Family Travel Adventures by Disney – Grand Canyon National Park

Getting Ready to See the Grand Canyon for the First Time (Jennifer Miner)

The Grand Canyon! It's probably the most famous of all the US National Parks, and many of our family vacation group's members said they were most looking forward to seeing it for the first time. The Adventures By Disney Southwest Splendors tour schedule had us [Read more]

Family Travel Adventures by Disney – Sedona, Arizona

Sedona, Arizona is a great family vacation destination (Jennifer Miner)

The Disney Corporation invests a lot of resources in research and development. This is seen in Disney theme parks and movies, of course, but nowhere is it more evident than in their Disney-branded family travel packages. The SoCal family enjoyed our [Read more]

Family Travel Adventures by Disney – Montezuma Castle National Monument

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The SoCal family is feeling lucky to be starting one of the Adventures by Disney; we are part of a group touring the US Southwest National Parks in an Adventures by Disney trip called Southwest Splendors. This is only the second year of the Southwest Splendors [Read more]

Weekend Road Trip: The Arizona Salsa Trail

Salsa Trail

A few weeks back my husband and I decided to load up the tots and take a little jaunt over to Safford, Arizona and explore an Arizona culinary attraction: The Salsa Trail. The "trail" runs along Southeast Arizona's Old West Highway and consists of thirteen [Read more]

Lake Powell Houseboat Vacation Tips

Lake Powell

Nearly every year since 1997 I've vacationed on a houseboat on Lake Powell, the massive man-made lake that stretches for 186 miles across southern Utah and dips into Arizona. In my single days, my then-boyfriend and I would rent a houseboat with a bunch of [Read more]

Standing on the Corner in Winslow, Arizona

Standing on the Corner

Standing on the corner in Winslow, Arizona has been a lot more fun since the Standin' on the Corner Park came to town - and it's a great photo op. Yes, this park is in honor of the Jackson Browne and Glenn Frey song Take it Easy made famous by the Eagles. A [Read more]