by Steve | Aug 14, 2017 | Fun Stuff
I have to admit, we’re pretty excited about the total solar eclipse that is about to happen. We follow a lot of travel bloggers, and know that many are making plans to travel great distances so they can experience what it’s like to be plunged into the...
by Steve | Jul 25, 2017 | Family, Feature Family, The Midwest, USA
When I decided to leave my full-time job as a middle school principal this spring, one of the things Ann and I wanted to do in this interim stage was spend more time with our families. For years, our jobs have dictated when we could travel and how much time we could...
by Ann | Jul 4, 2017 | Feature Holidays, Holidays, Real Life, The Midwest, USA
After having spent the Fourth of July out of the country three of the past four years, we’re excited to be home this year to celebrate our country’s Independence Day. In 2013, we were in Vancouver, British Columbia. In 2015 we celebrated in Barcelona,...
by Meghan | May 14, 2017 | About, Family, Feature Family, Real Life, Travel
Note: This guest post was written by our daughter, Meghan Shrewsbury in 2017. Meghan is now a cardiac ICU nurse in Tulsa, Oklahoma. By Meghan Shrewsbury I think I was born to travel. My first trip traveling with my mom (aside from the one through the birth canal)...
by Ann | Feb 13, 2017 | Feature The Midwest, The Midwest, USA, Where we've been
It seems like a fitting time of year to write about a place we love to visit — Valentine, Nebraska. Meghan and I drove to Valentine for the first time on one of our annual Nebraska road trips when she was in middle school. We went to see Smith Falls,...