Hike and Climb with kids in Shenandoah National Park

Virginia! Let me say it again Virginia! We had so much fun when we were there – Yes we only stopped for a day and spent the night in a Walmart parking lot but it was one of the most enjoyable days we have had hiking as a whole family. We started by driving into …

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Ship ashore at the ShipWreck Museum in Key West!

We stopped at the Shipwreck museum in downtown Key West. When you arrive everyone is dressed in costume and they welcome you into the museum. If you want you can take a guided tour where they tell you about things in the museum. You do not have to take the tour. You are free to …

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Chugga-Chugga Choo-Choo jump on the Conch Train in Key West

We headed down to Key West and parked at Fort Zachary Taylor. We planned this trip with our friends from Free 2 Breathe, Adventuring While We’re Young, and Campground Views. So we had a group of 17 of us! Which included 9 kids under the age of 8. We all met at Fort Zachary Taylor …

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Swimming in rain to sunshine at Bahia Honda State Park

Bahia Honda State Park in Marathon, Florida Keys is beautiful! We pulled in and it started to rain so we headed over to the nature center. It was a small room but they had some cool information about animals in the area. We were also able to find out what some of the things we …

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Orange picking at Showcase of Citrus is juicy fun for everyone!

Right down the street from where we stayed in Orlando they had Orange picking! We were super excited to go to check it out and we had heard that they had AMAZING orange slushies too. They have some great photo ops right by the parking lot. A giant shark you can stick your head into …

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Broken bone while traveling

Any time a kid gets hurt, it is no fun. A broken bone while traveling is one of the worst-case scenarios. When it happens on the road there is an added element of worry since you are not familiar with the area, doctors, hospitals, etc. We were at the Shell Factory in Fort Meyers (a …

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Everything is awesome at Legoland!

LEGOLAND! Everything is Awesome!! We had heard great things about Legoland so we were excited to check it out! Disney is Disney but that also means LONG lines, huge parking lots, lot’s of people, and big parks. Legoland on the other had was smaller and much easier to maneuver through. We went with the Full-time …

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Meeting Winter from Dolphin Tale – Clearwater Marine Aquarium

At first we weren’t even going to attend the Clearwater Aquarium field trip at the FTF Rally. I figured we had been to enough Aquariums so we really didn’t need to spend the money on another one. Then one of the Mom’s I met at TTO mentioned that it was Winter From Dolphin Tale! I …

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Our first Full-time Family Rally!

Not so new Friends, new Friends, Sunshine, Pool, and Happy Hour! Our first Fulltime Family Rally! Fulltime Families is a group of other families who are either currently traveling, plan on traveling, or have traveled. I have to say I was not prepared for the Chaos that was the rally or the 3pm Happy hour …

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Birthdays on the road!

Celebrating Melia and Cannon’s 5th Birthday in Florida! This is the first of our birthdays on the road. I was nervous about how the kids would react. Back home we always had big birthday parties with 25 plus kids and that is what the kids were used to. Leading up to their Birthday we talked …

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Venice, FL and Thousand Trails Orlando

We were so sad about leaving the Florida Keys!! Honestly we did not think we were going to like it as much as we did! The next place we were headed was Venice, FL. We went here since it was close to my grandparents condo and my parents would be staying there. We pulled into …

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