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As I compile my research for a possible Alaska road trip, I’m gathering the best of what I’ve learned and compiling it here in the hopes it may be helpful for you too!No promises (kids…

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Research Files: Road Trip from Anchorage to Kenai Fjords National Park & Seward, Alaska

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Last night, (June 5th) was our first night on our Last night, (June 5th) was our first night on our #Europe23 trip, and the first of 3 nights in #Amboise  This is the only place (other than Paris) that we are repeating from our trip last April, as we just needed more time here, and we’re heading South instead of West (otherwise we’d go back to all of the other places again too, but we are particularly fond of Amboise, and it is not disappointing this time either! ❤️) @amboisetourisme @chateau_amboise @loirevalleytourism @amboise.region_centre_france @francetourisme #VoyagesEnVoitureAvecDesEnfants #Travel #Voyage #WorldTravel #Explore #Adore #France #Europe #familyvacation #Lesvacances
Thought some of my earlier photos from #Orleans an Thought some of my earlier photos from #Orleans and the #Cathedral looked off and I realized I forgot to adjust size for the portrait format ones, so here they are in full…. Sorry about that! #StillJetLagged
Thé Cathédrale Sainte-Croux d’Orléans @cathed Thé Cathédrale Sainte-Croux d’Orléans @cathedraleorleans @francetourisme @loirevalleytourism @amboisetourisme #Europe23 #Orleans #France #Cathedral #Lesvacances #vacancesdété #VoyageSurLaRoute #RoadTrip #Voyage #Travel #VoyagesEnVoitureAvecDesEnfants #RTWK
June 5, 2023 - First Day in Europe! Landed in Pari June 5, 2023 - First Day in Europe! Landed in Paris and where better for these #NewOrleanians to spend the afternoon than in (Old/Original) #Orleans ?!! Will give the #Cathedral its own post. @francebleuorleans @loirevalleytourism @amboisetourisme @francetourisme #SummerVacation #lesvacances #europe2023 #France #RoadTrip #Family #Travel #Voyager
#SummerVacation is here!!! Before we start the pos #SummerVacation is here!!! Before we start the posting for the main trip, we had to share a quick recap of a great weekend catching up with Karen’s family at a great #CentralWisconsin #FamilyWedding in Grandma’s hometown of #StevensPoint  When the weekend starts with a dog bite and ends pulling a #tick out of your hip, and it’s still a big overall win, that’s one heck of a way to start off #Summer!  Fun fact; Bride and Groom’s parents have 30 siblings between the 4 of them (not counting them) if I’m correct.  Not having seen most of our #relatives since Thanksgiving 2019 thanks to #Covid this certainly fed the soul! (The beer and bbq fed us well too! 🍻). And we had to get our @beltssoftserve  of course too. On Jude’s attempts at the large cone, he’s now 0-2 #Wisconsin #SoCheesy  #SooLine #Belts #GetToThePoint
I’ve been saving my favorite photos from #Spring I’ve been saving my favorite photos from #SpringBreak to post today (my birthday.) I’ve never been able to capture #dolphins #jumping and following the wake of a boat like this before.  It was such fun to watch and capture.  I think next time we may need to actually take a #dolphincruise with #CruiseOrangeBeach and try to actually capture these close up instead of just a great zoom from the balcony. And yes #ILoveMyCamera  #OrangeBeach #GulfShores #Alabama #DolphinsJumping #2023 (All photos were taken by me late afternoon, April 8, 2023 ) #amateurphotography #wildlifephotography #oceanlife #beachlife #marinephotography
You don’t always need to take a #roadtrip to hav You don’t always need to take a #roadtrip to have a taste of #vacation  Do you ever take a #staycation in your own city?! Lots of cities have #discounts or free days for #locals  Today, while the kids were in school, we went over to our fabulous @auduboninstitute #AudubonZoo here in #NewOrleans so I could see the #orangutan family with the youngest #babyorangutan  The #zoo is free here for local residents and up to 4 guests on the third Thursday of every month!  I had a blast watching and photographing the whole group (and couldn’t resist a few photos of our friendly #peacock who wanders freely nor the beautiful #pinkflamingos  What are other discounts and freebies you all use?
I became obsessed with taking photos of the #crane I became obsessed with taking photos of the #cranes who hung out right with us on the beach last week (particularly near those who were fishing! 😂) I have deleted 100s of #photos but still have many more that I love and want to go through. This one is my hands down favorite though.  Jude told me it looks like a painting and I agree. #PhotoJoy #ameteurphotography #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #beachlife #OrangeBeach #GulfShores #alabama #SpringBreak #beach #2023
One week ago tonight we arrived in #OrangeBeach fo One week ago tonight we arrived in #OrangeBeach for #SpringBreak  We knew it’d be a cool and rainy week but hoped we’d have a lot more chances for playing in the #waves  The joy and energy kids can have at the #beach will always bring a smile to my face!  #Popcorn #WaveJumping #GulfShores #Alabama #GulfOfMexico #GulfCoast #EmeraldCoast #sunset #MakingMemories
Still haven’t edited even better #dolphin pictur Still haven’t edited even better #dolphin pictures from earlier in the week, but we were glad to see our #pod again yesterday, especially the #MamaAndBaby who swim right along side of each other. #OrangeBeach #SpringBreak #GulfOfMexico #GulfShores #AdmiralsQuarters #Alabama #Beach #FamilyVacation
It hasn’t been the greatest week at the #beach w It hasn’t been the greatest week at the #beach weather-wise, with rain, clouds, cool temps, and LOTS of rain. The #waves have been very cool to watch, especially along the pier right by us. I took these on April 11th.  See if you can spot the #crane sitting on the top right of the #pier in my 2nd and 3rd pictures. #SpringBreak #OrangeBeach #alabama #2023 #FamilyVacation
I love watching the majestic pelicans and cranes o I love watching the majestic pelicans and cranes of the #GulfCoast but I am otherwise off my moderate-level #birdwatching game when I’m in these more populated areas.  That was until I watched this beautiful #SeaHawk hunting up and down our #beach yesterday afternoon in #OrangeBeach #Alabama I had to reference Professor Google to confirm that this really was one of my favorite birds to watch: an #osprey  So glad I had the good camera with me since I don’t usually get to do much #wildlifephotograpy on a #BeachTrip  I hope to see more of this guy or gal (and/or friends?) this week on #SpringBreak for my #ameteurphotography fun!
Happy #Easter to those who celebrate. An #EggHunt Happy #Easter to those who celebrate.  An #EggHunt in a new/different place is always a special challenge and treat. We found this great rental via #VRBO and are very happy here at #AdmiralsQuarters in #OrangeBeach #Alabama  Cooler weather but the views and sounds of being on the #beach are always fantastic for #relaxing on your #familyvacation #SpeingBreak
Starting #SpringBreak last night walking the #Gato Starting #SpringBreak last night walking the #GatorWalk in #Daphne #Alabama while waiting for our table for dinner.  We saw 4 gators on our short (1/3 mile?) walk.  Weather is a bit of on-and-off rain, clouds, and a cool 72 degrees or so.  I want to sit (covered) #outside all week!
As we near the end of the school year and are prep As we near the end of the school year and are preparing for our next Summer journey, I really wanted to look back on more of our trip from last summer that I never finished posting.  These amazing photos are from the fjords at #WesternBrookPond in #GrosMorne National Park, #Newfoundland #Canada

There’s a 3km (just under 2 mile) hike out to the water and back after through open bog and a bit of forest.  Only one boat company does the tours and you have to book online ahead of time and it is only during summer.  The boat tour is about 2 hours and simply incredible. 

We had a cloudier day than we’d hoped, but it gave the massive fjords an even more mysterious feel.  Lots of rain recently created TONS of waterfalls.  Many were huge and obvious, but there were SO many more that I found when looking through my telephoto lens. 

The walls of the fjords here reach up to 2,000 feet high (imagine a 200 story skyscraper!) and it’s very hard to do justice to that with pictures, but there is at least one picture with the other boat at the base and further away from us that gives the best perspective.  Truly a magical experience we’ll never forget! 

#HistoricPlacesDays #nationaltrustca #ParksCanada #GrosMorneNationalPark
@visitgrosmorne @newfoundlandlabrador #newfoundland #TravelingWithKids #FamilyVacation #SummerRoadTrip #RoadTripsWithKids #RTWK
Finally finished updating the #maps tracking the # Finally finished updating the #maps tracking the #counties (or equivalent) the kids have been in for #USA and #Canada The darker pink are all the new ones we went to in #2022, the light pink are others we’ve already been to before. It’s been quite an #adventure!  #familytravel #roadtrips #travelingwithkids #seetheworld #explore
Happy 45th birthday, Jude! Upgrade to #thegoodsea Happy 45th birthday, Jude!  Upgrade to #thegoodseats #GoPELS #NOLAlove #PelicansGameDay 🏀 ❤️ #WinForJonas
#AHelluvaHullabaloo !!!! #ROLLWAVE #CottonBowl #We #AHelluvaHullabaloo !!!! #ROLLWAVE #CottonBowl #WeAreTheChampions
#PelicansGameDay #GoPels #Pelicans #NOLA #staycati #PelicansGameDay #GoPels #Pelicans #NOLA #staycation #happyholidays All our fav players on the court! #Alvarado #Mccollum #Jones #Valanciunas #ThisChristmas #FirstPresentOfChristmas  #APelsWin
We don’t pick up #hitchhikers as a general #rule We don’t pick up #hitchhikers as a general #ruleofthumb but this little #stowaway popped up to #sayhello just as we were getting on the #interstate after our last #reststop  #eXtreme #hoodsurfing #zestforlife #thrillseeker #lizzardlife  #goingforaride #whowouldntwantto #extremesports #YOLO #louisiana
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Last night, (June 5th) was our first night on our #Europe23 trip, and the first of 3 nights in #Amboise This is the only place (other than Paris) that we are repeating from our trip last April, as we just needed more time here (and we’re heading South instead of West (otherwise we’d go back to all of the other places again too, but we are particularly fond of Amboise, and it is not disappointing this time either! ❤️) @amboisetourisme @chateau_amboise @loirevalleytourism @amboise.region_centre_france @francetourisme #VoyagesEnVoitureAvecDesEnfants #Travel #Voyage #WorldTravel #Explore #Adore #France #Europe #familyvacation #Lesvacances … See MoreSee Less

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Thought some of my earlier photos from #orleans and the #cathedral looked off and I realized I forgot to adjust size for the portrait format ones, so here they are in full…. Sorry about that! #stilljetlagged … See MoreSee Less

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Road Trips with Kids is at Orléans Cathedral.

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Road Trips with Kids is in Centre, France.

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June 5, 2023 – First Day in Europe! Landed in Paris and where better for these #neworleanians to spend the afternoon than in (Old/Original) #orleans ?!! Will give the #cathedral its own post. @francebleuorleans @lourevalleytourism @amboisetourisme @francetourisme #summervacation #lesvacances #europe2023 #france #roadtrip #family #travel #voyager … See MoreSee Less

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Road Trips with Kids is in Wisconsin.

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#SummerVacation is here!!! Before we start the posting for the main trip, we had to share a quick recap of a great weekend catching up with Karen’s family at a great #CentralWisconsin #FamilyWedding in Grandma’s hometown of #StevensPoint When the weekend starts with a dog bite and ends pulling a #tick out of your hip, and it’s still a big overall win, that’s one heck of a way to start off #Summer! Fun fact; Bride and Groom’s parents have 30 siblings between the 4 of them (not counting them) if I’m correct. Not having seen most of our #relatives since Thanksgiving 2019 thanks to #Covid this certainly fed the soul! (The beer and bbq fed us well too! 🍻). And we had to get our @beltssoftserve of course too. On Jude’s attempts at the large cone, he’s now 0-2 #Wisconsin #SoCheesy #SooLine #Belts #GetToThePoint … See MoreSee Less

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