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Snowy Christmas in Wisconsin USA

Snowy Christmas in Wisconsin -with new friends and old- This year is going to be different as we have Christmas in Wisconsin. It is a festive season that comes after spending months on the road. We are glad that our family travel got us this far and is offering us an opportunity to have a unique […]

Heading For Snow In Midwest Chicago

Heading For Snow In Midwest Chicago Heading for snow – beating the blizzard Michigan New Buffalo Morning arrives and I am up at 5:30 a.m. when I come to realize that we have gained 1 hour since we are sitting on the border. So it is actually 4:30 a.m. The fog and weather are pretty […]

Great Lakes Road Trip USA

Great Lakes Road Trip the USA Today we have a bit of a quick drive back through the corner of Pennsylvania from Ohio as we visit Mazza Winery on our Great Lakes road trip after leaving Niagara Falls. Luxury travel experts say that this is one of the most visited places by families on a family […]

Disney Christmas At California Adventure Park

Disney Christmas At California Adventure Park  This is our last day with the hire car and we have just returned from Santa Barbara as we head off for a Disney Christmas. Helping The Poor So we venture out in the morning and run a few errands as we have some posting to organize. We had finally […]

Las Vegas to Hollywood Road Trip

Las Vegas to Hollywood Road Trip As we depart from our Las Vegas to Hollywood road trip today, it is a really boring drive through the desert. Fun Things To Do In Las Vegas Driving Through The Desert World’s Largest Thermometer We see a sign to the world’s tallest thermometer at Baker which is the […]

Fun Things To Do In Las Vegas

Fun Things To Do In Las Vegas Top Things To Do In Las Vegas With Kids We are getting into the groove of Las Vegas (see post above) because there are lots of fun things to do in Las Vegas if you have kids.  Yes, I and my seven-year-old are having fun!  We tend to […]

Route 66 – Flagstaff then on to Las Vegas

Route 66 – Flagstaff then on to Las Vegas Today sees us finally hitting Route 66 again, and we discover a town named Williams. I am pretty miffed, as it is just a stunning retro town. It has been only 30 – 40 miles down the road from where we based ourselves. It is where […]

Relaxing Road Trip To Sedona Arizona

Road Trip to Sedona The weather today is perfect as we set out on our road trip to Sedona from Flagstaff Arizona. The snow has started melting on the ground and so we have a chance to hit the road for Sedona. We pass through a lovely windy road on our way, and a spine forest can […]

Lowell Observatory At Flagstaff Arizona

Lowell Observatory Flagstaff Arizona We discover that places like Lowell Observatory are perfect for an alternative form of schooling – here’s why, because, today was a pretty bad day for me. I kind of hit rock bottom. It is past the three-month mark and just went flat. I had all my washing done by hand and […]

Grand Canyon And Arizona Snow

Grand Canyon And Arizona Snow ©Exploramum and Explorason – gorgeous glass church sits in a bed of Arizona snow We have just had two days of Arizona snow and cold weather. We had made a quick trip to stores and did the rounds on a couple of other stores to find warm clothes for this […]

Joshua Tree to Laughlin via Route 66

Joshua Tree to Laughlin via Route 66 We picked this trip to Joshua Tree area after some good advice from luxury travel experts as we depart, so we sadly say goodbye to Palm Springs and are on the road for our single parent travel adventure. Our faithful GPS takes us the longest and most boring way […]

Gorgeous Palm Springs Plus An Overtired Single Mum

Gorgeous Palm Springs and an overtired single Mum We leave San Diego mid-afternoon for our next family travel journey and decide to drive to Palm Springs. We arrive and it is just starting to get dark. We have no idea Gay Pride Festival is on this weekend, so most reasonable hotels are booked out. Luxury […]