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  • At Glacier National Park: a Covid summer like no other
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    At Glacier National Park: a Covid summer like no other

    ByEileen Ogintz June 28, 2020June 28, 2023

    Glacier National Park is only partially open this Covid summer. No park lodging. Eastern side closed completely. So be prepared for scarce lodging, food, even hiking options

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  • Flathead Lodge: Kids discover friendships and much more
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    Flathead Lodge: Kids discover friendships and much more

    ByEileen Ogintz June 26, 2020July 6, 2021

    After months sheltering at home, “This place encourages you to make new friends,”

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  • How to make the most of the pandemic summer
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    How to make the most of the pandemic summer

    ByEileen Ogintz June 25, 2020December 5, 2021

    The good news: If you can work remotely with kids’ camps and summer school canceled, you can opt for a longer break. Perhaps this is the year to take that big road trip out West or get a longer rental in a mountain or beach town.

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  • Best Bacon Ever: On a breakfast trail ride
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    Best Bacon Ever: On a breakfast trail ride

    ByEileen Ogintz June 24, 2020July 6, 2021

    “The breakfast ride is my favorite thing at the ranch. Breakfast tastes so much better,” says Sydney Byrne, 17, a guest at Flathead Lake Lodge in NW Montana

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  • Three generations, 75 years: The Averill family and Flathead Lake Ranch
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    Three generations, 75 years: The Averill family and Flathead Lake Ranch

    ByEileen Ogintz June 23, 2020July 16, 2021

    Flathead Lake Lodge is much more than a lodge – it’s a ranch, farm and acre upon acre of wilderness and lakefront.

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  • A huge menu at Flathead Lake Lodge in Montana
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    A huge menu at Flathead Lake Lodge in Montana

    ByEileen Ogintz June 23, 2020July 6, 2021

    What should we today? that’s the biggest decision a guest must make with nearly two dozen activities—including those just for kids and for teens.

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  • Flathead Lake Lodge copes well with Covid Summer
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    Flathead Lake Lodge copes well with Covid Summer

    ByEileen Ogintz June 22, 2020July 6, 2021

    At Flathead Lake Lodge, rather than 125 people spread out in 22 cozy log cabins and the main lodge, there are 83, including 30 kids

    Read More Flathead Lake Lodge copes well with Covid SummerContinue

  • A mind game: fly-fishing in Yellowstone National Park
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    A mind game: fly-fishing in Yellowstone National Park

    ByEileen Ogintz June 22, 2020July 14, 2021

    Fly fishing in Yellowstone is a big deal. If I could have only one fishing license in the world it would be here at Yellowstone National Park,” says Almond, who traded an executive career to become a fly fishing guide.

    Read More A mind game: fly-fishing in Yellowstone National ParkContinue

  • A different kind of camping – Under Canvas
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    A different kind of camping – Under Canvas

    ByEileen Ogintz June 22, 2020July 14, 2021

    This is camping Under Canvas style, modeled after the traditional safari experience and especially welcome this Pandemic summer when everyone is anxious to enjoy the outdoors but may not want the work of camping, sleeping on the ground or sharing communal bathrooms.

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  • Old Faithful erupts at Yellowstone NP summer 2020
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    Big Geyser, Little Geyser – social distancing at Yellowstone NP

    ByEileen Ogintz June 22, 2020July 14, 2021

    We’re at Yellowstone National Park but we’re not at Old Faithful. We’re a few miles away at Lone Star Geyser that required a little over a two-mile hike—really a mellow walk along a beautiful steam.

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  • A look at summer travel under COVID rules
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    A look at summer travel under COVID rules

    ByEileen Ogintz June 20, 2020December 5, 2021

    We’re talking about the havoc the COVID-19 Pandemic has wreaked on in lives. That includes, of course, any travel plans we might have had for this summer.

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  • As Orlando Reopens, Safety First at Theme Parks
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    As Orlando Reopens, Safety First at Theme Parks

    ByEileen Ogintz June 18, 2020July 14, 2021

    Just to enter, you’ll need an advance reservation, temperature screening and a mask. Welcome to the New Normal as Orlando begins to open in this Pandemic Summer.

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  • On the Road – Covid Summer 2020: 1st stop Jackson Hole; it’s cold, rainy and tourists and businesses are coming back
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    On the Road – Covid Summer 2020: 1st stop Jackson Hole; it’s cold, rainy and tourists and businesses are coming back

    ByEileen Ogintz June 18, 2020July 14, 2021

    ckson, of course, is the gateway to Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks. This time of year, the town should be buzzing with tourists, including many from overseas. Summer is high season—typically.

    Read More On the Road – Covid Summer 2020: 1st stop Jackson Hole; it’s cold, rainy and tourists and businesses are coming backContinue

  • Where did you get that funny hat?
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    Where did you get that funny hat?

    ByEileen Ogintz June 15, 2020July 16, 2021

    The lead guide and one of the rafters had these funny-shaped conical hats that kept the sun away. The hats were lightweight and wicked sweat.

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  • Rocky Mountain Towns are Reopening for Adventurers
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    Rocky Mountain Towns are Reopening for Adventurers

    ByEileen Ogintz June 15, 2020December 5, 2021

    As long as you are willing to wear masks and social distance, you will find mountain towns have fine-tuned their lodging, restaurants, and guided adventures so that you can get outdoors and enjoy yourselves this summer—safely.

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  • Tilley Hats – guaranteed for life!
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    Tilley Hats – guaranteed for life!

    ByEileen Ogintz June 11, 2020July 16, 2021

    Tilley customers often write stories on the Tilley website, explaining strange experiences they have had with the hats—even one being eaten by an elephant, and pooped out later that week intact.

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  • A Dozen-plus Gifts for the Outdoorsman Dad
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    A Dozen-plus Gifts for the Outdoorsman Dad

    ByEileen Ogintz June 11, 2020July 10, 2021

    After months of sheltering at home with the kids and, maybe working remotely, Dad probably can’t wait to get outdoors. Some gift ideas.

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    How to Plan a Trip with a Big Group

    ByEileen Ogintz June 8, 2020February 13, 2024

    Traveling with a big group may seem like the ideal way to go. A large crowd means there will always be a group to get up and go, and there will always be people around who like to hang back. Sounds perfect, right? Wrong.

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  • On a road trip to South Dakota’s Black Hills and Badlands
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    On a road trip to South Dakota’s Black Hills and Badlands

    ByEileen Ogintz June 4, 2020October 3, 2023

    This summer, it seems, road trips are expected to be particularly popular — if families opt to leave home at all. That’s why throughout the summer, we’ll spotlight some classic American road trips — like to South Dakota’s Black Hills and Badlands.

    Read More On a road trip to South Dakota’s Black Hills and BadlandsContinue

  • Heading outdoors any way you want this summer
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    Heading outdoors any way you want this summer

    ByEileen Ogintz May 28, 2020July 10, 2021

    Families, it seems, think camping can be the antidote they seek — and a way to get out of town safely, according to a new COVID-19 edition of the North American Camping Report, sponsored by Kampgrounds of America.

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  • Summer travel, or not, in the new normal
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    Summer travel, or not, in the new normal

    ByEileen Ogintz May 22, 2020May 13, 2024

    What’s a family to do? If families get away at all, they are likely to drive and stay closer to home, suggests Roger Dow, president and CEO of the U.S. Travel Association

    Read More Summer travel, or not, in the new normalContinue

  • Getting moms and daughters out of their comfort zones
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    Getting moms and daughters out of their comfort zones

    ByEileen Ogintz May 14, 2020July 5, 2021

    When Steff Keene wanted to backpack for the first time, she didn’t turn to adventure-loving friends for advice like college students might. She turned to mom.

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  • Staying sane: Helping your kids cope as the pandemic continues
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    Staying sane: Helping your kids cope as the pandemic continues

    ByEileen Ogintz May 7, 2020December 5, 2021

    A Q&A with Dr. David Schonfeld, expert on children’s mental health issues, on coping with fear and disappointment during the pandemic

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  • Let’s hear it for moms everywhere (grandmas, too!)
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    Let’s hear it for moms everywhere (grandmas, too!)

    ByEileen Ogintz May 7, 2020July 14, 2021

    Happy Mother’s Day! If there ever was a time to thank moms for all they do it’s this year, as we celebrate the strangest Mother’s Day ever

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  • Why Greece is the Destination for Skip-Gen Vacations
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    Why Greece is the Destination for Skip-Gen Vacations

    ByEileen Ogintz May 6, 2020July 7, 2021

    Isn’t this the best possible gift for the young ones! Grandparents today are healthy, active and available. Combining their stories and their unconditional love with the young children’s curiosity connects the kids with their past and their roots

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  • Thinking about adventures past and to come — in Alaska
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    Thinking about adventures past and to come — in Alaska

    ByEileen Ogintz April 30, 2020July 14, 2021

    Nearly a year later, stuck at home, trips canceled in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, I smile thinking about that stellar day and the rest of last summer’s trip to Alaska

    Read More Thinking about adventures past and to come — in AlaskaContinue

  • To Golden Gate Park for its big birthday
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    To Golden Gate Park for its big birthday

    ByEileen Ogintz April 23, 2020July 9, 2021

    They called the area the Great Sand Wastes, but even those who believed in the project could never have imagined what Golden Gate Park would become

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  • Learning about the origins of the Titanic in Belfast, Northern Ireland
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    Learning about the origins of the Titanic in Belfast, Northern Ireland

    ByEileen Ogintz April 16, 2020July 14, 2021

    At the award-winning Titanic Belfast, the world’s largest Titanic visitor experience, you are right where Titanic was built (a special dry dock had to be constructed — the largest in the world at the time).

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  • Thinking about the great outdoors
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    Thinking about the great outdoors

    ByEileen Ogintz April 9, 2020July 7, 2021

    As for Doc, he retired and opted for a second career where people meet him with big smiles on their faces, some having waited more than a year to meet him

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  • On a virtual adventure
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    On a virtual adventure

    ByEileen Ogintz April 2, 2020July 14, 2021

    Since we are all grounded right now, let the kids lead us all on virtual adventures (and they can safely share them with grandparents too)

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