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Staycations: Labor Day Camping With S’morestravel • road trips & staycations
Labor Day weekend is usually the last weekend of the year that my family goes camping. We love to take our motorcycles out with friends and enjoy one last camping trip before the cooler weather sets in and our weekends get filled with fall sporting events. One of our favorite…
Family Travel: Road Trip on Illinois’ Route 66travel • road trips & staycations
While on family vacation just outside of Chicago, we inadvertently found ourselves in Pontiac, Illinois on historic Route 66. We were inspired by Vice President of Walt Disney Imagineering, Kathy Mangum, who spoke at the evo Conference about how her team relied on creativity and storytelling to build…
Travel to Northern California: 5 Quick San Francisco Day Tripstravel • road trips & staycations
Every time I think of San Francisco, I think of the time my mom took me there for a mother/daughter date when I was a teenager. We ate Chinese food in China town, rode the trolley, and bought sourdough bread as a gift for my family back home. What…
