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Ultimate Family Road Trip

We embarked on the Epic Mount Rushmore-Yellowstone-Rocky Mountain Grand Adventure as the ultimate family road trip for 2020. Our goal was to make memories and see new places while staying socially distant and protecting our family. We traveled with a toddler, two...

Sep 26, 2020

This Ultimate Family Road Trip combines the highlights of exploring "out west" including Mount Rushmore, Yellowstone and Rocky Mountain National Park. Check out the itinerary and travel tips. #bestfamilyroadtrip #safetravel #yellowstoneroadtripitinerary #outwest

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Yellowstone Road Trip Menu

This Family Road Trip Menu is perfect for a long weekend together or an extended stay in an Airbnb or cabin. These family cabin meals were a perfect selection for our Epic Yellowstone Road Trip but would have worked just as good for our Southwest USA Road Trip last...

Sep 23, 2020

This Road Trip Menu and Grocery list for Yellowstone National Park extended to cover meals for Rocky Mountain National Park and a Family Road Trip to Badlands National Park, Estes Park and discovering wildlife at Grand Teton National Park. These ideas are meant to make vacation meal planning easy, healthy, and take all the work off mama. #yellowstoneroadtripmeals #vacationmeals #familycabinmeals #cookingatairbnb

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Exploring Estes Park

Exploring Estes Park, Colorado was the perfect final destination for our Ultimate Family Road Trip through Mount Rushmore, Yellowstone, and Rocky Mountain National Park. We intentionally left the day unplanned so we could just play and explore. But, you know there...

Sep 21, 2020

Highlights and Tour Spots for Estes Park, Colorado - walking route, resting recommendations, driving tours and must see stops while you enjoy this perfect mountain town at the base of Rocky Moountain National Park - and yes, I'm ready to retire there! #coloradotrip #elk #familytrip #coloradofamilytrip

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A day at Rocky Mountain National Park

While there are plenty more places I wanted to see at Rocky Mountain National Park, one day was for sure enough to experience the highlights, drive to the tops and see a few animals. Well, I spent more than an hour with a moose, so I can't really complain about our...

Sep 20, 2020

This one day itinerary at Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado is the perfect list for pull outs, scenic drives, and encountering wildlife.

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Jackson Hole and Grand Tetons

As if Yellowstone National Park wasn't magical enough, we continued our Ultimate Family Road Trip on to Jackson Hole and Grand Teton National Park. Much like Yellowstone, I wanted more days and we already talk often of making a long couples' weekend out of coming...

Sep 19, 2020

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Touring Yellowstone in Two Days

Yellowstone National Park was dreamy. It was the core of our Mount Rushmore - Yellowstone- Rocky Mountain Ultimate Road Trip. Yellowstone was the reason we took this trip and brought Little Man’s grandparents with us. I’m sharing our two-day itinerary, a few extra...

Sep 18, 2020

This two-day itinerary was the perfect way to split the park and catch the highlights of the North and South Route and encounter a few wildlife.

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Adventures at Mount Rushmore and Custer State Park

Day three of our Ultimate Family Road Trip packed in a lot of highlights in one day. We toured Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse Memorial, and Custer State Park all in one jam-packed adventure day. By staying in Box Elder, we were close enough for an early start and an...

Sep 17, 2020

Custer State Park and Mount Rushmore are a perfect combination for a day trip with a half day exploring connecting each one. But stay longer and explore with this ideal itinerary for a week in Rapid City, South Dakota. #familytrips #rapidcity #crazyhorse #mtrushmore #mountrushmore #custerstatepark

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11 Sanitary and Safe Social Distancing Travel Tips

These sanitary and safe social distancing travel tips are perfect for the fall family road trip. We took an Epic Family Road Trip to Yellowstone this summer and these 11 tips are my gift from what we learned. With friends taking their kids to the beach for virtual...

Sep 16, 2020