Best Activities for Kids in Salt Lake City, Utah

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Every summer ColoradoDad travels to Salt Lake City for work. Last year the ColoradoKids and I tagged along. Though it was hotter than Hades, the kids and I thoroughly enjoyed ourselves at some of the local attractions (particularly some indoor, air-conditioned [Read more]

Camping with the Kids in Moab, Utah

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It's springtime here in the Colorado Rockies, and that means it's time to break out our family's pop-up camper! Traditionally, we make spring trips to Moab, Utah, where the desert temperatures just get too hot in the heart of summer. April, May and September [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]

More to Moab, Utah, than Mountain Biking

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On my first trip to Moab way back in 1997, I figured I was relatively prepared to tackle the world-famous 10-mile Slickrock Trail, perched on a sandstone plateau. Exercising caution, my then-boyfriend and I decided to lap the 1.7-mile practice loop first. Ha! [Read more]