Road tripping with young kids has been such a rewarding experience for our family, but let’s be honest…sometimes it can be a challenge! Since our family vacations have mostly consisted of long road trips, our kids don’t really know its NOT normal to be in the car for sometimes 40+ hours total on a trip!Continue reading “Road Tripping with Kids Tips!”
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Facts not Fear
Like most of you, I’ve been watching WAY too much news lately. One of our local Atlanta news channels has a graphic which says “Facts Not Fear” whenever they are sharing daily updates about the Coronavirus. However, if I’m being totally honest, the news they are sharing does bring about fear at times. But ifContinue reading “Facts not Fear”
Niagara Falls Road Trip Route (Kentucky, Ohio, New York, Canada, Michigan and Indiana)
One of the road trip routes we are most often asked about is our route to Niagara Falls. People are often shocked to find out that we actually drove all the way to Canada with two young kids in tow! Although a 41 hour road trip may seem like a daunting task to some, theContinue reading “Niagara Falls Road Trip Route (Kentucky, Ohio, New York, Canada, Michigan and Indiana)”
Mid-Atlantic States Road Trip (Washington D.C., Pennsylvania,New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia)
This Mid-Atlantic road trip route is still one of our family favorites. We did this route when the girls were still pretty young (back in 2013) so we would like to go back on this same route now that they are older and may have more of an appreciation for some of the historic sites.Continue reading “Mid-Atlantic States Road Trip (Washington D.C., Pennsylvania,New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia)”
Save $$$ on Auto Rentals
*** Here’s another blog from Brian about how to save money on your rental car. This little tip has saved us hundreds of dollars on rentals over the past few years, so check it out!*** I’m not sure how I stumbled upon my Auto Rental hack, but I’ll be honest I was pretty skeptical atContinue reading “Save $$$ on Auto Rentals”
Abide
In my experience, when it seems the Lord is trying to get my attention about a particular issue, the same Scripture verse seems to appear EVERYWHERE! Maybe I’m just hyper-sensitive to it as well, but I choose to believe the Lord has something He’s wanting to teach me through the words found in John 15:5,Continue reading “Abide”
Hotel & Airline Travel on the Cheap
This post was written by Brian because he is really the brains behind our cheap family road trips. We often get asked about how we get free hotel lodging and airline tickets so I asked him to write a blog to explain! One of the biggest keys to our road trips is the fact thatContinue reading “Hotel & Airline Travel on the Cheap”
Missouri, Illinois and Indiana
In 2010 we moved from Georgia to Bowling Green, Kentucky so that summer we knew we wanted to do a road trip to some nearby states. St. Louis, Missouri is only a little over 4 hours away so it was the perfect place to start! There are SO many free and inexpensive things to inContinue reading “Missouri, Illinois and Indiana”
"Let's start at the very beginning…." (Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky)
“A very good place to start!” Please excuse the Sound of Music quote, but I really could not think of a better way to begin writing this blog I’ve been talking about doing for at least five years. People often ask us about road trip routes we have taken in the past and how weContinue reading “"Let's start at the very beginning…." (Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky)”
Traveling Light 