by Annie Thomas | May 12, 2022 | Family Travel, Midwest Travel, North America
If you are a resident of the Midwest and feel the pressure of limited time opportunities for family trips, the planned winter break most schools take over the new year seems like an obvious chance. A quick search turns up exorbitant prices and can dishearten those...
by Annie Thomas | Apr 19, 2022 | Family Travel, Itineraries, Midwest Travel, North America
The Midwest boasts many foods that are either uniquely found only in the Midwest or copied without success in other places. You can enjoy many of these food items year round, but summer through harvest season will yield the widest availability. Since the Midwest...
by Annie Thomas | Jan 27, 2022 | Asia, Family Travel, Hiking, Itineraries, North America, Uncategorized
Just as parenting evolves with growing kids, so does family travel. The early concerns of what essentials to pack and the stress of how to navigate an airport with little ones are replaced with the acknowledgement of fleeting time as little kids become big kids. I...
by Annie Thomas | Jun 29, 2021 | Family Travel, Itineraries, Midwest Travel, North America
Having grown up just ninety minutes from Iowa City, I had no idea what a special gem was in close proximity. It wasn’t until my teens that I visited for the first time and eventually led to spending my college years in this Eastern Iowa community. Every time...
by Annie Thomas | Jun 9, 2021 | Family Travel, North America, Resources
We were lucky enough to spend five weeks in Gulf Shores this year and I spent a lot of that time discovering which restaurants were truly family friendly and, of course, delicious. That’s why I’m bringing SEVENTEEN restaurants you could include in your...
by Annie Thomas | May 26, 2021 | Family Travel, North America
For our family the beach and ice cream go hand in hand. Spending days in the sand whether in the low season or on the hottest days of the summer can only be made better by sampling a delicious cold treat. While spending five weeks in Gulf Shores earlier this year,...
