This section links to write-ups of several family road trips, including Las Vegas/Arizona (2014), the Sierra Nevadas in California (2014), and a longer Canada / Great West journey. Related place pages cover the Desert Southwest and other regions visited along the way.
A recurring suggestion across these pages is to double, in your mind, the time you think it will take to get from one point to another — then be pleasantly surprised when it takes less. Building in that buffer leaves room for stops and keeps the day relaxed.
The site's advice is to frame the vacation as an adventure, slow down, and give children plenty of ways to burn their energy and focus their attention. Activity and engagement are treated as things children crave, not extras.
The Let ‘Em Play page expands on the philosophy of activity and pacing, and the Travels section collects the individual trip write-ups by destination.