Departing soon for Spring Break in Florida! 🛫
Travel
Detailed travel logs and trip journals live here. Expect day‑by‑day itineraries (e.g., our Switzerland & Italy trip) with weather notes, meals and family anecdotes, plus posts on museum visits, road‑trips and cruises.
Good morning!
Mazie returns home tonight from 4 weeks in Costa Rica at CIEE Monteverde in the mountains then fun trip to Manuel Antonio on the beach. She’s had an amazing time from the sound of it. Her biggest adventure ever. I’m very happy to have her back home for a bit before heading back to college. 🇨🇷
Grand View Lodge on a very cold -7 °F (feels like -22 °F) night.
Rides!
The 2024 Year in POAP is out and I was proud to again (see 2023) have one of my POAPs highlighted — our Thingelstad Ireland 2024 was the family trip mention.
- Celebrating life’s special times with POAPs: weddings, anniversaries, birthdays and birth days, graduations, family trips, and all the other moments that make life precious.
There are so many cool things happening in the POAP world and this annual roundup is a great recap. I 💛 POAP!
Our trip to Chicago for MEA was all electric in the Tesla Model Y. We’ve not done that many road trips using the Supercharger network and it worked great. The worst charger was the one on North Columbus in downtown Chicago, and the best was in Waukegan.
Chicago MEA Trip Log
Thursday Depart at 6:12a Charge at Mauston. Charge in Janesville, walk to Culver’s that was closed Lunch at Culver’s in Janesville Arrived in Chicago Go to Museum of Science & Industry Charge at North Columbus parking ramp in Chicago. Tammy, Tyler check into L7 Jamie navigates …
Keep reading · 2 minutes: Chicago MEA Trip LogA trip to Chicago is not complete without a meal at Lou Malnati’s!
Chicago skyline.
