FAMILY TRAVELS
A place worth visiting just to charge your car (Quallicum Beach, Vancouver Island)
September 30, 2015We were in a sun-filled cafe called Sobo on the northern tip of Vancouver Island in Tofino when a gentleman came up to us and asked “is that your car out there” and wondered if electric cars were feasible on the island. We were actually a little worried that we would have difficulty finding places […]
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The best way to see a bear up close (Woodland Park Zoo)
September 24, 2015My sister who is an animal lover recently watched a horrific grizzly hunt that somehow made its way into her Facebook feed and it totally disturbed her so much even days after she saw it that she told me not to watch it-EVER. She described it as the story of a beautiful trapped bear who […]
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Two great shout-outs for Seattle Public Library at the #IFBC
September 21, 2015Are you as scared as I am that our kids won’t have libraries one day? Every time I buy books on Amazon, I make sure I use the “smile” site at www.smile.amazon.com instead of just regular Amazon.com so the company can give a percentage of my purchase back to non-profits and I choose Seattle Public […]
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Back to School Eve
September 17, 2015After the kids were home for a little while and the novelty of summer wore off, the days of endless play and running around and daily sibling wars made my grown up brain weary and my body tired; I couldn’t help it and I didn’t mean to. I started wishing for tomorrow forever. (I think […]
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Lacing up the running shoes and getting ready for the Woodinville Half Marathon
September 12, 2015When I was contacted a few weeks about a new run in Woodinville put on by Destination Races Wine Country Half Marathons, I was excited to try it but was a little worried because I am in no shape to run a half and I didn’t think I would have enough time to train. My […]
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10 or so kid-friendly food options on Vancouver Island
September 10, 2015We just spent a lovely week on Vancouver Island and I never realized how EASY it is to travel there from Seattle. Since we’ve been doing a lot of road trips by electric car lately, it was a perfect road-trip with the kids from Seattle and we covered a lot of ground and never hit […]
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When you bike with kids from Seattle to Bainbridge Island and everyone survives
August 26, 2015Remember the beginning of summer when it seemed like we had forever just to do whatever we wanted to do? It seems so far away now that school is on the horizon in Seattle and the sky gets just a little darker earlier and eating ice cream cones in the evening means putting on a […]
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A place we like to eat at when we visit the puppies (Market Hall, Seattle, WA)
August 19, 2015It seems that a good city can never have too many markets or dogs and thankfully in Seattle both are abundant. If we happen to be downtown Seattle and somehow make our way to our favorite window full of puppies we can stand there for hours and we tend to get hungry. I thought about […]
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Our favorite place to stop and re-charge on our way up to Whistler just got better
August 13, 2015As long as I can remember we’ve stopped at Squamish on the way to Whistler. When I was younger it meant that we’d get an Egg McMuffin and coffee in the early morning on the way to a day of skiing from Vancouver. And then Tim Horton’s came along and we started stopping there for […]
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Hands on Children’s Museum and a Giant Sand Festival (Olympia, Washington)
August 7, 2015A couple months ago someone from the Hands on Children’s Museum contacted me about their upcoming Sand Festival and I mentioned that not only did I not know about the festival, we had not visited the Hands On Children’s Museum yet. You must visit, they said. And so we did. Oh my goodness. How have […]
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If you need a Tesla discount code for supercharging when you buy a Tesla electric car
July 30, 2015So we bought a Tesla Model S in 2015, and I try to write about the road trips we’ve taken in our Model S with the kids whenever I can. We’ve visited Whistler, Couer D’Alene and Vancouver Island and it’s been really easy to charge and drive on and on and on. And I know […]
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A family weekend Tesla Trip to Coeur d’Alene and stops along the way (roadtrips from Seattle)
July 29, 2015It’s a great time for electric cars in Seattle right now-everyday it seems like we see more and more on the road and I even noticed a bus advertising AAA emergency roadside charging service for electric vehicles and they have a lot of resources on their website too. This type of thing makes road trips […]
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Not just another pretty landmark (Space Needle, Seattle)
July 24, 2015It’s starting to become a tradition that every year on their birthday my guys decide that the SkyCity restaurant at the Space Needle is where they want their birthday feast. Of course they love this place because I’m terrified of it. (Ahh…karma.) Yes, it’s a fabulous beacon that helps me easily find Seattle Center and […]
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Ice Cream Day should happen here EVERYDAY (Full Tilt Ice Cream, Seattle)
July 20, 2015If I say “do you love pinball?” and you say “yes it’s magical” with that glow in your eyes that only pinball lovers like me get, than I have found you the unicorn of places to play pinball, and it exists in at Seattle’s Full Tilt Ice Cream and you will have to go there […]
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A family friendly hike that’s a no-brainer if you have a 4×4 but still doable if you don’t (Mirror Lake, Snoqualmie Pass, WA)
July 16, 2015A few weeks ago when we had the use of a decked-out Toyota 4-Runner the hubby reminisced about camping and hiking trips from bygone days when we used to borrow his aunt’s 4-runner and explore. He found a hike in Snoqualmie Pass where we’ve been hanging out a lot lately and it seemed pretty kid-friendly […]
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A very pinterest-worthy and maybe the best playground in Seattle so far (Artists at Play, Seattle Center)
July 13, 2015I always read these lists of best playgrounds in the world and there are never any west coast, North American playgrounds in them. Maybe people think we get too much rain here? Or maybe we keep our parks a secret. But lately we’ve had endless sunny skies and we’ve been outdoors all the time and […]
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Surviving the BIG coaster for the first time (Silverwood Theme Park, Idaho)
July 11, 2015“You guys are headed to Silverwood today? Us too!” some big kids in the breakfast lineup at our hotel asked when they heard my husband and kids talking about our trip to Silverwood Theme Park. You’re going to have the BEST time!!!” And then they went on to tell us that they had visited when […]
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Just the best parts of camping at the Astoria Koa (Oregon with kids)
July 6, 2015I do not love camping. I like fires, trees, hiking in the woods and camp food but I could definitely take or leave the sleeping in the tent part. I like a little more than nylon or mesh between me and the great outdoors. My family on the other hand loves anything outside and they […]
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The Mudgy and Millie Trail (Coeur D’alene, Idaho with kids)
June 30, 2015Can you believe how close Idaho is to Seattle? I totally had no idea until I started hearing about Idaho in a family travel chat that some of my family travel blogging friends put on and then I figured out that some of the places they were talking about were only a 3-ish hour drive […]
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50 Northwest Parks in Summer
June 26, 2015My guys want to visit 50 northwest parks this summer and I thought this was a really fun goal. At first we pondered if we could go to the same park 50 times or if all the parks had to be in Seattle but we soon decided that we would only count different parks but […]
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