The views are breathtaking and you can stop at the top for some light hiking, even if you […]
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This post contains affiliate links. There are plenty of family-friendly winter activities to enjoy in Breckenridge, Co without hitting the ski-slopes. We recently did a day trip from Colorado Springs to the Breckenridge, CO area for some family fun. We left really early (before 5 am) and were home in time for dinner. You could […]
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