Ben loves to be embedded in everything we do as a family. This even includes coming along on our anniversary dinner every year. This blog is no exception. The best way we thought to present his thoughts about our upcoming trip was through a Q&A session. The transcript below is completely unfiltered. To be fair…
Contingency Planning you ask? Yes! Preparing for failure and emergency situations. I am talking about the small stuff here. Things that you understand could happen but you don’t actually think will happen on your watch. I’m here to say they can and some will happen. I warn you though, once you start with the “what…
Let’s be real for a moment. No self-respecting road tripper hits the road without a boatload (or, dare I say, carload) of snacks. And whenever I hear a story from someone reminiscing about a family road trip when they were young, it always includes a detailed description of the snacks they brought on the trip.…
When it comes to keeping a house clean and organized, well, I stink at it. Right now our house looks like it was hit by a natural disaster. I really do try but it’s generally to no avail. I figure some day I will resolve myself to the fact that achieving magazine photo worthy rooms…
We’ve taken lots of opportunities to hit the road to visit family and have some fun in the last six months. In essence, we are warming up for the big trip. So when six year old Ben repeatedly says “I want to go to a cemetery”, you find a cemetery that requires a road trip!…
Thanks for joining us! Next month we will embark on a 17 day journey to California and back along the famed Route 66. We are three. Mom, Dad and six year old son. You’ll be hearing perspectives from all three of us as we make our way along the route. We’ll be joined by family…
Carving Routes 