Sometimes we travel. With all three kids. Yup, that's the life. Click here to see the archives of where we go.
2010
*NYC
*The Outer Banks, NC
*Longwood Gardens in the Fall (Kennett Square, PA) - close to Philadelphia
*Schroon Lake, NY
*Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center (Willow Springs, IL) - south suburbs of Chicago. For more on our trips to Chicago to visit my parents, click here.
*For Grown-Ups - A weekend in Richmond and Sally Mann at the VMFA
2011
*For Grown-Ups - The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, IL)
*Denver Museum of Nature & Science AND the Children's Museum of Denver (Denver, CO). For all posts on our trip to Denver, click here.
*The Laurel Highlands of Pennsylvania (including Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater)
*Longwood Gardens in the Spring (Kennett Square, PA)
*Roadtrip of the South
- Amtrak's car train to
- Disneyworld to
- Savannah, GA to
- Charleston, SC
*Montpelier & The Inn at Westwood Farm (romantic bed & breakfast) (Orange, VA)
*Snowshoe, WV in the summer
*San Francisco Girls' Weekend
*Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center (Willow Springs, IL). For all posts on our summer visit to my mom in the Chicago suburbs, click here.
*Michigan Roadtrip
-South Haven, MI to
-Warren Dunes Beach to
-Ann Arbor, MI to
-Mackinac Island, MI
*NYC Girls' Weekend
*Dover, DE for a Quick Weekend Getaway
2012
*Cleveland for Spring Break - including Great Lakes Science Center & Cuyahoga Valley National Park
*Denver Girls' Weekend (pedicabs and wine)
*Visiting friends in Queens, NYC - including Queens Zoo and Brooklyn Bridge Park/Governors Island
*New Orleans without the kids!
*The Frontier Culture Museum (Staunton, VA)
*At the lake in Snowshoe, WV
*Colonial Williamsburg (Virginia)
*Road Trip to Canada
- Indian Echo Caverns (PA) to
- Rochester (NY) to
- Buffalo (NY) to
- Niagara Falls (Canada) to
- Toronto (Canada)
*Roadtrip to Chicago (and back)
- Millennium Park (Chicago, IL)
- Lake Katherine (Palos Heights, IL)
- The Historic Sauder Village (Archbold, OH) (right off 1-80)
- The Pittsburgh Zoo (Pittsburgh, PA)
*NYC - The Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island and Coney Island Beach
*The Please Touch Museum (Philly, PA)
*Bethany Beach at the beginning of fall (Bethany, DE)
*Disney World 2012
2013
*Berkeley Springs, WV Moms' Weekend Away
*Spring Break in Philadelphia - The Magic Gardens & Morris Arboretum
*Corolla, NC (the Outer Banks) for the Week of Memorial Day
*Hiking Italy's Amalfi Coast (Without the Kids)
*The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (Green Bank, WV)
*Geocaching in Snowshoe, WV
*The World's Largest Model Railroad (Flemington, NJ)
*Coe Hall (Long Island, NY)
*A week in Indianapolis, IN (including the Indianapolis Art Museum & Sculpture Park, Conner Prairie, Holiday Park, and Trader's Point Creamery)
*Smith Mountain Lake (Moneta, VA)
*A Weekend Visiting Friends in Charleston, SC (without the kids)
* Various Science Museums (COSI in Columbus, OH; The Clay Center in Charleston, WV; and MD Science Center in Richmond, VA)
*Autumn in Colonial Williamsburg (Williamsburg, VA)
*NYC/Times Square before Christmas (MOMA, Broadway plays, and the M&M store)
2014
*24 Hours at Great Wolf Lodge (Williamsburg, VA)
*Spring Break in Charleston, SC
*Camping on the Beach at Assateague Island National Seashore (Berlin, MD)
*Corolla, NC for the week of Memorial Day
*A Summer House on Lake Champlain (South Hero, VT)
*Summer at Great Wolf Lodge (Williamsburg, VA)
*Running Through the Gardens and Learning About the Past in Winterthur, Delaware.
*A Moms' Weekend in San Diego, CA
*A long October weekend in the Cozy Eastern Shore Beach Town of Cape Charles, VA (my new favorite place)
*Moms' weekend New Orleans, LA (Bourbon Street and a broken foot)
2015
*Four quick days in Disney World (Orlando, FL)
*Road trip to Chicago for spring break (including a stop at Pittsburgh's Natural History/Art museum)
*Savannah, GA Moms' Weekend
*Our crazy crowded beach house in Nags Head, NC for the week of Memorial Day
*BACKPACKING (WITH THE KIDS) THROUGH EUROPE:
- Paris, France (including Disney Europe)
- Venice, Italy
- Milan, Italy
- Lake Como, Italy
- Rome, Italy
- San Sebastian, Spain
- Bilbao, Spain
- Spanish Road Trip (Toledo, Avila, and Garabatos)
*Ending our summer at Smith Mountain Lake (Huddleston, VA)
* December in NYC - The Cloisters & More
2016
* Rainboots and Ponchos in Colonial Williamsburg (Williamsburg, VA)
* Our 4th Annual Memorial Day Outer Banks Trip (Nags Head, NC)
* The Awesome Workshop (Madison, CT)
* 5000 MILES IN 5 WEEKS (ROADTRIP 2016)
- Week 1 - Asheville, NC to Little Rock, AK
- Week 2 - Arkadelphia, AK to Santa Fe, NM
- Week 3 - Embudo, NM to Broomfield, CO
- Week 4 - Denver, CO to Kanas City, KS
- Week 5 - St. Louis to home
2017
