Dreaming of

When I’m not traveling, I like nothing better than to think about places I’ve been or places I’d like to go. The posts listed here include all of my “Mondays are for dreaming” posts; hopefully they will inspire a few family travel daydreams of your own. You can filter posts by keyword or browse chronologically.

Maryland Science Center

Dreaming of dinosaurs in Baltimore

Let's just get this out in the open right now: Despite the fact that I live an hour away from Baltimore and have done so over a decade, until last week I had no idea that the Maryland Science Center even existed. We've been to the Franklin Institute …

Opening day at Keystone Mountain

Dreaming of family skiing at Keystone Resort

Around these parts December brings excitement and anticipation. I find myself counting the days, checking the sky, unable to wait for that wonderful day…when I first get to climb into my downhill skis. We will be getting some East Coast skiing in …

Playing in the Vermont snow

A belated Thanksgiving dream

Yesterday was spent in the car as we drove home from Thanksgiving in Vermont. Traveling pros that they are, my kids can handle a ten-and-a-half hour road trip beautifully, with only occasional rounds of iPad gaming and very little complaining or …

Kilauea Iki crater

Dreaming of a perfect day with kids in Hawaii

Today I feel fortunate to share a post from Anne Patrone of 500 Places With Kids. I love this story not just because it is about Hawaii - a place I've never visited and dream about perennially - but because Anne describes the kind of serendipitous …

Tommy and Aunt Becky

Dreaming of holiday travel with baby

So in case you hadn't noticed, because perhaps it snuck up on you, next week begins the holiday travel season. My first-born (who is now on the downward slope of nine heading for ten so fast it makes my head spin) was half a year old for his first …