continued from A Four-Day Roadtrip through Malaysia Greg rallied, and we boarded our Malaysia Airlines flight to Hong Kong. The “pilots” did not want to fly on Malaysia Airlines (they are well aware of the mysterious disappearance of flight 370), but our options from Kuala…
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A Four-Day Roadtrip through Malaysia
Read morecontinued from One Night in Kuala Lumpur. The drive from Kuala Lumpur to Taman Negara National Park took us 3 hours and 45 minutes. It was easy driving, and very similar to driving in the United States aside from the whole driving on the wrong…
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One Night in Kuala Lumpur
Read morecontinued from How to Spend Two Action Packed Days in Singapore There are a handful of ways to travel to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from Singapore. We chose to take the bus. This offered us a new form of public transportation and it was cheaper than…
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How to Spend Two Action Packed Days in Singapore
Read moreOn Thursday, March 21st we took United Airlines, 10:30PM flight from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Singapore. The “pilots” selected this flight because the aircraft was a Boeing 787 (a.k.a. the “Dreamliner”) and one of their favorites. The flight was an exceedingly long seventeen…
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Christmas Market Road Trip: 5 Wonderful Stops in Germany!
Read moreAfter renting a car in Prague, we drove three hours on the Autobahn, to the city of Nuremberg — “the little city of wood and cloth”. Speaking of the Autobahn… Contrary to popular beliefs, there are, in fact, speed limits on the Autobahn. Certainly there…
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Christmas Market Road Trip: First Stop, Prague! (via Frankfurt)
Read moreIt was 2019 when we first approached the idea of taking the kids to Europe to see the Christmas Markets. Doug had done it when he was a kid, and truly enjoyed it. Our plan was to take a river boat cruise, but once we…
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There is More to Wisconsin than just Air Shows!
Read moreSure, we took a roadtrip to Wisconsin for the EAA AirVenture, but there are plenty of other things to see and do in the 25th largest State. Not all of them involve cheese (or airplanes)! After taking in the Air Show on Friday, we made…
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Two Fun Filled Days at EAA AirVenture – Oshkosh
Read moreAfter several (thousand) miles of driving, we finally succeeded in making our pilgrimage to Oshkosh, Wisconsin. To those of you who are not ‘in the know’, each year, at the end of July, over 675,000 aviation enthusiasts descend on Oshkosh’s Wittman Regional Airport to attend…
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Four Awesome Days in Spearfish With Kids
Read more…and a dog. At the end of July, we were fortunate enough to spend four days in Spearfish, South Dakota. To date, Spearfish ranks as one of our families favorite destinations in the United States. After driving across (all) of Utah, we finally arrived in…