What’s With Stone Mountain? The Truth About Atlanta’s Top Attraction
Stone Mountain in Georgia is a fascinating place. It’s fascinating for many of the wrong reasons. If you’re from the Atlanta area, no doubt Stone Mountain Park has been a …
Sequoia National Park with Kids: best hikes and activities in the woods
Sequoia National Park with kids is one of the most enjoyable and unique National Parks for hiking on the West Coast. Epic forests, petroglyphs and colorful trees make it an unforgettable destination.
A day at Kennesaw Mountain: Georgia history and nature
We’ve been to Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield a few times now. It’s one of those places that has both historical significance and modern day appeal. What? What sort of appeal …
Spring at the Bloedel Reserve on Bainbridge Island
From the first day we moved to Suquamish, Washington we had friends telling us about the Bloedel Reserve on Bainbridge Island. Always being busy and never being bored, we’d never …
Denver’s Downtown Aquarium: cool and “huh?”
We go to a lot of aquariums. I feel like I’ve started other posts about other aquariums that way too, but it’s because it’s true. Of all the aquarium’s we’ve …
Crazy fun at the Children’s Museum of Denver
Omagoodness. Have you ever been to a children’s museum? We have been to a couple children’s museums and I’ll tell you, they can be a bit stressful. The stress is …
A Day at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science
To be honest the reason we went to Denver wasn’t actually for my cousin’s wedding… It was actually to go to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. We are dads. …
A Denver Retreat at the Inverness Hotel
We made the decision to visit Denver, like, beyond the airport Denver. A city that we’d written off at the home of the Broncos (and why would you want to …
Family Travel Tips: mastering the hotel stay
Family travel in hotels is weird. When you’re home everything is where you need it to be and you know exactly what to expect when your kids walk through the …
National Parks Swag: making family travel memorable
So, you know we love our National Parks. One of the most fun things we do when we go to a National Park, and this might sound kind of strange …
Biking St Simons Island: riding through Georgia’s Golden Isles
By now you know that we’re in love with St Simons Island, Georgia. It’s nautical, historical, beachy, covered in Spanish moss. Perfect. So, what’s the best way to see and …
St Simons Island: an ideal family escape
The southeastern United States is a really fascinating area. It’s got the colonial and Civil War history; it’s full of tidelands, swamps and interesting wildlife; and its own past is …
St Simons Island Lighthouse: nautical family fun
And our lighthouse obsession continues… On St Simons Island, the largest of Georgia’s Golden Isles, there stands a picturesque beacon just off the boardwalk. It’s surrounded by palm trees, oaks and …
Where’d Fort Frederica go?
Historical sites rock for family travel. Well, most of the time. No, all of the time. Here’s why: they’re a snapshot of a moment in time that we’ll never experience …
Hiking Cape Flattery: land’s end on the Olympic Peninsula
Want to have an awesome day hiking Cape Flattery? Where? Oh, I see. You’ve never head of Cape Flattery. Well, let us enlighten you about one of the most beautiful …
Family Camping With Kids: 5 Dad Hacks
Dads have the stereotypical reputation of a few key things: bad jokes, BBQing and convincing the family to rough it. None of these are bad stereotypes, but also none are true …
Returning to Favorite Destinations with Kids
Originally written for the Smart GayLife Before we had two kids, we were bold with our travel choices. We could throw caution out the window and road trip through rural Mexico …
Glacier National Park boat tours: 4 reasons to do one
We still haven’t visited Switzerland. It’s been on our list for some time and somehow we haven’t gone. We have been to the Rockies in the USA though, and I think …
Being prepared for all weather in Yellowstone National Park
You know how when you go to Vegas it’s blazing hot all day and you think you might die, and then you roll out at 4am and you’re frozen? The …
The Best Picnic Spots in Yellowstone National Park
If you’ve got kids or share your life with another adult, you know that getting “hangry” is a very real and present danger. If you don’t know what “hangry” is, …
Family Travel vs. Gay Family Travel
Originally written for GaysWithKids.com It’s funny. As I think about traveling as a gay man or as part of a gay family, I try to consider what makes our travels …
Fathers’ Day: planning for two dads
Holidays are a strange phenomenon. We set aside a day to specifically think about a topic and then gather with people to celebrate it, aka cook food we don’t normally. …
Building Our Family
Once upon a time… Back in 2009 one of our friends randomly mentioned to us “Hey, do you guys want kids? Cuz my cousin mentioned that she’d be interested in …
Kid Products We Like
Before you jump in a lake, let somebody else test the water for frigid temperatures or piranhas. Same goes for helpful ways to navigate the world of occupying a child. …