Family Travel

  • Geneva in a Day: What to See, Eat & Do

    Geneva in a Day: What to See, Eat & Do

    We knew we needed to get home so we only spent a day and a half in Geneva, which honestly was enough. Geneva is certainly CITY. Trading the narrow cobblestones of small town France for the Louis Vuitton and Rolex stores of Rue du Rhone is a bit of a shift, but the farther into…

  • Exploring the Beaujolais Wine Region from Mâcon

    Exploring the Beaujolais Wine Region from Mâcon

    Moving from Rhone to Saone while we slept, we wake up in Macon. This was another day where the cruise itinerary really had an impact on our freedom. On one hand, we likely wouldn’t have made it to Macon at all without the cruise schedule. On the other hand, our time in this unbelievable countryside…

  • Family Organization Tips for Busy Families: Simple Ways to Stay on Track

    Family Organization Tips for Busy Families: Simple Ways to Stay on Track

    Let’s talk about family chaos for a minute Whether you’re a blended family like us or a first family, the older the kids get the more insane the schedule gets! Our family can’t be the only household where time management is a struggle and “days off” are non-existant, right? There’s a couple things that have…

  • Family Vacation in Yellowstone and Grand Tetons

    Family Vacation in Yellowstone and Grand Tetons

    Your ultimate family road trip to Yellowstone and Grand Tetons!

  • Olympic National Park

    Olympic National Park

    Hard to talk about this one without hearing Bella Swan’s voice or making vampire jokes. Beyond Twilight though: Hall of Mosses, Sol Duc, Crescent Lake, Ruby Beach, all places synonymous with one place- Olympic National Park! After earning our first Junior Ranger Badge we got the bug! We had to see more! Thankfully, Olympic National…

  • North Cascades National Park

    North Cascades National Park

    One downside to living in the PNW is how easily you can take advantage of where you are! What do I mean specifically? You know that beautiful – whatever it is- that you drive by every day and say to yourself “we should go there someday” and then never do? Go!! I can’t tell you…

  • Tips for Hiking with Kids

    Tips for Hiking with Kids

    I’ll tell ya what. Comin in late to the game you gotta play catch-up pretty quick. Bio moms out there get that gradual learning curve (no one is saying it’s not hard, just saying you learn as you go). With the step-relationship you’ve got a pre-packaged family and you better get up to speed fast!…

  • Mount Baker Elopement Guide: Best Locations, Tips & Planning Advice

    Mount Baker Elopement Guide: Best Locations, Tips & Planning Advice

    We reached the start of the dirt road right on time, 3:30am. We paused a moment, looking as far as we could into the dark woods, anticipating the drive in front of us and the adventure once we reached our destination. With a full day ahead of us we had to keep a close eye…

  • Our Origin Story

    Our Origin Story

    Welcome to foureverwander! When I think about an introduction to this blog or our Instagram page I think “wow, where do we start!” We have a complicated story that sometimes feels taboo or hard to talk about. The short answer is: we are a family of four, we live in the PNW, and we love…