There are approximately a zillion and a half things to be done before I successfully get my wife and two daughters out the door to start our summer vacation: Did I remember sunscreen? The tangle of charging cables for all the different devices? Bathing suits? Pillows? Our National Parks pass? […]
We Bogles know our way around a road trip. The buckled-up jaunt has become a bit of a calling card for our family over the past decade. Well planned in advance, at a moment’s notice, somewhere in between — we can roll with any type of four wheeled adventure. As […]
The Mrs. has been home all summer. I have yet to discuss why here on OWTK, but sh*t got ugly with her family and as a result my dear wife needed desperately to take a leave from the soul-sucking cubicle farm. That’s the short version. And that’s all you’re getting. […]
Aside from the day before Thanksgiving and the week preceding (or following) Christmas, the night before a road trip may be the single dumbest time to decide to eat better. Yet that is exactly what I am setting out to do as we embark on Summer Road Trip ’12. Because […]
We’re driving away from Paris, half way to Toulouse where we’d sleep before passing up, over, and through the Pyrenees & Andorra, as we hustled back to Barcelona to fly home. I glanced behind me to check on the kids only to discover the Mouse topless in her carseat, still strapped […]
Credit card debt is FUN! No, no it’s not. It sucks eggs. I should know. I’ve had major issues with plastic debt. Ten years ago, I was nearly $20,000 in the red with Discover, American Express, and some random Visa card (probably those predators at Capital One). Even as recently […]
We leave for Barcelona in exactly two months from today. In getting the kids ready and excited for our rapidly approaching 10 day journey through Spain, France & Andorra, we dug out the Bear’s scrapbook from our last trip abroad. This is from when she was a toddler some 5 […]
Our 15-day West Coast holiday has been a wonderful and warm experience. I’ll have more, eventually, from this sun-washed journey. Until then, here are some scenes, from the nearly 1000 photos taken, from the past 2 weeks.
