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Vacationing In Virginia With The Family

I had a nice weekend with my family. We went up to Virginia, and stayed in a small motel in Williamsburg. Originally, we were going to find a place to camp, but the motel was having a special. Only $35.99 a night. My…
Epic Adventure

"i'm ready for our epic adventure:D" read the text from Allie. We all had the same sense that a week in Montana's Glacier National Park with no wifi, cell coverage, or television would be just that: epic.
A vacation... for me.

As I was cleaning out my files, I came across this story. Although I wrote it more than twenty years ago when Brandon was fifteen, I thought it was worth sharing. For Brandon's fifteenth birthday my sister asked if Bra…
What to Do With Time Off?

Always the dilemma during an extended period of time off from school for the boys. This year it was fairly easy as Dan has discovered he is in love with trekking through the countryside so we didn't have to spend a l…
Speech Delay's and the Annual Holiday

A speech delay can be a curious thing, for both the speaker and the listener. Around here, for the longest time, my youngest son has prefaced most of his remarks with the warm up phrase –‘I am be.’…
Packing

Even though it means more travel time, I prefer to drive down to the LA area from the Bay Area. Honestly, I do not think James could wait successfully in the security lines, and all the noise and people would freak hi…
Welcome to Our Mini-Vacation

Oh, hi! I see you found our "vacation home." Well, don't just stand there, come on in and make yourself at home. You're the reason we bought extra timeshare points. We wanted to have extra rooms and units to share wit…
Tips for Vacationing with Your Child

Ahhhh, summer vacation. It’s finally here! For many of us who have children on the autistic spectrum, long gone are the expectations of spending glorious temperate days lounging under a coconut palm in a trop…
One ring. Many layers.

Sometimes, I forget how big my child has grown, both physically and mentally. And on occasion, I can forget how much he still has to learn. We had an unstructured day, his first day of vacation ironically, where we s…
No such thing as vacation

There is no such thing as Vacation with a small child. There is Travel. There is Visiting. There is Spending-the-Weekend. Not Vacation. On Vacation, I relax. I sleep late, eat at leisure, enjoy wherever it is…