Expert advice on family trips, girlfriend getaways & romantic escapes
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
January 26, 2010 | Author: SoCalGal
I visited Flagstaff AZ late last spring, and I'm still talking about it. There are so many fun and interesting things to do in and around Flagstaff that a return vacation is definitely in order. The Grand Canyon, one of the best US National Parks, is pretty [Read more]
Posted in: Budget Travel, Destinations, Family Travel, Romantic Getaways | 12 comments
October 11, 2009 | Author: ColoradoGal
Two things prompted today's post: Ken Burns' six-part National Parks documentary that I DVR'd and finally started watching the other day (amazing!), and digital photos from 2007 that I'm looking at in prepration to finally start catching up on my family photo [Read more]
Posted in: Destinations, Family Travel | 4 comments
June 25, 2009 | Author: SoCalGal
Parents and children flock happily to the US National Parks every summer for family vacations. But what about that cranky, out-of-sorts teenager? Adolescents can be real downers during a family vacation, what with texting, eye rolls, and "I just wanna be with [Read more]
Posted in: Destinations, Family Travel, Travel News | 2 comments
May 21, 2009 | Author: ColoradoGal
A couple weekends ago, we broke out our family's pop-up camper for a trip to Colorado National Monument in Fruita -- a whopping two hours from our house. It wasn't a "staycation," however (because I detest that word and put a pox on anyone who actually uses it [Read more]
Posted in: Family Travel | 2 comments
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