Snow 2025
Snow Days! Another winter, more snow in Maryland. We had numerous snow days this year which was cool with work and school closed, although schools closed more …
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San Antonio 2025
The Alamo - River walk - National park - Rodeo Another trip, another US State, this time we hit up Texas with a visit to San Antonio. We visited the Alamo, …
Christmas 2024
Cookies - presents - good food Another year, another batch of Christmas sugar cookies. Our second winter christmas! We made Beef Wellington again for Christmas …
Xmas Lights
Christmas Lights - hot chocolate - freezing weather We visited Christmas light display in Olney, Maryland. It is a 1.5 mile path of Christmas lights. They also …
Iceskating Dec 2024
Outdoor Ice Skating We went to the outdoor ice skating rink in Columbia. It was so much fun, skating under the lights. It was the kids first time ice skating so …
Medieval Times Dec 2024
Jousting - roast chicken - sword fighting We went to Medievil Times for dinner and a show. We went to take the kids but it was much more fun than I expected - …
Ravens 2024
We went to a Baltimore Ravens game - it was so much fun. There is a lot going on - marching band, cheerleaders, fly bys, parachutists - music - jumbotron, and …
Delaware Oct 2024
Longwood gardens - Crackerbarrel - National park - State park We visited Delaware for a long weekend, ticking off another State. We visited First State National …
WDW 3 Oct 2024
Disney World - Coronado Springs Hotel - EPCOT - Hollywood Studios We tried a new hotel for this trip - Coronado Springs. It was a nice resort with a cool …
Cirque Du Soleil 14 Sep 2024
We travelled into DC to see the Cirque Du Soleil show Ovo. It was a lot of fun and everyone loved it. Jugglers - acrobats
DC4
African American Museum - Museum of American History We hit us two Smithsonian Museums and grabbed lunch before heading home.
Air and Space Dulles 2024
Airplanes - lots of airplanes We made it out to Dulles where the second part of the Smithsonian Air & Space museum is housed - a huge warehouse filled with …
Ocean City 2024
Assateague National Park - Ocean City Boardwalk We spent a long weekend heading to the Batemans Bay of Maryland - Ocean City. We went via Assateague National …
Shenondoah
Shenandoah National Park - Luray Caves - Frontier Culture Museum Another long weekend, another trip - this time to the Shenandoah valley in Virginia. We started …
WDW May 2024
Disney World - Port Orleans French Quarter - Star Wars bar A full week in Walt Disney World. We stayed at Port Orleans French Quarter - one of our favourite …
Caps March 2024
Our first ice hockey game - DC Capitals Vs Winnipeg Jets. It was a lot of fun, although even with jumpers etc it was freezing in the stadium. The additional …
Monster Jam 2024
We headed into DC to see the monster trucks - it was more fun than I was expecting - I booked as I thought the kids would like it but turns out we all enjoyed …
Snow 2024
Our first proper snow!! last year we had a dusting, just enough to scrap a few snow balls together, but this year - real snow, deep snow!!! Snow days all around …
New Orleans
We had a long weekend in New Orleans and managed to jam in a lot of things! The Pharmacie museum was fun, with a range of old pharmacie equipment and medicines. …
Christmas 2023
Our first Christmas in the USA and our first cold Christmas! We bought a new tree as we didn’t bring our tree from home, this one is bigger than our old …
Thanksgiving 2023
Our first Thanksgiving in the USA. We decided to cook numerous recipes and luckily some friends joined us to help us eat it - we still had approx 8 meals worth …
DC #3
Air & Space Museum - Botanic gardens We visited the Air and Space Museum in DC - it was under going renovations so part of it was closed off. We saw a …
Universal
Long weekend to Universal Studios, Florida Harry Potter at Universal We watched the Harry Potter movies and the kids started reading the books before we went to …
Renaissance Fair
Jousting - Food - Games Visited the Renaissance Faire in Maryland. Ate a turkey leg, watched the Naval College musicians, watched acrobats and saw a …
MD State Fair 2023
Food - Games - Pig racing We explored the Maryland State Fair, held up near Baltimore. Similar to the Canberra Show, there were arcade games, farm equipment and …
Lake Anna State Park
We spent a weekend in the RV at Lake Anna State park in Virginia. We explored the State park and did a few hikes but otherwise just chilled out in the RV. As …
Lancaster
Amish Country - Amazing Food - Valley Forge We stayed in Amish Country. They have great food here and the kids loved the Bird in Hand buffet so we ended up …
DC #2
Ford Theatre - Da Vinci Exhibit at the Martin Luther King Library The Da Vinci exhibit had some of his drawings and a copy of his astronomical clock. …
WDW
Hollywood Studios - EPCOT We utilised a pupil free day on a Friday and took a quick trip down to Orlando to visit WDW. Staying at the Dolphin hotel, we had 2 …
RV Trip 2023
A 2 week road trip in the RV, completing more of our RV road trip that was postponed from last year. Virginia - North Carolione - South Carolina - Georgia - …
Gettysburg
Back in the RV - Gettysburg - Eisenhower National Historic Site We are back in the RV! Visiting Gettysberg National Historic Site and playing golf on …
DC
Our first foray to DC since moving to the USA. Cherry Blossoms Again, it was freezing and miserable to walk around. We trained in, saw the cherry blossoms and …
Philadelphia
USA History - Cheese Steak After cancelling the Philly part of our RV Road trip last year, we finally made it for a long weekend. Weather was freezing (winter + …
Food #4
For our final food blog we have; 1.Canolli from Mike’s Pastry - queue out the door. It was recommended by someone we met. 2.Deep fried oreos from …
NYC #2
Intrepid is a retired air craft carrier with planes and exhibits, it also has the Enterprise Space Shuttle (which was not built for space!). USS Growler is a …
NYC #1
It was a 4 state day; starting in Massachusetts, we drove through Rhode Island and Connecticut, before arriving in New York State, and finally reaching NYC. We …
Nantucket
We caught the ferry over to Nantucket for a few hours. Again - super cute! But very expensive. We hired bikes and rode around but with the narrow roads and the …
Cape Cod
We explored Cape Cod - definitely could have spent more time here! The houses are really cute! Hoxie House dates back to the 1600’s. Lunch was an American …
Boston Day2
We spent the day wandering around Harvard and visiting the museums they have on campus. We also found the Harvard bookstore - we managed to limit ourselves to …
BostonDay1
We spent our first day in Boston wondering around the Beacon Hill area admiring all the red brick buildings. We found Acorn St with its cute cobblestones, Paul …
GreatWolfLodge
We had a day and a half at an indoor water park. The water park comes as part of the room price so it is really convenient as your room is a couple of minute …
NewHampshire
We stayed in New Hampshire for two days in a log cabin. The place was very cute with a lot of space and we spent most of the stay chilling out and taking a …
NiagaraFalls
We visited Niagara Falls! The falls were great and the volume of water that goes over every minute is huge! The grounds of the park were nice but the town …
TruckCollection
Our truck arrived! Our truck made it from Denver! What happens when you ship a truck with California temporary plates from Denver, Colorado to Buffalo, New …
Food #3
Calories - Calories - Crazy food - and more calories More great food and more crazy American food, in this round we have; 1.Fresh/tasty vietnamese …
Chicago
Well the weather didn’t play nicely in Chicago - especially given all of our plans required us to be outside… 🙄 After deciding we could push …
Parking #2
Some more great parking efforts and our truck/RV hanging out with the semi’s
FarewellRV
We packed up the RV and farewelled it as it headed to Pennsylvania were we will collect it once we return. The truck was collected a few days later and headed …
Denver
The Museum of Nature and Science is cool - a lot of great exhibits, many of which are interactive. The kids had a blast and we ended up staying longer than …
Rocky Mountains
Aaannnd… mum is done with uphill, rocky hikes at high altitudes. We didn’t have a lot of time in the Rocky Mountains (1 short day) so we completed …
Colorado Springs
Garden of the Gods - Manitou Springs - Penny Arcade We visited Garden of the Gods and walked the main trail. We started chatting with another family at lunch …
Kiwi Co2
Two more Kiwi Co boxes - a levitating lamp and a basketball shot. So far the kids have managed to knock the lamp off its careful placement so it is looking a …
Glenwood Springs
The hike we planned to do now requires a reservation and payment so we gave it a miss. Spent the day at the local pool which is a hot spring pool so warm! It …
Arches
One day in Arches National Park. View from our campsite was great and plenty of rocks/places for kids to explore. Kids went to the nightly ranger program which …
Bryce Canyon
We had one full day in Bryce Canyon. We completed a hike down to the floor - yep the picture above was the way out - a series of switchbacks (or a version of …
Salt Lake City Area
Gardens - Museum of Curiosity - Planetarium - Temple Square We had two days near Salt Lake City. We headed into Thanksgiving Point and visited Ashton Gardens …
Food #2
The wonders of American food continues… Our weird and wonderful, and sometimes tasty finds…. Cake: Yep - a cookie cake - very rich! It helps to …
Grand Teton
Taggart Lake - Jenny Lake - Mormon Row We spent three days in Grand Tetons - our photos do not do it justice - the 3 Tetons (mountains) are amazing. We had one …
Yellowstone Day 2
Grand Prismatic Spring - Old Faithful - Bison - Junior Ranger - Mud Volcano trail - West Thumb Our second day in Yellowstone National Park. We toured the South …
West Yellowstone
We Spent a day out of the National Park and in West Yellowstone. Ropes Course - Bear Centre - Imax We started at a ropes course which the kids loved. One kid …
Yellowstone Day 1
Hikes - Views - Bison - Geothermal springs Yellowstone - the first national park. It is celebrating its 150 year birthday this year. We saw Bison!!! Very …
Glacier National Park
Hikes - Lakes - Junior Ranger Another amazing national park but very large so a lot of driving. We were able to use the internal shuttle system which was great …
Mount Rainier
Hikes - Junior Ranger - River exploration - unintended detours Mount Rainier is in Washington State. It is a beautiful park with a snow capped peak. We visited …
Portland area
Columbia River Gorge - Multnomah Falls - doughnuts It was a long drive from our campsite the other side of Portland, but we drove up the Columbia river to a …
Parking#1
The joys of parking a 60 foot set up - we take up approximately 7 parking spaces or a truck spot. Loving truck stops - coffee, coke, large parking spaces - …
Fort Vancouver
A fort built during the fur trade. It is in Vancouver Washington State, just across the river from Portland Oregon. It was really cool, and again they have …
Fort Clatsop
Fort Clatsop has a replica of the fort Lewis and Clark built to stay out the winter before continuing their travels. They have volunteers who take on the dress …
Oregon Coast
The Oregon coast is super cute! It was busy due to school holidays and a heat wave inland towards Portland. The kids made friends at the RV park we stayed at, …
Tillamook Creamery
Tillamook is famous for its dairy industry. We had lunch at the creamery (cheese curds, mac n cheese, cheese toasted sandwich and pizza), visited the exhibits, …
Food #1
So many awesome/random foods; our set up shop lucky charms which the kids HAD to have and are still sitting in the cupboard as the taste is not as bright as the …
Kiwi Co
We bought some Kiwi Co boxes for the kids to build whilst we are in the RV - they were very excited by the robot who places dominos! They like watching Mark …
Crater Lake
Crater Lake is breathtaking. The water is so smooth, it is hard to tell where the shore line is due to the reflection of the mountains. Yep - that is still …
Turtle Bay
We visited Turtle Bay whilst in Anderson to give the kids a break from shopping and setting up the RV. They had an exhibit of replicas of Ancient Egyptian …
RV
We finally collected our RV!!!! It is big - 37ft, although looked small on the lot next to the 5th wheels. So glad to have stopped jumping between hotels with …
Lake Tahoe
Spent two nights at Lake Tahoe - due to lack of availability of accomodation, we ended up at Tahoe City - not the prettiest part of the lake unfortunately and …
Yosemite
We had a day in Yosemite which we spent cycling around the valley floor and hopping on the shuttle for a 30 minute trip in air conditioning. There was a small …
Truck
Our ridiculously huge truck!! Kids were so excited!! I’m glad we added the side step, otherwise we would need to carry a step ladder to get in and out 🤦 …
San Francisco
San Francisco. A lot of walking plus we hired bikes on the last day and rode around to Fort Point. A little stressful with one kid wildly veering and forgetting …
Travel Daze
2+ days of travel - exhausting but we made it! Bags packed and ready to go Qantas re-routing our travel - again - this time, whilst we stood at the check in …
Hawaii 2019
Hawaii 2019 Sun - beaches - friends - fun - Gardens - Views - Dole Plantation - Pearl Harbour - Diamond Head Crater The Big Island
USA 2019
Mainland USA with friends National parks - Disneyland - Yosemite - Sequoia - Kings Canyon - Joshua Tree - Grand Canyon - Zion - Tuzigoot - Monument Valley - and …
Disney 2017
Disney trip in 2017: Port Orleans Riverside Hotel Kids first trip to Disney View from our hotel room at Dallas airport