by Matthew Allison | Sep 12, 2024 | Mountains, Hiking Trips, North America, Wildlife
August/September 2024: At the end of August, I was able to meetup with my brother Jesse, his fiancé, Lexie and my 17-year-old nephew, who had never been on a plane prior to this trip, for a 5-day trip to Montana that included backpacking in Glacier national Park for a...
by Matthew Allison | Aug 3, 2024 | Travel with Baby, North America, Rainforest
August 2024: The State of Washington has some of the most stunning scenery in the USA because of its mountains, bays and volcanoes but for me the biggest stand out is its temperate rainforests, especially the massive old growth pines of Olympic National Park, some of...
by Matthew Allison | Jun 23, 2024 | Caves/Tunnels, Mexico, North America, Rainforest
May 2024: Chiapas has it all! It is one of Mexico’s most diverse States in topography and culture and is one of my favorite Mexican States. The State is massive with a Pacific coastline, mountains, cloud forests and the Lacandón, the largest rainforest in North...
by Matthew Allison | Jun 19, 2024 | Travel with Baby, Mountains, Europe
April 2024: As part of a 3 weeklong baby bonding family trip across Europe and Morocco, my wife, mother-in-law, infant daughter, and I visited the Alps of Northern Austria via a rental car from Munich, Germany for three days. This is our Germany trip report report: In...
by Matthew Allison | Jun 17, 2024 | Travel with Baby, Europe
April 2024: As part of a 3 weeklong baby bonding family trip with our infant daughter across Europe and Morocco, we visited Berlin and Bavaria, Germany for a week in conjunction with a few nights in the Austrian Alps. Nothing interests me more than the Cold War and...
by Matthew Allison | Jun 6, 2024 | Travel with Baby, Europe, Hiking Trips
April 2024: As part of a 3 weeklong baby bonding family trip with my 9-month-old daughter, Paula, and her mom, we visited Sardinia for 4 nights and 5 days. We started in Cagliari in the south of the island after arriving via a Ryan Air flight from Seville, Spain. We...
by Matthew Allison | Jun 5, 2024 | Travel with Baby, Europe
April 2024: As part of a 3-week baby bonding family vacation with our 9-month-old daughter, we visited Gibraltar and Andalucia, Spain, easily one of Spain’s finest regions for 6 days to experience the rich blend of Spanish, Moorish and Gypsy culture that the...
by Matthew Allison | May 5, 2024 | Travel with Baby, Europe
April 2024: As part of a 3 weeklong baby bonding trip across Europe and Morocco, my family and traveled to the Normandy region of France for 3 days from Paris. We rented a car in Paris and the morning after I spent the first night of our trip in the illegal Paris...
by Matthew Allison | May 1, 2024 | Caves/Tunnels, Bucket List Adventures, Haunted Places, Most Unique Travel Experiences
April 2024: Every once in a while, I am still able to get a group of my friends together and do something amazing and adventurous. and spending a night exploring the illegal network of Paris Catacombs with my friends was an experience I will never forget. Fewer places...
by Matthew Allison | Apr 27, 2024 | Travel with Baby, Africa, Deserts
April 2024: Morocco was a country that I had visited in the past but not in any real depth because I considered it too touristy for my taste and there were just too many other interesting north African countries to explore that were more intrepid. But I wanted to give...
