Royalty-free image: https://www.pexels.com/photo/pink-flamingo-floater-2705879/ The last two years have been a struggle for everyone, but now that restrictions are being lifted and normal life is reviving up, more and more families are itching to stretch their travel legs and head out into the wild blue yonder for some much-needed fun and […]
So much more than pretty vistas, New River Gorge National Park and Preserve is begging you to engage with it! There’s not a single road that winds through the newest National Park so you have to get out, stretch your legs and get inside New River George! Fish in and […]
Should we have been traveling during COVID? It’s a question I attempt to answer on Fodor’s Travel this week. My wife and I recently traveled to the Dominican Republic, to the Hard Rock Punta Cana, and lived to tell the tale. Here’s why we went even though she’s immuno-compromised, what […]
For my money, Going To The Sun Road that cuts across Glacier National Park is the GOAT best National Park road trip but there are many other National Park road trips to enjoy during the pandemic and after…if we ever fully experience ‘after’. The 15 Best National Park Road Trips […]
I’ve piloted a pair of minivans across the width of the country (Toyota Sienna, Kia Sedona), a Highlander up and down the Pacific NW and through the woods of Ohio, a Kia Niro on the Blue Ridge Parkway and from Orlando down to Miami for soccer and baseball and brunch […]
Lighthouses, a national seashore, wild horses on the beach, and massive vacation rental homes: the Outer Banks is one of the best family-friendly road trip destinations on the east coast. The Ultimate Guide to an Outer Banks Road Trip For Reader’s Digest, I wrote a guide to an Outer Banks […]
Between the COVID-19 pandemic, civil rights protests, skyrocketing unemployment, and the contentious run-up to the most critical presidential election of our time, this summer has been a doozy and a half. Not sure if socially-distanced travel ideas are high on your list of needs right now but you may want […]
Is there a Bubba Gump shrimp in Galveston, Texas? You betcha there is. A Joe’s Crab Shack too. This slender strip of land is a beachfront tourist hub after all, and it shows, in parts, but there’s more than mile upon mile of sandy gulf coast shoreline and the requisite […]
