Just after we were married, my husband and I enjoyed a romantic weekend in Aspen, Colorado. We visited in the fall, a time when you can float your breath in the morning air and crunch through piles of leaves falling…
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Road trips are an affordable and more flexible alternative to travel by air or rail, the downside is your vehicle will need routine maintenance and the occasional major repair. Over countless miles and traveling in probably every conceivable weather condition,…
As fate would have it, we moved to Oregon in the driest, hottest, year in recent history. People from the Midwest don’t handle heat well at all, and we started to panic about three weeks into temperatures above 90 degrees….
Fall is in the air and it’s time to think about Halloween-themed road trips. Not for the faint of heart—especially for families of younger kids and those of us with overactive imaginations—I assembled this list of some of the more…
Of all the seasons, fall is my favorite. When we lived in Wisconsin, we enjoyed picking apples, drinking cider, and carving pumpkins of all shapes and sizes. Many farms across Southern Wisconsin really get into the tourism spirit, converting their…
If you are making a family road trip through Oregon’s Rogue Valley and need a family-friendly place to stay, consider the Ashland Hills Hotel & Suites in Ashland, and Inn at the Commons in Medford. Both properties are locally owned…