Bear jam in Grand Teton National Park – for a very good reason
By Eileen Ogintz GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK, Wyoming (June 18, 2010 — The celebrity ignored the scores of paparazzi with their huge camera lenses angling for the best shots–of her and her four five-month-old babies playing on the hill just off the roadway....
Taking the Kids — on different kind of trip to Alaska
By Eileen Ogintz Tribune Content Agency Kayak to a glacier or paddle a canoe while looking for bears snacking along the shore and birds flying overhead. Check out the puffins, the sea otters, harbor seals and more. Scoop glacial ice for your drink. Ryo Sprosts, 8,...
To a special Jamaican villa
By Eileen Ogintz Tribune Content Agency Count yourself lucky if your kids or grandkids get excited about visiting the same places you do, especially places that hold special meaning and memories. Adam Stewart certainly does. His “favorite place in the world,” is...
Seeing San Antonio like local families
By Eileen Ogintz Tribune Content Agency Who knew? Water once covered much of Texas — 110 million years ago. Imagine dinosaurs walking along the beach when the Gulf of Mexico covered San Antonio. What do giant dinosaur footprints tell us about their behavior way back...
To a galaxy far, far away
By Eileen Ogintz Tribune Content Agency Kevin Gerber isn’t even a “Star Wars” fan, but he had happily just spent $100 to build a droid with his 5-year-old son at Disney World’s Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge’s Droid Depot. The two had chosen pieces off of a conveyor belt to...
San Antonio has a new kind of “Pearl”
By Eileen Ogintz SAN ANTONIO, TX — Emma Koehler would be very surprised. What was once the Pearl Brewery she ran with her husband Otto and then after his death in 1914, has become Pearl, the go-to area of San Antonio – a 22 acre mixed use space for housing,...
Tips from kids finishing their first cruise
By Eileen Ogintz ABOARD THE REGENT SEVEN SEAS MARINER in Alaska — Wow! The weather is beautiful and the Captain and Crew of the Regent Seven Seas Mariner is able to maneuver the ship for up-close views of the Hubbard Glacier. “We heard it, like...
To Robben Island, a Relic of South Africa’s Apartheid Regime
By Eileen Ogintz Tribune Content Agency Milwana “Sparky” Sparks, just a teenager, thought his life was over when he was sentenced to the notorious Robben Island Prison. “I never thought I’d leave,” he said, showing visitors around the South African prison where Nelson...
This could be one of the best seasons ever for river rafting in Colorado – we know!
Text and photos by Andy Yemma All winter long it snowed and snowed some more in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. Then came spring and it didn’t stop. Now with summer just two weeks away, guess what? It’s going to be a heck of a river rafting season. We know....
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- Wisconsin water park honors local heroes August 9, 2022Noah’s Ark Waterpark in the Wisconsin Dells will finish this summer with an ark’s worth of special events throughout August. The post Wisconsin water park honors local heroes appeared first on Taking The Kids.user
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- Series Highlights Culture-breaking Scientists August 7, 2022Chicago's Field Museum is launching a new exhibition series featuring scientists who have broken cultural barriers. The post Series Highlights Culture-breaking Scientists appeared first on Taking The Kids.user
- Dogs get pampered at Denver’s Maven Hotel August 6, 2022Want to treat your pooch to during National Dog Month? Consider a stay at a pet-friendly hotel -- like the Maven in downtown Denver CO. The post Dogs get pampered at Denver’s Maven Hotel appeared first on Taking The Kids.user
- Booking.com is all smiles this summer August 5, 2022Summer of ‘Yeah’ campaign is timed to the 50th anniversary of The Smiley Company, the brand behind the iconic smiley face The post Booking.com is all smiles this summer appeared first on Taking The Kids.user