On Sunday we left Delaware and headed back towards home through Pennsylvania. We had one more stop on the trip and that was Gettysburg. We planned to go to the battlefield and visitor center with the motorhome and then stay overnight at the Gettysburg Campground nearby. It was only a 3.5 hour drive to Gettysburg. The route took us across Chesapeake Bay (via the other major bridge) and around Annapolis and Baltimore. In hindsight I should have taken a route to go through downt

Saturday was our last full day in Delaware and we were changing things up. No beach on this day. Instead we were going to head down into Maryland and hopefully see some wild horses on Assateague Island. Getting down to the island would require a 40 minute car ride. You should’ve seen the looks on our spoiled kids faces. 40 minutes!?!? These kids don’t know the pain we do. The long car rides, stuffed into a vehicle with little or no A/C. No electronics, no music on demand. The

Thursday was our first full day in Delaware. The main attraction in this (southern) part of the state is the beaches, so the plan was to spend the day at one along the ocean. But first, we took time to enjoy the campsite, and to put on our latest state sticker. Delaware makes 32 states we've spent the night in with our motorhome! Pretty wild. We drove up route 1 to Bethany Beach. This was a popular beach that was supposed to also have a nice board walk. The town in general wa

On Wednesday we were heading to Delaware, but we had several things to see along the way. First, we stopped at Emily’s Donuts, which was suggested to us by Allyson’s friend. The donuts were very good. We had a couple options on what to do next. One was to go to the Mariners Museum, and the other was Yorktown. We likely didn’t have time for both, so we were planning on letting the kids decide. However, it was raining during our drive through Virginia and part of the Yorktown s

Tuesday morning started out much better than Monday. Everyone mostly slept through the night. We had leftover breakfast food from the previous day so I didn’t even have to cook. We got up and bummed around for a little bit while we sorted out plans for the day. We considered going to Jamestown, however that would have been a significant bus ride. While my confidence in navigating the bus system had grown after a day I was worried that the kids would get restless just on the b

Monday did not start out as we had envisioned it. Overnight, around 12:30am Nolan woke up crying. When I checked on him I saw he had thrown up in his bed. Typically, someone throwing up isn’t a huge deal, however we (particularly Allyson) are sensitive to anyone throwing up on vacation. This is because several years ago we were in Northern Michigan and everyone except Allyson ended up throwing up on our trip. Sam was just a baby so her throwing up on that trip became a major

This summer our vacation was centered around staying in one tiny state: Delaware. Delaware and Illinois are the only states east of the Mississippi that we have not spent the night in. We assume that we will stay in Illinois at some point on a future trip out west, so we need to hit Delaware. A few years ago I never would have thought about going to Delaware. I’ve never even met anyone from Delaware. But after doing some research, and actually taking time to look at it on the