Tag: #FamilyTravelAdventures
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On the Way Back to Austin: Harvest Hosts, Hot Springs, and Tired Toddler Tantrums
This was our final week on the road for this part of our adventures and for 2024! Can you believe it? We certainly can’t. In a race to get back in time for Christmas—and to escape the freezing temperatures (which came with its own set of challenges)—we powered through a week of relentless travel days,…
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Wheel-y Big Adventures: The Horse, The Goat and The Turkey.
Our journey from New England to New York started as it usually does—tidying, sorting, and piling the girls into the car. We enjoyed scenic views and a smooth crossing over the Cape Cod Canal. But just as we hit the highway and settled into the drive, Will noticed something unusual sticking out from the side…
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The Kindness of Strangers – A Thank You Post – Part 1
Our travels so far have been quite the adventure as you would have read, but we couldn’t have gotten this far without the help of family, friends and the kindness of strangers. Trusting in the kindness of strangers has been an important lesson in our travels, so much so that we want to ensure that…
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Exploring the Great Lakes: A Week by the Water
This week we headed into and through Wisconsin, we were welcomed into the State by cheese and many many many many many mosquitos. As we travelled through we got to experience the full Great Lakes region truly living up to the two common phrases of the “Land of 10,000 Lakes” and “30,000 islands” alongside the…
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Roots, Rides, and Demolition: A Journey Through Heritage and Small-Town Fun
This week, we took a dive into the history of the Hagen family—Will’s maternal heritage. Our journey led us through the farmland of Minnesota and the towns of Slayton and Montevideo. In the small town of Slayton, Will and the girls discovered the gravestones of their ancestors. The girls posing for photos next to their…
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On The Road Again: Racing Time, Heat and Corn
As July draws to a close, we’re into full drive mode as we make significant headway across the Northern Plains. Not only are we on a time crunch to catch our flight to the UK in September but we are racing across the country to catch Metallica in Minneapolis! This post isn’t the most exciting…
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A Two-Parter: Mountains, Beavers and Raspberries
In this post, we bring you a special two-parter; covering two wonderful weeks where we desperately tried to escape, enjoy and entertain two toddlers in this crazy summer heat. Part 1: Swimming, Beaver Hunts, and Mountain Views As we continued our Canadian adventures we arrived at a beautiful RV park in Fernie. A European style…
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Glacier National Park: Our Holiday During Our… Holiday?
We arrived excited to explore a new National Park, and with Alice out of office for the week, we dove straight in. We bought maps, grabbed info sheets, and planned out our trip. We were very much looking forward to the week ahead, despite a heatwave blanketing the US (our days were looking to average…
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Pacific Northwest Tales: From Healing Wounds to Heartfelt Adventures
Our Pacific Northwest adventure began as we left sunny California, nursing our healing injuries and eager to make serious progress on our journey. We decided to skip our planned stop and embraced off-grid life with our new solar panels. We found ourselves in a huge car park in the mountains, a winter sno-park that in…
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A Post of its own: AXE-ident and emergency
This post is unique one, many of our posts have covered single weeks or longer, this one focuses on just a few days. This blog is about remembering all adventures, good, bad and ugly, so here goes… Our story begins in a land of towering trees that have weathered fires, floods, and more… After successfully…