Single Parent Travel

And no, it was not me….. My deceased aunt gave my two kids a Cocker Spaniel a few months back. The dog has been a terror and become overwhelming for me. I am a single father raising two young children. I cannot face telling the kids that the dog must go. I have found a [...]

Just a fast reminder that the deadline to get the old pricing for the Rocking Horse Ranch trip (Nov 13-15, 2009)  is June 1.  After June 1 the price increases. Remember, this is only a deposit and it is fully refundable up to October 15th -ish so if you have any inkling to come join [...]

Just a brief heads up. With the economy in the tank, there are schemes that pop up all the time. One that has been around for a while is YTB Travel (yourtravelbiz.com). In a nutshell, it is a pyramid scheme where the money is made in recruiting others into the scheme. Last week, they were [...]

My daughter’s parakeet died today.  It is strange, no matter how many hamsters, gerbils, lizards, guniea pigs, hermit crabs and other critters you bury, it is always a sad day. I was grilling on the deck and popped in to say hello to “Pete” who had been chirping up a storm a few hours ago. [...]

As a guy of forty something years old, I have still been unable to unlock the mystery of “woman logic”. I have given up.  But as a dad of 17 years, I thought I had the whole “kid logic” down till this afternoon. Maybe there comes a time when “kid logic” becomes obsolete and is [...]

To all the single moms out there–Happy Mother’s Day!

We are trying to change up the logo a little bit. My son designed this one.  Comments? Please be critical!  My instructions were to keep the fonts and colors, need something to show single parenting, and then of course travel. Let me have it!

The fantastic rates we were seeing at Antigua’s Grand Pineapple Beach Resort have gone away. While the pricing is still lower than our original price, the ridiculous $1250 for 2 for a week just went the way of the Dodo. I will be keeping an eye on this though.

Please accept my apologies for the site being down today!  Our domain expired and the domain registry people had an inactive email address, so I never received the “you better renew now or we are cutting you off” notices! Of course when I try to log in to renew, I don’t recall my password and [...]

There was a fantastic article in today’s Chicago Tribune about Antigua and their 365 beaches!  And one resort that runs about $1200 per night! But here is an impartial opinion from Chicago about the island. And yes, the rates are still very attractive!