Wig in Colonial Williamsburg

Labor Day weekend in Williamburg, Virginia

I'm very excited to announce that although summer is just about over our family travel definitely isn't! Next week we'll be heading to Williamsburg, Virginia for a weekend of fun including a "ghost tour" of Colonial Williamsburg, a visit to …

Chatting with an interpreter at Colonial Williamsburg

Mondays are for dreaming: Colonial Williamsburg (and beyond) in the Truckster

Wigs! Printmaking! Oxen! When I got the itinerary from Homeaway.com for the trip Tommy and I would take in the Truckster, I was most excited about the fact that we would be stopping in Colonial Williamsburg, even if the visit would be brief one. We …

Eating ice cream Virginia Beach

Wagon Queen Family Truckster stop one: Virginia Beach

Oh spare me, Clark, I know your brand of family fun. Tomorrow you'll probably kill the desk clerk, hold up a McDonalds, and drive us 1000 miles out of the way to see the world's largest pile of mud! – Ellen Griswold, National Lampoon's …

In the stocks at Colonial Williamsburg

You’d think I had time on my hands

You might not know it from looking at my blog, but there's been a lot going on around here lately. First there's my guest post about Vermont at Momtrends. Then, there's the launch of Best Family Travel Advice (have you stopped by to ask a question …

Truckster license plate

Your top 5 questions about riding in the Truckster answered

Oil and old car, with a side of fries. Those are lap belts. That? Oh, it’s just a little rain leaking in. Aunt Edna is around…somewhere. The seats are surprisingly comfortable. And here’s a bonus answer: The truckies are for …