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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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July 31, 2009

Clearly I need to add North Dakota to our destinations list

Overheard today in our car:
Teddy (who recently read a book about Noah’s arc): “There have got to be unicorns someplace.”
Daddy: “Maybe in the deep, deep mysterious woods where no people ever go.”
Pause
Teddy: “Maybe in North Dakota! We should go there. Or [sounding more dubious now] maybe the woods here.”
Here are the not-so-deep woods of Northern [...]

July 27, 2009

Mondays are for dreaming: Vermont (or should I say “the driveway moment”?)

I know this post is late, but since it’s still Monday where I live (at least for a few more hours) I feel like I can still publish it.
Although I traveling to new places and will always be thrilled the first time I pull into a heretofore unexplored destination, I also love return trips. The [...]

July 23, 2009

A solo trip to blogger heaven

So today I’ll get on a jet plane by myself with a suitcase full of nice clothes (including some  high-heeled shoes!) to spend three days in Chicago learning all about the art and science of blogging. I plan to take advantage of every minute of fun and information at BlogHer from the sessions to the [...]

July 22, 2009

The Magic House: A little less than spellbinding

After our outing at the Crown Center and before our trip to the Missouri Botanical Garden our grand tour of kid-friendly attractions across the lower Midwest included a stop at the Saint Louis Children’s Museum, also called The Magic House.
We had driven from Kansas City that morning and after five hours in the car, the [...]

July 21, 2009

True confessions of a road tripping mom

So I tallied it up and during our recent road trip we spent close to 49 hours in the car over an 18-day period. Since most of this was done in shifts of six hours or more, I think we can safely say that we earned a gold medal for family togetherness and on-the-road savvy.
I’m [...]

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