Gliding up the escalator at 12:05 am in the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, I called the front desk of the hotel I booked for the night. “The shuttle stopped running at midnight, Ma’am;” the night desk man croons in my ear. Not the lullaby I wanted to hear at the moment, after driving 4 hours to the airport to…
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How to Travel Internationally With Kids
I stared at the ticket agent. After many domestic flights with my children, I was attempting to travel internationally with kids, my kids! My boys were loading the luggage onto the scales as the ticket agent said it again. Did I have a signed notarized document from the boys’ father that they could travel internationally with me? Alone?…
How to Winterize Your Vintage Travel Trailer
Closing up the Vintage Travel Trailer for the winter hits me hard every year. Summers last a millisecond in Colorado. Winter arrives in late October hanging around sometimes through April. Forgetting to Winterize your Vintage Travel Trailer in this harsh climate is a big mistake! (Be sure to click here for gifts for the vintage camper lover…
Best Gifts for Vintage Camper Lovers
I fell in love with vintage campers 5 years ago. The 1968 Sorrento Scotty luxury model made me a vintage camper lover, I even carried a picture of it in my purse for a while! lots of windows! Great lines and small enough to back-country camp. Well, finding one was another story. Hard to find and…
How to Find Your Best Glamping Vacation
When did glamping vacations start? A well thought out idea like nomadic comfort must have come from a woman. In fact, the Queen of Sheba is reported to have brought all her riches with her to show off to Solomon. I imagine her tents were filled with rugs, and couches and pillows of silk. Before…
Want More Free Time With Your Family?
I want more free time with my family how about you? When I add up the school/work day and see how many hours I truly spend face to face with my kids I feel sad. Before school, I spend about an hour with them and after school about 4 hours which includes dinner, homework, preparing…
What Two Days With A U-Haul Taught Me about God
A blown engine in Amarillo on a family road trip left the boys and I stranded for a few days. Triple A showed up quickly, assuring me a quick fix. The mechanic thought different. J. C. of Gene Messer Ford brainstormed solutions, called friends in the business trying to get us a rental truck, and finally…
Honey, I called a Tow Truck-Family Travel
Family Travel has its trying moments. With a heat index of over 100 degrees Amarillo Texas is no place to get stuck without AC. The boys an I decided to just tough it out until we got to my folks house in Tyler, Texas. The poor old truck had other ideas. A Warning Sign I…
Joyous Summer Travel Adventure!
Time escapes us all! This summer the boys and I are on a journey to capture time. We set an ambitious travel plan, Colorado to Georgia in 6 weeks. Hauling a 1971 travel trailer down through the Southwest into Texas is the first leg of the trip. This journey is about transitions, changes and new…