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Posted in 2014-15 USA - Camping with Kids 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…

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Posted in 2014-15 USA - Camping with Kids Personal Blog

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…

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Posted in 2014-15 USA - Camping with Kids North American Critters Personal Blog

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…

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Posted in 2014-15 USA - Camping with Kids Destinations Personal Blog

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…

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Posted in 2014-15 USA - Camping with Kids Personal Blog

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…

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Posted in 2014-15 USA - Camping with Kids Destinations Personal Blog

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…

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Posted in 2014-15 USA - Camping with Kids Personal Blog

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…

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Posted in 2014-15 USA - Camping with Kids Personal Blog

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.

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Posted in 2014-15 USA - Camping with Kids Personal Blog

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,…

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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.

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