Taking the Kids to see the best and brightest holiday lights
Make it an early gift for the kids to get away for a pre-holiday weekend, reveling in the holiday lights and festivities
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Taking advantage of Cyber Monday family travel deals
On Cyber Monday (Dec 2), you’ll find some of the best travel deals of the year, some you can use immediately and some for all next year
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In Denver, a huge new taste of Maine!
Maine Shack in Denver has a devoted following who come for the five varieties of Lobster Rolls, chowder and much more
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A new, innovative way to experience Monet’s art, especially for kids
Welcome to the Denver Art Museum and the most comprehensive U.S. exhibit of Monet paintings in more than two decades — Claude Monet: The Truth of Nature
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Business and leisure – Airbnb enables “bleisure”
Today, more and more road warriors want the flexibility to fit business travel into their lives rather than scheduling their lives around business travel
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Maine State Parks – perfect places for outdoor winter fun
Maine State Parks are perfect places for outdoor winter fun for families, whatever your ages or ability at winter sports.
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Free entertainment nightly for the Holidays: Snowflake Lane, Bellevue WA
Free is good—actually really, really good during the always expensive holiday season. That—and the terrific nightly entertainment—is why Snowflake Lane is so popular in Bellevue, WA.
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Taking the Kids RVing
The secret to this unusual road trip bliss: A 36-foot rented RV where the kids can be safely strapped in seatbelts but still able to play games at the table between them
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Taking the Kids — away for Thanksgiving
Families increasingly are seizing Thanksgiving week for a family vacation. Families explain it is typically a slow week at work and school — some kids have the entire week off, and there may be fewer family obligations.
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A wedding in Santa Fe and an unexpected Halloween Treat
The morning after the wedding we found a note on our door inviting us to a “Fur Friends Costume Contest” that afternoon to benefit the Espanola Humane Society, which has found adoptions for more than 152,000 dogs and cats over the years. How could we pass this up, Trooper seemed to ask us.
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On an RV trip or any trip, you always forget something you need
We toured part of Utah and Colorado in a new Winnebago Boldt that was equipped with most everything — and I did bring things we’ve used everyday
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Apples, Pumpkins and Festivals: Fall Family Activities
When kids are part of the equation, there is a lot more fun to be had in the fall whether you’ve got a weekend or a week. Here are five guaranteed-to-please ideas to get you started
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10 ways to savor fall — before it’s gone
When was the last time you spent a day biking or hiking with the kids, crunching leaves under your feet and seeing who can spot the most colorful leaves? It’s not too late for fall foliage
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Families love their RVs – it’s all about togetherness and outdoors
“A hotel isn’t the same,” added Zach Dubey. “We get to be outside more,” cooking together, sitting around a fire. (Here, we rent a fire pit for $20 for our stay, plus wood.)
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Arches and Canyonlands National Parks – Spectacular Utah attractions!
It’s easy to see why Arches National Park, just 5 miles north of Moab Utah, is the world’s largest concentration of natural sandstone arches — over 2,000 throughout the park’s more than 76,000 acres.
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Why they call it an adventure! On the road in an RV for the first time
The 40 million people in the United States who RV camp regularly sure would be laughing at us newbies. But this is a first, and an adventure for us and whenever you step out of your comfort zone, you’ve got to figure there will be some bumps along the way. That’s why they call it an adventure! Duh.
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Celebrating Halloween throughout October
If you thought you had weeks left to get those costumes ready, think again. That’s because Halloween is now celebrated — big time — from theme parks to zoos, children’s museums to hotels and resorts all October long
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Monterey Bay Aquarium: for learners of any age
When I entered the “Tentacles” exhibit of the Monterey Bay Aquarium in Monterey, CA, all I could think to myself was “I am amazed!” I had so many questions
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Connect With Nature Right Outside Of Atlanta in Sandy Springs, Georgia
Sandy Springs GA is a destination within a destination. It’s also a place where you can unwind, relax and go offline for several hours at a time
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A Visit to Lamers Dairy In Appleton, Wisconsin
Lamers Dairy and Store is family owned and operated since 1913. Five generations of the Lamers family have worked hard to produce the highest quality milk products that are distributed under the Dairyland’s Best name and Farmer’s Best home delivery service
