family travel

Why I Drove 1,200 Miles for a Corn Dog: Your 2026 State Fair Survival Guide

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I’ve been to twelve state fairs in the last three years. Not because I set out to collect them like passport stamps, but because somewhere between my second corn dog and my first deep-fried Oreos, I realized that nothing captures the strange, beautiful, deeply American summer experience quite like a state fair. My team and … Read more

No More ‘Are We There Yet?’: My Prime Day 2026 Kit for Family Road Trips That Don’t Fall Apart

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I’ve logged enough highway miles with kids in the backseat to know that the difference between a trip everyone remembers fondly and one that ends with someone crying in a gas station parking lot comes down to preparation. Not the kind where you fold outfits into packing cubes and label snack bags — I mean … Read more