Heaven for dogs and humans
Our 10-year-old pooch Jake, a 14-pound poodle mix, was greeted at check in with a packet of treats and is lazing on the couch in our room
A late pandemic trip to Walt Disney World
We’re talking about the masks you’ll see adults and kids buying and wearing throughout the parks and Disney hotels, often with mouse ears to match.
Families connect at White Stallion Ranch
Dolores Day and her husband had gathered her two daughters and three grown grandchildren for the first time in four years from all over the country
Family activities and, of course, horses!
The Mattsons were so fearful this trip would also get derailed that they didn’t tell their daughters until they got to the historic White Stallion Ranch
The White Stallion Ranch experience
If you thought a dude ranch was just about horses, think again—even a historic one like the White Stallion Ranch in Tucson, owned by the True family for decades
The Cactus Garden at The Phoenician
They may sound like a mixologist’s drink names. But they are some of the different cacti here in a unique two-acre Cactus Garden at The Phoenician Scottsdale.
Scottsdale AZ: family oasis in the desert
Scottsdale is a city of a lot of contradictions. Huge fancy resorts like The Fairmont Scottsdale Princess and The Phoenician with huge pools, more than 50 spas
A unique Colorado experience
Only the huge stone fireplace is left of the Nanny’s Cabin and Camp Vigil is the kid-friendly Ranch at Emerald Valley, part of the historic Broadmoor Resort
Wellness at Fairmont Scottsdale Princess
The Well & Being Spa at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess, one of the largest in Scottsdale, is inspired by the Havasupai oasis deep in the Grand Canyon
The historic hotel on Route 66
The El Rancho Hotel, right on Route 66 in Gallup NM has hosted actors including John Wayne, Katherine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy…