Our family headed out on our first camping trip of the season to Camden Hills State Park and Campground in June 2023. We finished our first year of homeschool last Friday and celebrated that accomplishment, as well as our 11 year wedding anniversary with a camping trip to Camden Hills State Park in Camden, Maine. […]
7 Days in Folly Beach, South Carolina 2023
Here’s how our family spent 7 days in Folly Beach, South Carolina. A quirky little beach town right outside of Charleston. Our kids are currently 8 and 5. All of my suggestions are both kid and budget friendly. Our family recently took a one week vacation to one of our favorite places, Folly Beach in […]
Lost River Valley Campground, North Woodstock and Littleton New Hampshire
Our latest camping adventure brought us to the Lost River Valley Campground in North Woodstock, New Hampshire. We spent three days enjoying the campsite and exploring North Woodstock and Littleton. We stayed at this campground last year and enjoyed it so much I booked a trip for the following year on the drive home. Previously […]
Thomas Point Beach, Brunswick Maine Camping Trip May 2022
Our first camping trip of the season was to Thomas Point Beach Campground in Brunswick, Maine. This was also our first trip out in our new camper! We love this campground and the surrounding area. This trip involved lots of time at the playground… The beach… And at our campsite while we got to know […]
2017 Forest River Wildwood FSX Travel Trailer
Meet River Taco, the newest addition to the family. A 2017 Forest River Wildwood FSX Travel Trailer. Anika picked the first name, Jake the second. We absolutely LOVED our pop up camper. We spent the past two summers making so many memories. However, we knew with the kids getting bigger, we wanted something a little […]
Acadia National Park and Bar Harbor April 2022
Spring break this year we headed north to the Bangor, Maine area for a few days. The biggest part of our time away was a day trip to Acadia National Park and Bar Harbor. We set our GPS for the entrance gates where we paid the 30.00 dollar fee that allows one car admission for […]
Walt Disney World and Bay Lake Tower at the Contemporary Resort 2022
We finally made it back to Walt Disney World, this time we stayed at Bay Lake Towers at the Contemporary Resort. Our first trip was in 2019 when the kids were four and 22 months. They are now seven and four. One of my favorite things about this trip was that it was a total […]
National Geographic 50 States 500 Campgrounds
I am so excited that one of my photos was recently published in the new National Geographic book written by Joe Yogerst, 50 States 500 Campgrounds!!! Never in my life did I think I’d get to say that. When an editor reached out to me last January, after reading my Dolly Copp Campground and The […]
Northern Maine and Bangor, December 2021
Over Anika’s Christmas Vacation in December, 2021 we headed to Northern Maine for a few days. My sister in law and her husband own a house in the area. They were away, but let us use their adorable home as our own private Airbnb. We made multiple day trips to explore near by Bangor, Maine. […]
Eagle Mountain House and Jackson NH, Holiday Trip
Last December 2021, we surprised our kids with a trip to the Eagle Mountain House Hotel in Jackson, New Hampshire. We had been here in the summer but this was our first trip in the winter. We checked into the hotel and ate the pizza in our room that we had picked up on the […]