Tag: #FamilyTravelGuides
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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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Garbage Plates and Family Fun: Fishy Fun In New York
As I sit here trying to write this post, I wanted to note that this is a perfect example of the “not so glamorous” parts of traveling with little ones. I’m squished on the hard hotel room floor in our cozy “family” room, next to Maggie’s crib and Tilly’s giant bed, as Maggie protests bedtime…
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Crossing Borders and Chasing Waterfalls: The Ultimate Fall
This week started with another border crossing, back into Canada we go! Traveling through this northern region of the US has been more challenging due to the big ol’ lakes that required some significant detours. Unlike the open plains of Montana and the Dakotas that we had very much gotten used to, we had to…
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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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Rocking Minneapolis: Metallica, Milestones, and Family Reunions
This week, we finally made it to Minneapolis!! A big milestone in our trip as it was a spot we needed to be at by a specific date, we wouldn’t want to miss Metallica would we! 🤘🤘🤘 Our home for the week was at a Veterans campground, a large family style campground where you instantly…
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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…
Our Adventures in Frames 