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The Mother of All Trips started in June 2008, as my family was preparing to go on a two-week trip to Paris. Really though, it started five years earlier, when my husband Matt and I spent 13 months traveling with our then one-year-old son Tommy. I wrote a book about that experience, and you'll also find that lots of the stories from that time turn up here. Throw in my many dreams of places I'd like to visit, the day trips we often take, and a host of posts about the best places to eat ice cream and you'll find there's a lot to read.

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June 29, 2009

Some road trip stats

We’re midway through our Slowcation and after a lovely, long, slow visit in Wisconsin that was capped off with 50th-anniversary festivities for Matt’s parents (congratulations Dave and Joyce!) we’re hitting the road again (and trying to stay at 60 miles an hour – you’d be surprised how challenging that is, especially in the Midwest). Our [...]

June 27, 2009

Take me out to the ballgame!!!

Today, please welcome my guest blogger: My son Tommy. He wanted to write about our visit to Miller Park. Unfortunately the Brewers lost to the Twins 6-4, but as you’ll be able to tell from this post, we had a great time! Yesterday, we went to Miller Park!!! And got high seats in back of [...]

June 26, 2009

In disguise at Miller Park

Tommy has requested the chance to write a blog post of his own about going to the Brewers game, and so I will defer to his wishes and permit him to do so over the next couple of days. All I’ll say here is that Tommy informed us as we got out of the car [...]

June 25, 2009

Pioneer history at the Milton House

One of the things I wanted to make sure we did on our visit to southern Wisconsin, where Matt grew up and where the boys can locate much of the family history, was to go to some of the local museums. I liked the idea that Tommy would be able to connect his family history [...]

June 23, 2009

Wild turkeys and tame tigers: A (mostly free) day out in Madison

Normally when we go to Madison, Wisconsin, we head right downtown where hang out on State Street, the Union Terrace, or at the Children’s Museum. But on this visit, the boys had requested a nature walk (Tommy) and a zoo visit (Teddy). Surprisingly enough, we were able to accommodate both of them and have a [...]

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