Hemlock Falls is a beautiful waterfall near Butler, Ohio. Even though it’s difficult to locate, the hike to this nearly 100-foot waterfall is worth the trip! Update 2021: Unfortunately, vandals have damaged the property at Hemlock Falls. This has ruined it for all visitors! Ughhh. Per Jason from the Richland Co Park District- as of …
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I know I normally write about family travel destinations, but there’s another aspect of travel makes me a little cray to the Z every month and that’s when my husband?travels?for his job. Ever since we just had one tiny baby, Mr. YT has been leaving me for 2-3 nights per month.?I know some of you …
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Where I want to go this year. 2016 was a year of big travel and big changes?for our family. ?We traveled Down Under in January and moved an hour away from our home of 7 years just two days after Christmas. ?Now that the boxes are unpacked we’re settled in to our new city (kinda) …
A four-night, four-star trip for next-to-nothing. I’ve been so eager to tell you how we took second-honeymoon style trip to the Canadian Rockies for pennies on the dollar.? We started travel hacking about 2 years ago and using points and miles has definitely helped with our travel game. After booking our trip to Australia last …
A Mother’s Day Well-Lived I’d been in a funk with a capital F the past few weeks and the mundane of life was getting to me. ?So when I woke up yesterday and Mr YT asked what I wanted to do that day I said, “Maybe take a road trip. ?Or go for a walk.” …
Oh, Melbourne. ?When we began planning our family trip to Australia the husband made one condition- if we were spending the big bucks to take a family of five Down Under, we’d 1.) Go in summer and 2.) Go to the Australian Open. ?Knowing those two stipulations, we knew we’d go in January and we’d …
How did the kids do? ?What worked well? What would I change? It’s hard to believe that we’ve been back from Australia for 6 weeks. ?Time travels quickly! ?While things are still fresh in my mind, I thought I would review our trip in the hopes that it would help others planning a trip Down …
A few weeks ago on Facebook, another blogger posted this video from the Today Show in which the anchors discussed whether parents should be able to pull their kids out of school for family vacations. It’s not just that the absences would be considered unexcused, it is actually considered illegal in some states. As a …
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