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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
May 21, 2010 | Author: TeacherGal
“Oh, FINALLY you’re back!” said Mike, a kitty caregiver at Colonel’s Barracks, one of the cathouses in Cat World, part of Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in southwest Utah. Mike expertly scooped up Patricia, the tiger-striped cat my nine-year-old son [Read more]
Posted in: Destinations, Family Travel | 2 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
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
March 16, 2010 | Author: SoCalGal
Want a great ski trip? Park City Mountain Resort in Utah offers just about every kind of winter sport activity imaginable. TwinCitiesGal and I had fun learning to ski on the actual Park City Mountain Resort slopes, and then that night a whole gaggle of gals [Read more]
Posted in: Destinations, Family Travel, Girlfriend Getaways | 2 comments
March 12, 2010 | Author: ColoradoGal
To be brutally frank, none of The Vacation Gals is a true shopaholic. We typically prefer doing at a new-to-us destination, not browsing it. (To wit: our fun ski day at Park City Mountain Resort). But with an entire morning free during our long weekend in Park [Read more]
Posted in: Destinations, Girlfriend Getaways | 3 comments
March 9, 2010 | Author: TwinCitiesGal
There are some things in life that you experience once and have such an awful encounter you promise to never try it again. For me, that was skiing. Fifteen years ago my family (parents and siblings) moved to a Colorado ski town. Raised in the South (Louisiana [Read more]
Posted in: Family Travel, Girlfriend Getaways, Travel Tips | 9 comments
March 6, 2010 | Author: SoCalGal
The Vacation Gals are in Park City, Utah, on an amazing resort ski trip! There are plenty of winter sports in Park City besides skiing, of course; snow boarding, tubing, sleigh rides and snowmobiling are popular winter activities here. Park City Mountain [Read more]
Posted in: Destinations, Family Travel, Girlfriend Getaways | 8 comments
October 25, 2008 | Author: SoCalGal
The SoCalGal family had been having one of the best family vacations imaginable with the Adventures by Disney Southwest Splendors trip. The children were shaken out of their idea of what America looks like (it's not all coastal!) by their experiences in [Read more]
Posted in: Destinations, Family Travel, Romantic Getaways | 1 comment
October 23, 2008 | Author: ColoradoGal
The mountain-biking capital of the world isn't necessarily known for its romantic hotels -- or romantic anything, for that matter! Outdoor enthusiasts descend upon Moab, Utah, to bike its famous slickrock trails, climb its sandstone towers, raft the [Read more]
Posted in: Romantic Getaways | no comments
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