• 3 Days of Wine and Wandering in Sonoma & Napa

    Despite our travels in 2013 and 2014, we hadn’t had an adults-only vacation for about 2 years.  Luckily Chuck’s mom Carla came to the rescue, and flew down to babysit the kids while we went to Sonoma and Napa for 4 nights. Our first night was spent with Chuck’s friend…

  • Interview with Beckett – A Year of Travel Wrap-up

    Interview with Beckett at the end of our year of traveling (age 7) Q: Have you enjoyed traveling this past year? Beckett: Yes. I’ve enjoyed traveling because you can go a lot of fun places like Turkey and Thailand.   Q: What do you like most about traveling? Beckett: That…

  • Interview with Mara – A Year of Travel Wrap-up

    Interview with Mara at the end of our year of traveling (age 9) Q: Have you enjoyed traveling this past year? Mara: Well… it’s fun at times. But sometimes I miss just having a house. But it’s great – I love traveling the world and it’s amazing!   Q: What…

  • Paragliding in Ölüdeniz, Turkey

    We can now add paragliding to the list of activities we didn’t know we wanted to do until presented with the opportunity.  Turns out that where we’re staying in Turkey (Fethiye/Calis Beach) is about a half hour away from Ölüdeniz, which is famous for both its turquoise blue waters and…