Category: Personal Blog
So. Much. Joy.
I cannot tell y’all how much I am loving this trip right now. It’s true that sibling disharmony is not improved by being stuck in…
Jabaritos near Chicago’s Humboldt Park
We had lunch at this little Puerto Rican restaurant in Chicago’s Humboldt neighbourhood yesterday. We discovered it on Yelp. It’s the sort of place you…
The Mountain Lion
When we were camping in Joseph D. Grant Santa Clara County Park the camp host told us that we were in mountain lion country. The…
Yosemite National Park – Photo Blog
There is so much to see in Yosemite, we didn’t spend nearly enough time there, even with Mirror Lake and most of the falls being…
Camping in America
Camping with Kids, Day 9: Stanislaus National Forest – Lost Claim Campground This is more my memory of camping in America, even though I only came…
Reflections, Camping Day 8, Lake McSwain
Early morning at Lake McSwain. First time I’ve managed to be up before the kids. Torn between sitting & writing, taking a wander around the…
Is This Trip Jinxed or Something?
Camping Day 7. Third campground, Lake McSwain, California. Got out the stove to cook dinner after setting up camp. We borrowed this stove from some…
How Not to Start a 4 Month Road Trip
The scariest part about our first day of camping was when I thought my daughter was dying in my arms.
Preparing for another BIG trip
We are getting ready for another big trip, this one for 6 months to the US. We’ll be spending 3-4 months of the time driving/camping,…
New York City Adventures: Central Park, Morningside Park, and Ice Cream!
New York was awesome, though very short. Central Park would take days and days to explore properly and we only had one. We were incredibly lucky to stay with a friend of a friend on the Upper West Side, right across the road from Central Park.