by Jen Martin | May 29, 2018 | Food, Gear, Travel Log, Wildlife Encounters
Austin is one of the cities we were most looking forward to visiting on our trip. We had heard really good things, and of course it’s home to Franklin BBQ, and that had Billy really excited. We had a pretty long drive from Crystal Beach, and we added to the...
by Jen Martin | May 11, 2018 | Gear, Mis' Hap (Our Bus), Travel Log, Wildlife Encounters
Crystal Beach is on the Bolivar Peninsula, which is northeast of Galveston. We actually had to take a ferry to get there, but it was really fun, and free! You just drive onto the boat, and then you can get out if you want while it’s taking you across. The...
by Jen Martin | Mar 10, 2018 | Gear, Travel Log, Voice Acting
We were really ready for some warmer temps, and also ready for some sand! We wanted to head to New Orleans next, but it was too long of a drive for one day so we decided to break it up with a week at the beach 🙂 Aside from a grumpy old man in a golf cart accusing me...
by Jen Martin | Jan 30, 2018 | Food, Gear, Travel Log
Helllllo Cincinnati! Our main point in stopping here was to A) Hit the Ikea and swap out our mattress topper (not the mattress pad that was on the roof of the bus in Toledo…) and B) See the Creation Museum and the Ark Encounter in nearby Kentucky. We stayed at...
by Jen Martin | Dec 14, 2017 | Gear, International, Technology, Travel Log, Wildlife Encounters
We wanted to make it to Niagara Falls, which was too far for one day of travel, and the weather was playing along nicely, so we stopped for the week at the halfway point in Kingston, Ontario. Despite looking promising in our initial research, internet turned out to be...
by Jen Martin | Nov 12, 2017 | Gear, International, National Parks, Roadschooling, Technology, Travel Log
Sunday we decided to take a day trip to Canada. My desire was to hit Lubec, Maine, the eastern most point of the U.S., and also to see Campobello International Park, FDR’s summer home. Billy’s desire was to test out the internet in Canada with our new...