Megan’s Take Thank God our children slept in! Based on her attitude, I suspect Emilia was up earlier, but Phil, Emmett and I slept until closer to 7:30 am. We really needed that rest. This morning, we went to Great Sand Dunes National Park to say goodbye. We hiked the 0.5 mile Montville nature trail, […]
Month: May 2025
Day 3 – Great Sand Dunes National Park
Megan’s Take The kids got to bed at 10:30 pm last night, almost 3 hours past their usual bedtime, so I thought they might sleep in. But no, they were up before 6 am… Today was spent exploring the Great Sand Dunes National Park. Emilia got her first Junior Ranger badge, and both kids had […]
Day 2 – Our personal Oregon Trail
Megan’s Take As if yesterday wasn’t hard enough, when we rolled into our campsite around 10-10:30 pm last night, Emilia was itching her head. I checked, and she has lice. UGH. For all the anxieties that I had about this trip (steep cliffs, sleeping together in a camper, potty logistics on the road etc), lice […]
Day 1 – Leaving home!
Today is the first official day of Phil’s sabbatical. We had been planning to leave yesterday (Friday) afternoon, but there was some severe weather that we wanted to avoid. So we left before 6 am today. After about a half hour of driving, Emmett said “mama, we here now?”…. Unfortunately, we had trailer issues right […]
Counting Down the Days
In 4 days from now, we will have started our travels for the 2025 Sabbatical trip, ending at our first campground at Lincoln Trail State Park. This trip is going to be a big one, and it’s going to be awesome! Check out our itinerary here. For those of you who are interested in following […]