I am the type of person who likes to stay on top of projects and tasks because I get anxious when I get too far behind. Apparently, I am also the type of person who writes about a summer beach trip the week before Halloween. To be fair, we moved this summer, and moving withContinue reading “Kiptopeke State Park”
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Virginia is for Adventurers
I love a good scavenger hunt. What better way to get to know a place than to scour it from top to bottom, searching for fun trivia and hidden secrets? That’s why I was quick to open and read this post from the Virginia tourism agency when it popped up in my Twitter feed. TheContinue reading “Virginia is for Adventurers”
Douthat State Park
When we first set our goal to visit all of Virginia’s state parks, I don’t think I quite realized how big this state really is. The 41 parks are spread out all over the place. It takes 8-9 hours to get from the state’s westernmost park to its easternmost park, and those two parks areContinue reading “Douthat State Park”
Sailor’s Creek Battlefield State Park
So it’s been a long time since I’ve updated the blog. A really long time. Almost ten months to be exact. Any parents who are reading will know that a lot can happen in ten months. In this case, the past ten months provided us with enough time to become parents again! Daughter #2 wasContinue reading “Sailor’s Creek Battlefield State Park”
Northern Virginia’s Regional Parks
I consider myself tremendously lucky to live in an area that is so accessible to lush, gorgeous parkland. Northern Virginia is home to national park sites, state parks, and county parks that lend themselves beautifully to family-friendly hiking and exploration. Yet there is another category of park that should not be overlooked: Northern Virginia RegionalContinue reading “Northern Virginia’s Regional Parks”
Colonial Beach: Virginia’s Best-kept Secret
Small getaways have always been a guilty pleasure for my little family, and we have never needed them more than during the pandemic. Although we like exploring new places, we can’t seem to make it through a year without at least one stop in Colonial Beach. In case anyone was wondering where the banner photoContinue reading “Colonial Beach: Virginia’s Best-kept Secret”
Love is a Battlefield
It’s hard to believe that we are already three weekdays into Winter Break. On Monday and Tuesday, we did the typical lazy vacation routine: make a gingerbread house (except this year we used Pop-Tarts thanks to this video tutorial!), eat a multitude of cookies, watch Christmas movies, drive around looking at lights, etc. By Wednesday,Continue reading “Love is a Battlefield”
Every Kid Outdoors, Virginia Edition
We’ve always been big fans of National Parks. After all, these are places that our country has determined to be so beautiful, environmentally impactful and/or historically important that they have been frozen in time for all to enjoy. The National Park Service (NPS) maintains properties nationwide that include parks, trails, monuments, memorials, highways, battlefields, andContinue reading “Every Kid Outdoors, Virginia Edition”
The Frontier Culture Museum
Fun in the Shenandoah Valley I’ve never been very good at staying in one place for too long. Cue the global pandemic. All of a sudden, I found myself reigning in my trip-planning mania and scaling down. Instead of a bigger road trip this summer, we took a couple of weekend trips to Airbnbs withinContinue reading “The Frontier Culture Museum”
Old Dominion for Young Virginians 