Travel is not a reward for working, it’s education for living. – anonymous
Costa Rica, Tamarindo
Family Jumpy Pic (minus one) As always, Miko creates the family a packing list for our adventures! She makes copies for everyone and places them on our beds to help us get our acts together! See below for her recommendations for this trip! We will unpack what we would...
Iceland – Day Four – Christmas Eve & Northern Lights
Christmas Eve! Christmas Eve Lunch in Reykjavik - note the Christmas lights in window! We woke up to the excitement of Christmas Eve bubbling in Reykjavik. Many families and people out and about in town celebrating, shopping and preparing for Christmas morning. We...
Iceland – Day Three
Vatnajokull Glacier, Iceland After a cozy slumber in our Iceland hotel, we woke early to get on the road to the excursions planned for the day - hiking into a glacier cave and then a winter visit of Iceland's Black Diamond Beach. We were able to keep our window...
Iceland – Day Two
Iceland is about 18-25 millions year old. Sounds pretty impressive, right? So you may be surprised to hear it is actually one of the youngest countries in the world! Iceland lies where the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean meet. Iceland is sparsely inhabited,...
Iceland – Day One
hygge (n) a quality of coziness and comfortable conviviality that engenders a feeling of contentment or well-being (regarded as a defining characteristic of Danish culture – and I would argue Icelandic.) Hygge for the Holidays - our photos from Christmas in Reykjavik,...
Rome Revisited & Reflections
The Pantheon 2018 “When you see the Pantheon for the first time, your mind caves in.” – Anthony Doerr Late last night as the wind howled and rain deluged outside, I reluctantly finished a book I had been trying to slowly savor like a disappearing dazzling sunset. You...
The Effects of Traveling from a Young Age
The Effects of Traveling from a Young Age - as told by the voice of Rockonliving's eldest daughter, Kayah (age 16) for her English 101 Class. Our family trip to Stonehenge, England Everyone, at some...
Visiting Sequoia and Yosemite National Parks
The beauty of the United States National Parks Visiting the National Parks is an experience like no other. Our family has traveled to Europe and stood in awe of history from previous civilizations that date five to six thousand years ago. However, when you visit the...
Rockonliving’s Top 10 Essential Travel Items
(Hey Rockonliving friends! Look who has joined the fun? This post is a share from Quinn!) contains affiliate links I am passionate about travel. I am passionate about new experiences. As a result, I am often on the go and away from the every day life lived in my...
Rockonliving Update!
Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Rockonliving is growing! The collaborative and creative juices are flowing here at Rockonliving and we are excited to announce that we are working on creating travel guides for the places we visit with more detailed information. For example, does the...
Visiting Yosemite National Park – and being robbed within 20 minutes of arrival to California. Good Times.
Twenty minutes after arriving in Oakland, California we were robbed. After a long day of travel from coast to coast, our family decided to stop for a quick bite at Chipotle just outside the Oakland Airport. When we pulled into the parking lot we had zero, zilch,...
Rock on Living’s Travel Guide: Friendship, Maine – Planning a Personal Retreat
March 2019 {Affiliate links are included} "Solitude is where I place my chaos to rest and awaken my inner piece." - N. Rowe Why Maine? The stars. The sunrises. The sunsets. The coast. The clean air. The quiet. The Woods. No billboards, noise. Pristine Stillness. To...
Slack Tide
I am in Maine for what I will call "slack-tide." Time away. In silence. I traveled just about as far up the Northern Coast of the United States one can travel to ‘get away.’ I am staying at a family cottage that sits on the Atlantic Coast in Delano Cove in pristine...
Road Trip USA – Day Fourteen “Land of Enchantment”
en-chant-ment noun - the state of being under a spell, magic. One of my favorite words is enchantment - the magic... In life, I try to sprinkle pixie dust to the mundane to helps us remember that at every moment we have the opportunity to make the ordinary...
Road Trip USA – Day Three “For the Benefit and Enjoyment of the People”
Day THREE: “For the Benefit and Enjoyment of the People” Monday, August 22nd 2016 Everyone had a great sleep and woke up ready to roll for Day 3! Our food system is being refined and tweaked and we almost have a solid rhythm. We are finding by keeping all the...
Road Trip USA! Day One – The adventure begins. Packing, Planning & Travel.
Our Two Week Road Trip USA Story: Here is the Cliff Notes Version of our Trip: My husband was a rock star planner for this experience. He planned awesome places to stay, fun excursions and thought through all the important details like sleeping arrangements,...
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