In 1996, my husband and I took our first road trip. We piled our two kids in the car and headed to Florida. No plans we didn’t even pack. We bought clothes on the way. It was one of the best vacations we had ever had but of course, back then we were rookies. In…
Stories From The Road
How To Plan A Massive Roadtrip & Stay On A Budget Pt. 3
You need to check out PART ONE & PART TWO for all of this to make sense. Planning a road trip on a budget isn’t easy but it can be done. This will be my 4th cross country trip, but this one will be by far the longest and furthest away. We’re going approximately 10,275…
How To Plan A Massive Road Trip On A Budget Pt. 2
When planning a major road trip you need to have two pieces of information: An idea of where you want to go. Approximate time you have available for the total trip. This trip that we’re taking in May will be our longest road trip (6 weeks) ever attempted, but we have taken quite a few…
How To Plan A Massive Road Trip On A Budget Pt. 1
Almost every vacation I’ve ever been on has been a road trip. My husband and I love to pack up the car and take off, often without a destination in mind. We’ve seen a lot of cool things just running into them along the way. But a real road trip, one that covers many days…
Banff National Park’s Most Popular Ghost Stories
The story of the Ghost Bride dates back to the late 1920s. The story goes that on the young couple’s wedding day, the bride, decked out in her wedding gown, descended one of the hotel’s marble staircases. Something startled her, causing her to slip and fall. Some say she caught her heel in the hem…