Tag: travel
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Winter family travel ideas
Traveling is fun- who doesn’t love to get away and explore new destinations? While most of us love to travel, we will admit traveling with small children is not always fun. It can be stressful, but with lots of preparedness, it can be enjoyable. My children are not exactly small any more, and I am […]
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Monthly writing prompt challenge: January 2023
Do you have a favorite place you have visited? Where is it? It’s very hard for me to choose just one favorite, but I can narrow my list down to three of four. Not surprisingly, nearly all of them have a mountain view. As a mountain girl at heart, I love beautiful scenery and a […]
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Saturday Snaps: A Quick Road Trip to Hanging Rock State Park (North Carolina)
This weekend, my daughters competed in a dance convention in King, NC. Rather than sit in the parking lot for nine hours, my husband and I opted to do a little exploring. A store owner in Downtown King, NC recommended we check out the Lower Cascade trail at Hanging Rock State Park. Our AllTrails app […]
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Christmas in July: The Inn at Christmas Place Pigeon Forge, TN
Recently, my family and I went to Sevierville and Pigeon Forge, Tennessee for my daughters’ dance competition. While the rest of the team stayed at a different hotel, we have always wanted to stay at Inn at Christmas Place. I’m really glad we did- not only was it absolutely beautiful, it was a really neat […]
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Five travel essentials for a more organized, less-stressful trip
**This post contains affiliate links.** My family and I don’t travel often- at the most, we vacation in the mountains or at the beach twice a year, and then go to visit our family who lives out-of-state. This year, we have taken three out-of-state trips and two were for work. What I have learned throughout […]