Archive for 2019
Top Baseball Destinations For The Ultimate Fan’s Bucket List
How does a fan of America’s favorite pastime narrow down their baseball destinations bucket list? Here are a few places you might consider: Our family loves taking in baseball games during our travels. It’s something we all enjoy. And we’ve found that you get to experience quite a bit of culture and local foods at…
Read MoreA Seasonal Look At Our Favorite Island Getaway, Daufuskie
There’s really no denying my family’s love for Daufuskie Island. Hands down, it’s our favorite island getaway. When we planned our first trip to the remote island off the South Carolina coast, we booked a late summer weekend. However, a series of hurricanes pushed the vacation back to November. (Time-out for a second…huge props to Island…
Read MoreDaufuskie Island: Where Professional Travelers Vacation
In the last few years our family has visited 44 states and several countries. You could say that we travel with a purpose. Starting (mostly) with all 50 states, we plan to show our kids the world. They’re educated through our travels and enjoy adventure. Sometimes we’re busy planning our next trip even while we’re…
Read MoreOur Craziest Road Trip Adventure To Date
Across thousands of miles, our family has experienced quite a few road trip adventures. So let me be clear, it takes A LOT for me to deem one experience our “craziest road trip adventure.” But I *think* our latest drive takes the cake! First, if you haven’t read my last post about our summer vacation, take a second…
Read MoreSummer Vacation: Our Two (Very Different) Weeks At The Beach
If you follow the Mom With A Map website closely or keep up with us on social media, you may have noticed we have been M.I.A. for the last few weeks. Yep, even people who travel for a living take a summer vacation! Here’s the short version recap of our beach trips: 17 Nights away from…
Read MoreBest Hotels In Vegas For Families
I am a firm believer that when you travel with kids, a hotel can either make or break the trip. So many things factor into how you feel about a hotel: your first impression; the overall cleanliness; staff attitudes; room accommodations; price of the room; and, of course, the amenities offered on the property. If…
Read MoreCharleston, South Carolina: The Top 10 Things To Do With Kids
For many years Charleston received the coveted title as “Top City in the United States.” However, recently it has been named the top city in the world! I can’t say that I disagree with this title. Our family finds Charleston to be pretty fabulous! For anyone thinking about visiting the city for the first time,…
Read MoreVolcano Experiment: The Ultimate Beach Activity For Kids
The beach is my happy place. When my toes are in the sand I alternate between being a hyper-active super mom and total bum. There’s really no in between. I enjoy long walks on the beach, building impressively large sandcastles, and tossing a ball in the waves. I equally enjoy planting myself in a beach…
Read MoreFamily Camping In A Treehouse
*Treehouse Vineyards hosted our family camping experience. When I was little I had a huge imagination and big sense of adventure. My favorite books involved children living in unique places such as in an old boxcar train. Or surviving on their own in the woods after building some type of shelter. They lived off the…
Read MoreGreat Smoky Mountains National Park: A Place Worth Visiting
Did you know that more than 11 million people visited Great Smoky Mountains National Park last year? That number of visitors makes it the most visited park in the National Park System! (Yes, ahead of the Grand Canyon!) The park stretches over 520,000 acres between two states- North Carolina and Tennessee. And the beautiful landscape…
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