Stories about travel
There are few times during the year when our family is not together. We are accustomed to being together so when one of us is gone for 2 or more days, it is out of the ordinary. When I was hired for Automattic, I knew that part of the job included traveling a few times … More Not Home Together – Dad goes to Barcelona
It rained all day in Seattle today. However, despite its reputation, this was the only day it was rainy. We actually had great weather otherwise! Woke up Breakfast / work / hanging out at “home” Went to Panera for lunch (lucked out finding parking right in front) Went to the Seattle Children’s Museum Went to … More Day 11 – Thursday in Seattle
Woke up and had a slow morning Dad worked a bit, Mom cleaned the van out, kids watched TV Headed to Seward Park where we played on the playground, took a big walk/hike and played along the shore of Lake Washington Went for pizza for lunch in Columbia City, a few blocks from our place … More Day 10 – Long day in Seattle
Above is our route, more or less, for the first leg of the trip. It’s pretty crazy to think we drove this whole way (wait till you see the way back!). 8 overnights. 10 states. 49 bathroom breaks. And we only ate at McDonald’s one time. Here are the events from this day: Woke … More Day 9 – We made it!
This day was a travel day. We had a lot of ground to cover. Originally, we had planned to go back in to Yellowstone for part of this day and arrive late at our hotel but after a nice full day before in Yellowstone, we were content to move on and enjoy a longer evening at … More Day 8 – Almost there
Got up early, packed, ate the last of our breakfast type food and left Greybull, Wyoming. Drove through Cody Drove through beautiful mountains and finally reached the East Entrance to Yellowstone. After a few minutes winding through forest recovering from forest fire, we came upon a group of people looking at something far off in … More Day 7 – Yellowstone National Park
We awoke early and started packing – opting to not take showers, though the shower house was remarkably nice While we packed, EB tested out his new slingshot (he bought at Wall Drug) and the kids climbed on a large rock formation right next to our cabin. After a short play at the playground (long enough for CJ to … More Day 6 – Devil’s Tower
The day begins at the Ingalls Homestead in De Smet, South Dakota The night was COLD and there was NO heat in our bunk house so the sleep was not great Woke up to a brisk South Dakota sunrise and it was beautiful After washing up a bit and packing up, we hit the road early … More Day 5 – Black Hills, South Dakota
There were SO many great things about today! Left around dusk because we had 5 hours to drive and many of the activities at the Ingalls Homestead stopped at 2pm. We decided that traveling when kids are tired in the early morning is a MUCH better option Only 4 brief stops along the way – … More Day 4 – De Smet, South Dakota
Today we left Chicago and ended in Rochester to stay with Sarah (Ben’s sister) and Bobby. Woke up and enjoyed a (too) leisurely morning – leaving much later then we should have Stopped at Walmart after a bit to pick up supplies Drove down the highway Kids managed to watch 2 movies in a row … More Day 3 – Chicago to Rochester
Here’s more or less how the day went Woke up and had a nice, leisurely morning at what we explained to CJ was the “new house” when she kept asking if we are going to “our house” We discussed what we should do for the day given the threat of rain Drove into town and … More Day 2 – Urban Hiking in Chicago
Our departure was set for 7am, with the expectation that it’d be 7:30 or 8. Everything wouldn’t fit in the van the way we hoped but we were able to work it out without leaving too much behind. We departed around 8:45, ran a few local errands and were finally on the road! The 23 … More Day 1 – Chicago
On this particular trip, we spent a day in historic Williamsburg, Virginia on our way to Virginia Beach.
