by Cynthia Hogg | Feb 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
Can Day-Trips Count as Skip-Gen Travel? Recently I took a day-trip from our hometown in West Michigan to St. Joseph along the lakeshore, about an hour and a half drive. The occasion was the fifth birthday of one of my granddaughters. She decided to invite her older...
by Cynthia Hogg | Jan 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
Road Scholar Skip-Gen Trips: The Gold Standard Any grandparent seriously considering taking a skip-gen trip, especially if it is their first time, would do well to begin by perusing the trips offered by Road Scholar (www.roadscholar.org). First of all, Road Scholar...
by Cynthia Hogg | Jan 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
Your Most Important New Year’s Resolution It will come as no surprise to you, dear readers, that I believe your most important New Year’s resolution is to travel with one or more of your grandkids in the coming year! Why is this the most important resolution? First of...
by Cynthia Hogg | Jan 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
Post-Trip Reflections Our 11-day trip through Belgium, England, and Scotland is behind us now. We have completed the long journey home. Our suitcases are unpacked and put away; the souvenirs tucked into Christmas stockings. It’s now time for a few reflections… First...
by Cynthia Hogg | Dec 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
…GO! (Part 2 – Scotland and England) We leave Vaux-sur-Sûre, Belgium, the same way we arrived three days earlier – in the dark and the rain. So many moving parts ahead of us today that it feels overwhelming: drive 2-1/2 hours to Brussels, return rental car, get from...
