Fun and Educational Family Travel Tips

OK,  everyone.  I think I am ready to start blogging on a more regular basis once again.  I apologize for the delay, as I was making posts every day.  As I mentioned in my previous post, my house was hit hard by some terrible weather.  A large tree limb fell on my husband’s car, as you can see here:

 Here’s a close up of the back window - check out the speakers sticking out.

I know this doesn’t have a great deal to do with family travel or family vacation tips, but I thought it would be interesting to share!

Unfortunately, the car wasn’t the only thing affected.  As you can see here, the same tree pushed into our house.

 This next picture is kind of difficult to appreciate without knowing what this area is supposed to look like.  Anyway, that little bit of white that you can see in the background is one of my garden sheds that was crushed by another huge tree limb that fell in my backyard.  I have a garden walkway in this cove that leads to the shed.  Obviously, you cannot see that at all now!

So, we have most of this cleaned up now and the insurance adjusters have been out.  So, I should be able to start talking about educational family travel and family vacation tips next time.  Thanks for your patience and the words of support!

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Hello everyone!

I just wanted to write a quick blog to let you know that I am still here.  Unfortunately, we had a terrible storm tear through here a couple of days ago and it completely wiped out my power - not to mention putting a tree through my husband’s car and one of my sheds (and some other damage as well).  On top of it all, I was quite sick for a couple of days.  I should be back up and running with regular posts again soon!

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I thought my faithul readers might be interested in checking out this travel article that I wrote for another site.  It is about my return trip after our family vacation to Disney - and how even the worse situations can turn out to be “hidden gems.” 

I will discuss this trip in more detail later (complete with pictures!), but here is a little teaser for now - click here!

While we are on the subject of me bragging, take a look at this book I wrote for Remedia Publications.  This is series of short stories that follow Jenna and her family through various national parks as she solves mysteries.  Obviously, I put my travel experiences to work for inspiration on this one!  If you want to see my name as author, you will have to get a copy.  Or,  you can visit this site where they have the book for sale and have listed me as the author.  I also did several of the stories and questions for this product. 

Although I do a great deal of writing for a variety of purposes, my favorite projects are educational materials and blogs such as this one since these materials help me teach someone in some way.  Hopefully, there are plenty of you out there that are learning something with this blog because of the experiences I have to share.

Do any of you write?  If so, what do you like to write about?

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As the first official blog of my family travel and education blog, I would like to introduce myself and explain my goals and the purpose behind this blog.  As a mother, teacher, and avid traveler, I have found that uncovering little gems that make for great vacation destinations for my family can sometimes be tricky.  Since I have four children, simply finding accommodations for my large family can be problematic at times.

Although I love the typical tourist attractions,  such as Disney World, I am always on the look out for more “off the beaten path” family vacation destinations.  Personally, I am always looking for a way to incorporate some nature into my family vacation.  Unfortunately, I live in northern Indiana.  As such, finding great natural retreats in my area can be a bit difficult at times. 

In addition to just having a love of travel, I also feel that taking family vacations is important for my children.  As a teacher, I see so many children that do not realize that there is an entire world out there waiting for them to explore.  By taking my children on regular family vacations, I hope to help them develop a more worldly outlook and to realize that the world is there for the taking.

Having said this, my goal with this blog is twofold.  First, I hope to help parents find great family vacation destinations.  Second, I hope to help them find ways to make their family vacation as meaningful and educational as possible.  As such, I will provide advice for planning family travel, I will describe my experiences in planning and visiting various destinations, and I will provide educational “lesson plans” of sorts that can provide the framework for you as you travel. 

 If you don’t know it already, there is currently a wonderful web site out there that does provide activities that tie into various vacation destinations.  I have actually written some of the activites for this website, called Home & Abroad, and I hope to extend my expertise to you in this blog as well.  Go ahead and start using this site for now to give you a little help with your vacation planning.  In addition, you can visit my website if you are still interested in learning a little bit more about me.

I look forward to sharing with you and, please, if you have any questions or comments, feel free to post them!  I always love to hear from others!

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