by Jen Martin | Nov 17, 2017 | Food, International, Travel Log
After two weeks exploring Maine, we finally felt like we had our fill and were ready to move on. How gloriously awesome to be able to decide when and where to go! With our successful Canada trip, we were feeling brave enough to conquer an extended stay with our...
by Jen Martin | Sep 23, 2017 | Food, Travel Log
Crossing the border to Maine felt like a mini-victory. With so many changes to our plans (like having to go back to Christiansburg for the hitch work, having to stop for the tire debacle, etc.), making it to Maine by the time summer ended sometimes felt like a pipe...
by Jen Martin | Sep 18, 2017 | Food, Travel Log
Oh we do love a good amusement park. We snagged two-day tickets, and Billy took Friday off, so all that stood between us and “The Sweetest Place on Earth” was a thirty minute car drive. Oh but we had to stop around the halfway point because we had...
by Jen Martin | Sep 13, 2017 | Food, Gear, Mis' Hap (Our Bus), Roadschooling, Travel Log
We didn’t plan it, but we found ourselves smack in the middle of Amish country. Horses and buggies! Amazing butter! And good grief, the ice cream! We had to stay one night in a 30 amp spot before getting to move into a full hookup spot with a view. Of course...
by Jen Martin | Sep 7, 2017 | Food, Gear, Mis' Hap (Our Bus), Roadschooling, Travel Log
It was a relatively quick drive from New Market to Salem, and we were grateful (especially the birthday-boy bus driver). Dixie Caverns was smack in the middle between the shop where we had to get the hitch work done and my brother’s house, fifteen minutes away...
by Jen Martin | Sep 6, 2017 | Food, Roadschooling, Travel Log
Since we were at Endless Caverns for the week, we got to explore quite a bit! We had to get a battery cable fixed on the Jeep, and there was basically one repair shop in town, so the kids and I dropped it off on Wednesday and set out to explore the downtown area a...