A Trip Update

I realized yesterday that it’s been a while since I’ve done a post about our nomadic travels. Over the break, I actually copied all of our travel posts over to a new blog, which I’ve nicknamed Motherhood on the Move. I wanted …

Oregon Coast Tide Pools

One of our main reasons for taking this trip was that we knew we’d learn all kinds of interesting things we may never have otherwise. Of course, you can learn just about anything you want from books and the Internet, …

Oregon Coast – Where Trees Meet Seas

We’ve been here on the Oregon Coast for a week and a half now, and every time we drive anywhere, the same thought keeps going through my mind: My Lord, that’s a lot of trees. Seriously, I think Oregon is …

Macaws and Dolphins and Whales, Oh My!

A couple of weeks ago, we took a whale-watching cruise at Dana Wharf. Thanks to a Groupon, the tickets were only $15 a piece. Not too shabby, especially for all that we got to experience. I’ll let the photo captions …

Long Beach: Aquarium of the Pacific

If you ask Dolittle what the highlight of our trip has been so far, feeding the Lorikeets at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach is right there at the top of her list.  I’d never heard of Lorikeets …

Q & A: Our Nomadic Trip around America

Our family is starting a grand adventure in April. There’s actually a word for what we’re going to be – digital nomads. It’s apparently a “thing.” (And here we thought we were being so innovative.) Seriously, Google “digital nomad families” …

Wanderlust Daydreams

I keep getting these e-mails from Living Social and Groupon for vacation “getaways.” Tropical resort destinations. Gorgeous, white sandy beaches. Clear blue-green waters. Spa packages. People whose only job is to bring you icy drinks at your beachside lounge chair. …

Weddings and Vacations

Not to jinx ourselves, but our vacations often turn out better than we plan them. It didn’t look that way at first, when we had our flight cancelled and had to stand in line for an hour and a half …