Our family takes a lot of road trips throughout the year. Central Oregon, Oak Harbor Washington, and Salinas California are our big, annual ones, and since we most often put the miles on our minivan, the rear entertainment system (DVD player) usually keeps the kids busy. However, there are the occasional camping or boat trips we […]
A Hawaiian Family Holiday
With lots of family and friends out of state, most of our big, summer family trips are driving to see them. Once in a while we take off for a few days at the beach, or maybe Sunriver. This year, however, my husband and I decided to splurge. After taxes, we ran the numbers, cashed […]
The Dangers of Teenage Travel #MakeSafeTravelHappen – The Tyler Madoff Story
We’ve all heard the horror stories of teens and young adults traveling abroad. The headlines of Natalee Holloway and Amanda Knox, and Hollywood thrillers like Taken have scared us into thinking that what happened to those girls could happen to our children as well. While these awful events and the many other less publicized stories […]