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Ten Camping Apps to Make Camping Go Smoothly
Camping apps? Yes, there are even apps to make you camping experience run a little smoother, if that’s your mission this year. Camper, glamper or weekend warrior – no matter what your camping style there’s a camping app to help. Most of my readers know by now that I am more of a glamper than a camper. I enjoy the outdoors and I love a good road trip. But I don’t do tents. Luckily there are a million and one different ways to get away in the summer. And whether you are camping, glamping, cottaging, or heading out of town to a resort with some friends and family the important…
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Motion Sickness – Tricks to Getting Through It When Traveling With Family
Motion sickness is no fun. If you suffer from it, you can look forward to nausea, vomiting, dizziness, sweating, and generally feeling awful. All those symptoms are compounded if you’re wrangling kids at the same time. I’ve put together some tips for combating motion sickness when you are traveling with family. The Lowdown on Motion Sickness Also called sea sickness or car sickness, this annoying and sickening problem actually has nothing to do with your mode of transportation. It’s an inner ear disturbance. The motion of a vehicle or boat causes an imbalance within the inner ear, which in turn disrupts our equilibrium. That equilibrium disruption is what leads to the nausea,…
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Road Trips that Teach and Kids Road Trip Printable #travel
Road trips are great fun for the entire family. They offer the chance to bond by trapping our children with us on long car rides. There is no escape! Mwuahahahahahahaha. In addition to bonding and fun, road trips can be educational. Wait, wait. Don’t picture the kids groaning just yet, because an educational road trip doesn’t have to be a boring one! Educational Road Trips Don’t Have to be Boring Educational road trips don’t have to be an exercise in boredom. Your kids may think they hate learning, but chances are they just hate the boredom that can come with the standard approach to teaching that they get in school.…
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Traveling ABCs Roadtrip Printable Scavenger Hunt for All Ages
This year we took a long road trip to Vermont and stayed at Sugarbush Resort. It was an amazing five days and a memorable adventure capped with a lot of skiing and some fantastic foodie experiences too. But it started with a long 9 1/2 hour drive. A drive that long can be a nightmare with kids, or it can be a fun experience. Unless you have a Printable Scavenger Hunt. Now, I don’t have to tell you Moms and Dads out there that a drive that long can easily go either way. If you plan well, then a big drive can be educational, fun and memorable. If you fail…
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Six Secrets to Smooth Family Road Trips and License Plate Bingo Printable
License Plate Bingo is one of our road trip favourites. Since it’s closing in on spring and family road trips are just around the corner I figured it was time to share a few ideas on how to make family road trips a joy for everyone. A bit of planning goes a very long way towards making a road trip fun and memorable. We’ve taken some amazing road trips this past 12 months. Even the winter didn’t deter us. Last summer we did the 8 hour drive to Quebec to visit Outaouais Region and Gatineau as well as the amazing Chateau Le Fairmont Montebello. This past season we did a 9 1/2 hour…
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Winter Driving Travel Tips – Staying Safe in the Snow and Cold
Winter driving tips are super important for so many areas of the world. It’s that time of year. The weather is frigid, the snow is falling, and along with all of that, the ice is here. Traveling in winter is about staying safe and protected from all of these things – ice, snow, and cold. These winter driving tips will help you get where you’re going and get there safe. Winter Driving Tips to Keep You Safe In my opinion, one of the biggest contributors to winter accidents is that people forget that you need to approach driving differently in the winter time. The cold, snow, and ice all present…
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Ramada Plaza Le Manoir Du Casino in Gatineau #travel
In the summer we visited the Outaouais Region of Quebec and stayed in Gatineau. Our first two nights we spent at Ramada Plaza Le Manoir Du Casino. The suite we were given for the two night stay was exceptional and the location was ideal for many different types of travellers. Here’s what to expect when you stay at Ramada Plaza Le Manoir Du Casino. We drove several hours and left early in the morning to be sure we made it to Gatineau in good time to start our day. Of course I had scoped out the Ramada Plaza a bit before we left and I knew a few details. There…
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Parc Omega is a Wild Family Travel Adventure #Outaouaisfun
This July we had a wild family adventure at Parc Omega in the Outaouais Region of Quebec. There are probably a lot of jokes to be made here about wildlife and family for instance. And I am not above cracking wise on occasion but this adventure was enjoyable from start to finish and it was a highlight of our family trip to Quebec. No jokes or puns needed. Just pure education and fun and memories made together at Parc Omega. The best part of travel writing and blogging is sharing adventures with my family and creating memories. We began our family trip this year in Gatineau Park and spent a…
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Road Trip Safety On and Off The Road #travel
Road trip safety is something that we can all use a refresher course on. It’s so easy to become complacent on the road. Finding a rest stop becomes the paramount objective when exits become sparse, and we tend to forget dangers are literally everywhere. It’s important to remember that road trip safety is as much a part of travel as remembering to be safe abroad. Keys to Road Trip Safety Safety on the road begins with planning, continues with planning, and ends with planning. Seriously, though. Road trip safety requires thought and vigilance, just like any other form of safety or travel. We road trippers too often abandon that because we’re…
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Sailun Tires Road Trip Stories
Summer equals road trips. It’s as simple as that. With school over, extracurriculars for the most part on pause, and the luxury of gorgeous summer weather stretched out in front of us, the family van is our ticket to freedom. The Beach? Quebec? Out East? Our West? Where will the road take us this summer? Now that I have the best tires for our vehicle, we are ready to embrace summer road trips. This summer we have numerous road trips planned. There are a couple of big ones, including one to Quebec’s Gatineau area. In fact We’ve already started our road trips. Last weekend we drove to Muskoka area for Bloggers…
