by Cynthia Hogg | Apr 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
Pandora And A Pandemic Most people are familiar with the story of Pandora, who unfortunately unleashed all kinds of evils into the world, including sickness and death, when she lifted the lid from a gifted box. Many people don’t know, however, that one thing was left...
by Cynthia Hogg | Mar 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
Georgia on My Mind I don’t know where these ideas come from: they just come! In the summer of 2017, I decided I wanted to take a road trip with our four oldest grandchildren. They were 9, 8, almost 6, and almost 5. Fun for us, and fun for the kids because this would...
by Cynthia Hogg | Mar 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
Start Dreamin’ According to the calendar, we are just about to slip out of winter’s icy grip – the perfect time to start dreaming about summer travel, especially for us skip-genners. Do you have a grandchild reaching a certain milestone in the coming months,...
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...
