Travel

This private island is just off the coast of Tortola in the British Virgin Islands. It's a quick walk (5 minutes) from the airport to Trellis Bay and then a complimentary resort ferry takes you over to the Scrub Island Resort. Scrub Island We visited Scrub Island for Spring Break with 4 adults and 3 teenagers. The island is tiny - it has a resort with a few restaurants, a marina with a well-stocked provisions store, several pools, and a private beach. There are no cars on th

What started out as a dream vacation turned into a race to get home when the world started shutting down due to Covid. Here are the highlights from our first few days of fun in Kauai before heading to Big Island - and then we had to go home. We always told our kids we would never take them to Hawaii - it's too far, it's too expensive, blah, blah, blah. Then we had an opportunity to rent a reasonable house, found (relatively) inexpensive flights, and suddenly, our dream of Haw

As Covid shut down the world in March 2020, our Hawaii trip was cut short. Due to timing (and a little luck), we got a chance to go back to Hawaii in 2021 for a do-over! This is Hawaii Part 2. Traveling to Hawaii in 2021 was much different than in 2020. We had to take Covid tests to get into Hawaii, test to travel within the islands, and test to get back home. With 4 adults and 6 kids who had been remote learning and working for most of the year, we were so excited to go back