A few finds from this weekend - two flavors of Travel Bingo from the folks at Knock Knock (makers of my favorite "All out of" [...]More

We were helping a friend move last week and there was a lull right near the corner of dinnertime and "I'm Tired & Bored"… but [...]More

We arrived in western Pennsylvania in dark of night, following a late departure from home.  Our base of operations for the weekend was [...]More

Things to remember for next year:

1. Shop for gifts at my destination.  I live in Tennessee,

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It's been more than a year since we moved from our much-loved neighborhood in Baltimore.   We've taken many opportunities to visit, staying with [...]More

Living in New York City, we don't own a car.  The only times we rent one are for traveling, either up or down I-95 [...]More

This post has taken me a long time to write, because it was a point of high expectation, that turned out quite differently than planned. [...]More

We visited friends in Duck, North Carolina in mid-September, and one of those days happened to be international talk like a pirate day.  [...]More

The Ireland package we found online (7 days accomodation, rental car/GPS, airfare for 3, etc. - for less than the price of competing airfares) included [...]More

So while we were driving the Ring of Beara in Ireland, we [...]More

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So, ok.  We went all the way to Ireland and didn't see the famed Ring of Kerry.  There.  I said it. 

That statement wins amazement from Irish hosts.  And disbelief from one's own parents.  But it's true.  We opted instead for another beautiful coastal circuit - the Beara Peninsula, with some side-trips.  Kerry, Beara, Dingle, and Sheepshead hold the surname "Ring" because of the circular routes you trace along the coasts of each peninsula.  They are all spectacular in their own ways.  But if you are travelling on toddler-time, you need to choose.  Too much time in the car is the way of all badness, and each of these rings takes at least a day to drive… much, much more if you really want to investigate the coastline and small towns that line the roads and cliffs.

And you're still doing a lot of driving, no matter what.  On roads lined with mile-high, feral hedges, and lots of blind curves. Who needs coffee to wake you up when you have that?  It's not as bad as some places make out, of course, but we were still glad to return our rental with both its side mirrors.
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We're back, and I'm still processing the whole amazing trip. So I've brought a few photos back to whet your whistle - of a [...]More

While my husband is off [...]More

When I was a kid, my family used to drive 18 hours straight from our home in Maryland to our summer cabin in Hilton Beach, [...]More

I think that every Mother's Day since my son was born, he and I have traveled somewhere.  This year our family went to a [...]More

[editor's note: Welcome new TWC poster Lisa P! - first up:  a checklist of sorts for long Midwest roadtrips [...]More

Like most every other person in the Northern Hemisphere, come January and February, I dream of travel. Preferably to some place with some warm weather, [...]More

A 3-hour in-car time limit is, for us, only part of the driving ritual on long trips. (After 3 hours, we have to stop and run [...]More