family trip

This Thanksgiving, my family and I flew from two separate Northeast airports to spend the holiday week together in Arizona. We took adventures, enjoyed quality time together, and ate a lot of delicious Mexican…

We drove new highways, wore out nearly every country song on Sirius radio and learned a bit more about the history of our country. …

I first visited Nashville, Tennessee this past summer as part of a Midwest road trip with my brother, Dan. We visited the city in mid-August when the near-100-degree temperatures and humidity index left us…

While we planned our trip around some of the city’s top attractions, St. Louis’s red brick buildings and clusters of restaurants also caught my attention. …

Because of the detours and lack of road signs, we found ourselves driving down a wooded backroad with not a soul, car or house in sight…not a soul, that is, besides a brown, mid-sized…

We had hoped to make it farther on the Natchez Trace Parkway than the 30-mile marker, where a park ranger waited with a warning to exit and promise to fine us if we did…

It’s official. I no longer live in Chicago. My brother, Dan, and I set off for our road trip south from Chicago to New Orleans. …

I've been to San Diego before, but it wasn't until this trip that I fell in love with San Diego.…

This would be my second trip to Santa Barbara, and both times I found myself content to aimlessly wander the palm tree-lined streets and leisurely take in the sights.…

I hopped a plane to spend a long weekend in the California sunshine, proving a perfect way to take the edge off this Midwest spring. …