This year, Claudia and I had the opportunity to travel to Washington D.C. and New York City with her 7th and 8th grade class. It was a whirlwind of a trip, 5 days total, 3 plane rides, 35 miles walked, 19 National Park/Museum/Historical Site passport stamps collected, countless monuments and museums, not a lot of sleep and a whole lot of memories. I take zero … Continue reading Washington D.C. and New York City Class Field Trip
Spring Break 2019 took us down to Moab, Utah to visit both Arches and Canyonlands National Parks. It is chilly enough in that part of the country that we didn’t feel comfortable tent camping, so we rented a house. It was located on the outskirts of Moab with enough room for the kids to roam around both inside and outside the home. Looking back, my … Continue reading Arches and Canyonlands National Parks 2019
Looking back on these photos from five years ago, I think we may have been partly nuts for planning such long road trips with kids so young. But my how happy I am we did it! Talk about a giant confidence boost once we made it home. If we can drive to Death Valley and back in a week, tent camp, hike and more with … Continue reading Death Valley National Park – 2018
We just returned home from our annual Spring Break trip. This year marks the sixth year we’ve done a National Park trip with this group of friends, one summer trip and the rest spring break trips. It would’ve been the seventh year, but you know, 2020….. Our group consists of six adults and nine kids, fifteen total! We were hopeful we’d find some warmer weather … Continue reading Spring Break in Joshua Tree National Park
Last week, I had the chance to head over the mountain and spend the day at Mt. Bachelor with my dad. I’ve gotten back into skiing over the last couple of years, but it’s been with the kids which makes for slower (but still rad!) days. It was nice to spend the whole day with him getting in a ton of runs. It was a … Continue reading Mt. Bachelor with Dad!
The second half of our trip was spent near Meiringen, Switzerland, more specifically, Interkirchen, Switzerland. Interkirchen is a short train ride away from Meiringen and a very cute little town. I neglected to get a photo of the home we rented, but it was a very traditionally looking Swiss home. Here is a photo of it from Vrbo. The day we traveled there, it was … Continue reading Meiringen, Switzerland
Last summer, we took the trip of a lifetime with our kids to Switzerland. It’s been a dream of ours to go for a very long time and it finally happened. We met up with my brother and his family as they traveled home for the summer after working abroad in Baku, Azerbiajan. In total, the trip lasted approximately two weeks. There was so much … Continue reading Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland (with kids!)
After years of dragging the kids from one National Park to another, we finally succumbed to the long awaited trip to Disneyland. We gifted the trip to the kids for Christmas this year. They were all excited as they opened up suitcases with Mickey and Minnie t-shirts wrapped inside them. We had planned the trip with two other families and rented a house with a … Continue reading Disneyland
Our plan on this day depended solely on what the doctor had to say for Chris. Our travel buddies planned to hike the Queens Garden/Navajo Loop trails. We wanted to wait and see if Chris would be discharged. He assured us that even if he was discharged, it wouldn’t be until at least noon and that we should go on the hike. And how glad … Continue reading Bryce Canyon – Day 3
Below is a map to show the relation of where we were staying to where Bryce Canyon National Park to where the hospital is. We stayed in Duck Creek Village and the hospital was in Panguitch. From Duck Creek Village, it was about 45 minutes to Bryce and an hour into Panguitch. To make the situation even more stressful, we were still in the middle … Continue reading Bryce – Day Two
The Vachter Six 