5 Tips for Traveling with Little Roamers

A couple weeks ago, we took LR on his first family roadtrip. (Post and photos coming soon!) Roadtripping is something that Matt and I have always loved, and we were so excited to share it with LR. Here are some tips we learned along the way: 1. Don’t overplan. When it was just the two…

Read More

2 Ways to Visit National Parks FREE!

Shenandoah National Park   The National Park Service has announced a new initiative geared towards getting kids outside and into National Parks. “Every Kid in a Park” is giving a FREE admission pass to all 4th grade students during the 2015-2016 school year. Starting September 1st, 2015 and valid until August 31st, 2016 the pass…

Read More

Parks Passports

Little Roamer was given a National Parks Passport for his first birthday. (Actually, he was given three – one for each of us) He also got a Kids’ Passport Companion and a set of NPS Passport stamps for 2014 and 2015. I’m not going to lie, I was pretty pumped. I really love this idea!…

Read More

First Camping Trip

I’ve been doing some research on making camping and backpacking with a baby go as smoothly as possible. I couldn’t believe some of the stories I found of people taking trips with their young ones. Like this long-distance trip with a 3-month-old, or this month-long arctic trip. After sifting through more information and ideas than…

Read More

Assateague Island

Warning: Picture-heavy Post We took a long weekend last and went with a couple friends to Assateague Island National Seashore. Matt and I had been there last year on our vacation and wanted to go back, so we recruited another couple and headed down to camp a couple nights on the beach. Since it was…

Read More