We still enjoy encountering a city’s delights, though now we rely more advance planning, patience and ice cream breaks. My ...

but I’d like to make the case for families to pad big trips with a couple of nights in a kid-friendly layover city. Having recently wrapped up an 88-day trip around the world with my 2.5-year ...

We considered many places, but our top choice was my hometown — a snowy mountain town in Utah with a population of about 2,000. There, I felt like my kids may have a chance at a real childhood ...