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What DuckAbroad is, why I built it, and what you'll find here.
I took my kids to the Battle Road Trail in Concord and Lexington on Father’s Day 2016. They were bored in about four minutes.
The signs weren’t bad. But they were written for adults. I’d walk up to a marker, start reading, and by the time I understood what I was looking at well enough to explain it to my kids, they’d already wandered off. You can’t interpret history for a nine-year-old until you’ve read it yourself. And a nine-year-old won’t wait for you to finish reading.
We’d driven to the place where the American Revolution actually started. Minutemen had sprinted down that exact road. And I couldn’t figure out how to make my kids feel any of it in real time.
That moment stuck with me. This publication is my answer to it.
What you'll find here
This is a home base for families who travel and want to get more out of it.
Every Thursday, I publish The Weekend History Hunt. Each issue takes one piece of history tied to somewhere families can actually visit and tells the story in a way you can share with your kids before you walk through the door. No lectures. No textbooks. Just a great story, told straight.
Beyond the newsletter, I publish stories, resources, and trip ideas for families who want to explore more intentionally. Some posts are practical. Some are personal. All of them are for parents who believe the years you travel together with your kids are worth making the most of.
The app
Everything here connects back to DuckAbroad, a travel app I built for my own family and eventually opened up to others. It lets kids collect virtual stamps and coins at historical landmarks, answer trivia, earn XP, and build a record of every place they’ve explored together.
Think of it as the travel journal that never gets left at home.
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You'll get The Weekend History Hunt every Thursday, plus anything else worth sharing as we build this community together.