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August 30, 2011 | Author: TwinCitiesGal
South Dakota's Badlands National Park is a geological wonder. Brochures describe the land with terms like buttes, spirals and rolling grassland. The truth is, you just have to see these 244,000 acres for yourself to appreciate this region. Not only is the [Read more]
Posted in: Family Travel, Travel Tips | 1 comment
April 18, 2011 | Author: SoCalGal
Earth Day is April 22 this year. This date conveniently falls within National Park Week: admission to all parks is free. There may not be a better way to celebrate Earth Day in a travel budget-friendly, environmentally appropriate manner than to visit a US [Read more]
Posted in: Budget Travel, Family Travel, Travel News | 5 comments
December 27, 2010 | Author: SoCalGal
Tide pool animals in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Washington are bigger than those we see in more southern climates. The Olympic National Park on Washington's Olympic Peninsula is a fabulous member of the US National Parks system. Sure, it doesn't have [Read more]
Posted in: Budget Travel, Destinations, Family Travel | 1 comment
November 9, 2010 | Author: SoCalGal
The best winter ski and snow vacation destinations are great for travelers who want a Christmas holiday trip, but who don't need to warm up somewhere tropical. Cold weather has its adherents; top winter ski vacation spots in Colorado, Utah, and other western [Read more]
Posted in: Destinations, Family Travel, Girlfriend Getaways | 11 comments
August 3, 2010 | Author: SoCalGal
Travelers to southeast Alaska may wonder about what there is to see and do in Sitka. Sitka is the fourth most populous city in Alaska, with interesting travel activities, but it's really more of a maritime town. Now, Alaska is a huge state; three Californias [Read more]
Posted in: Budget Travel, Destinations, Romantic Getaways | 1 comment
May 27, 2010 | Author: ColoradoGal
In addition to our outstanding hike to Delicate Arch during our camping weekend in Moab earlier this month, my husband and I took my 8- and 10-year-old kids on their first real mountain-bike ride. Sure, we've brought them off road a bit around our Colorado [Read more]
Posted in: Family Travel | 15 comments
May 14, 2010 | Author: ColoradoGal
Arches National Park is one of my all-time favorite national parks. I love it for sentimental reasons -- it's the first national park my then-boyfriend/now-husband took me to when we were "just friends" 13 years ago. And I love it for its otherworldly, natural [Read more]
Posted in: Destinations, Family Travel | 14 comments
April 19, 2010 | Author: SoCalGal
National Park Week usually falls in the spring each year, and this year the National Park Service is waiving entrance fees to all 392 US national parks. This includes free admission to not just the 58 United States national park biggies like Yosemite and the [Read more]
Posted in: Budget Travel, Family Travel, Travel News | 8 comments
March 22, 2010 | Author: BoomerGal
On my first trip to Monument Valley, I stood at the parking lot's edge, surrounded by a traveling busload of tourists and Native American vendors, craning my neck to catch a glimpse of the sunrise lighting up the famous rock formations. Later, my husband and I [Read more]
Posted in: Budget Travel, Destinations, Travel Tips | 12 comments
February 10, 2010 | Author: ColoradoGal
One highlight of my family's vacation in California over Christmas last year was our day trip to Joshua Tree National Park. I honestly didn't know much about the national park (less than an hour's drive from Palm Springs), except that the desert locale is a [Read more]
Posted in: Family Travel | 9 comments
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