Stories from the Trail

Unlocking Day Trips When Visiting a New City
After a month of road-tripping around New Zealand, staying in a new place every 1-3 nights, we emphatically settled into our apartment in Melbourne. We’d have nearly five weeks to...
Unlocking Day Trips When Visiting a New City
After a month of road-tripping around New Zealand, staying in a new place every 1-3 nights, we emphatically settled into our apartment in Melbourne. We’d have nearly five weeks to...

Our 5 favorite playgrounds, across 3 continents
One of our core strategies for getting acquainted with a new city is visiting its playgrounds. We’ve found no better way to meet other families, give our son autonomy and...
Our 5 favorite playgrounds, across 3 continents
One of our core strategies for getting acquainted with a new city is visiting its playgrounds. We’ve found no better way to meet other families, give our son autonomy and...

What you do when things go wrong
I’ve done a lot of writing about snafus we’ve run into hiking and traveling — the lost shoes, the stomach bugs, the wrong turns — and how my family has...
What you do when things go wrong
I’ve done a lot of writing about snafus we’ve run into hiking and traveling — the lost shoes, the stomach bugs, the wrong turns — and how my family has...

Hiring a babysitter while traveling: tips and e...
On a sunny night in Queenstown, New Zealand, we walked the warf holding hands. We watched the boats moving through the port, shopped at one of the craft booths set...
Hiring a babysitter while traveling: tips and e...
On a sunny night in Queenstown, New Zealand, we walked the warf holding hands. We watched the boats moving through the port, shopped at one of the craft booths set...

How to handle jet lag with a toddler
Time changes can be a major source of stress when traveling with a baby or toddler. We’ve all heard the horror stories of exhausted parents wondering streets in the middle...
How to handle jet lag with a toddler
Time changes can be a major source of stress when traveling with a baby or toddler. We’ve all heard the horror stories of exhausted parents wondering streets in the middle...

Our secret to comfortable red-eye flights with ...
Shortly after landing in New Zealand from San Francisco, I got a flood of texts: “did you guys survive the flight!?” Especially for my friends with young kids, the most...
Our secret to comfortable red-eye flights with ...
Shortly after landing in New Zealand from San Francisco, I got a flood of texts: “did you guys survive the flight!?” Especially for my friends with young kids, the most...