ARKANSAS

Arkansas is a very naturally pretty state that has many state parks, hiking trails, and swimming holes to be able to have fun with your family. We have visited the Ozarks of Arkansas, Hot Springs National Park, and other smaller cities on our family road trips.

We have experienced Arkansas with friends who live there and their house pig named Emelia in the Ozarks. We have also stayed in a beautiful cabin getaway bed and breakfast near Hot Springs.

We love Arkansas a lot and highly recommend visiting if you love to be out in nature.

OKALHOMA

Oklahoma is like a second home to us because before we had kids, Krista and I lived in Oklahoma for 2 years. We decided to move there because Krista’s parents live there and there was a teaching position open there.

We love to go back and visit Oklahoma not only because of family, but also there are so many interesting things to do in Oklahoma like exploring weird roadside attractions on Route 66 to roller coasters at Frontier City and great outdoor recreation to many festivals and events.

One thing that I want to do next time we are in Oklahoma is to visit a ghost town.

FLORIDA

Our family loves to visit Florida and we have so many friends and family in this great state that we seem to travel there very often.

We have enjoyed the National Seashore near Pensacola, swam in the Atlantic Ocean while in Jacksonville, went on safari and took the kids to Legoland in Lakeland, and explored many small towns while traveling through on road trips.

Most people think of theme parks when they think of Florida, but we have discovered more than just that in Florida…

TEXAS

We have a love/hate relationship with Texas. We love Texas because there is so much to do in Texas whether you want to visit a big city or if you just want to explore the smaller, quaint towns, Texas has it for you. Texas also has some great state parks and amusement parks.

Texas is big, and being that we neighbor it in Louisiana, when we want to go out west, we have to drive through it and it takes FOREVER. This is the one and only reason that I say we have a love/hate relationship with Texas.

TENNESSEE

Once we paid off all of our $70,000 of debt, we decided to take a road trip to Tennessee so that we could do our debt free scream live on the Dave Ramsey Show. While on this road trip to the Nashville, TN area, we stayed at an AirBNB for the first time, and we explored Nashville and went to the Nashville Zoo. We also went out with our AirBNB hosts and spend an evening in Franklin, TN.

nevada

Krista and I took our first trip away from the kids to Nevada. She was there for a conference so I got to get out and explore the Strip area, and at night we met back up for some great evenings together.

While I was there I did a few adventure experiences, including riding roller coasters at the AdventureDome, ziplining on SlotZilla over Freemont Street and visiting the iconic Las Vegas sign. At night, Krista and I would get back together and explore Las Vegas more.

WASHINGTON

Washington holds a special place in our family’s heart because this was our first experience with kids on an airplane. We were flying to Seattle for a YouTube conference that we were invited to, and after the conference we got out and explored all that Seattle has to offer.

We experienced the fish market, rode the huge carousel, and ate some ice cream along the docks.