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  • At Ski Cooper – a half hour and a world away from Vail and Breck
    Families & Groups | Backyard Vacations | Destinations | Parks & Outdoors | Snow Vacations | Travel Diaries

    At Ski Cooper – a half hour and a world away from Vail and Breck

    ByEileen Ogintz February 6, 2017June 28, 2023

    It feels as if I have the entire mountain with its fresh snow all to myself—and it’s Saturday. Welcome to Ski Cooper, just outside of Leadville with 39 trails and four lifts spanning 400 lift-served acres and no artificial snow

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  • In Leadville CO — the highest town in the USA!
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    In Leadville CO — the highest town in the USA!

    ByEileen Ogintz February 5, 2017July 14, 2021

    Just an after dinner stroll. In 10,000-plus feet altitude. In the snow. What could be more fun after a delicious dinner in a Yurt cookhouse?

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  • Historic sites and museums to visit during Black History Month
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    Historic sites and museums to visit during Black History Month

    ByEileen Ogintz February 2, 2017July 9, 2021

    February is the ideal time to visit a historic site or explore a museum exhibit celebrating African American History Month, which is also celebrated in Britain and Canada.

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  • Resolutions for February: Show the Love
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    Resolutions for February: Show the Love

    ByEileen Ogintz February 1, 2017July 5, 2021

    Here’s a new way to show your love—and it doesn’t necessarily involve chocolates (who needs the calories) a fancy dinner or flowers, nice as they are to receive.

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  • Woodstock VT: A Winter Weekend of Outdoor Activities
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    Woodstock VT: A Winter Weekend of Outdoor Activities

    ByEileen Ogintz January 31, 2017July 9, 2021

    Vermont is loaded with quaint villages and covered bridges, but Woodstock stands tall even in state that’s chockfull of adorable.

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  • Families have most everything at the Azul Beach Resort on Rivieria Maya
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    Families have most everything at the Azul Beach Resort on Rivieria Maya

    ByEileen Ogintz January 26, 2017July 10, 2021

    Welcome to Azul Beach Resort Riviera Maya by Karisma, just 20 minutes from Cancun Airport and just 148 recently renovated rooms with everything, including SpongeBob SquarePants

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  • Taking the Kids on a lengthy travel ‘sabbatical’
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    Taking the Kids on a lengthy travel ‘sabbatical’

    ByEileen Ogintz January 26, 2017July 14, 2021

    For five years, David and Shari Jacobson saved as much as they could, but they weren’t saving for a dream house or college for their two sons. They were putting money aside for a dream family trip many thought would never happen.

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  • Azul The Fives – An all-inclusive with practically everything
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    Azul The Fives – An all-inclusive with practically everything

    ByEileen Ogintz January 25, 2017July 10, 2021

    The smiling woman is making them with fresh corn tortillas in the heart of the plaza. But we’re not in Playa del Carmen’s famous pedestrian Fifth Avenue. We’re just outside Playa del Carmen at Azul Beach Resort The Fives Plaza

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  • On the Riviera Maya – Suites for big family groups at Generations by Karisma
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    On the Riviera Maya – Suites for big family groups at Generations by Karisma

    ByEileen Ogintz January 24, 2017July 10, 2021

    Welcome to the 144-suite Generations, a Karisma resort about 40 minutes from Cancun. Did I mention grandparents can get a one bedroom unit free this year with a two-bedroom unit for their family? Nice too!

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  • Bites of Nassau: A Bahamian Food Tour That Goes Way Beyond the Beach
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    Bites of Nassau: A Bahamian Food Tour That Goes Way Beyond the Beach

    ByEileen Ogintz January 20, 2017July 14, 2021

    As pleased as our palates were at Atlantis, we weren’t about to miss the opportunity to sample bona fide Bahamian cuisine.

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  • On a cruise for spring or summer break
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    On a cruise for spring or summer break

    ByEileen Ogintz January 19, 2017May 13, 2024

    Welcome to the world of cruising. The best part: You can easily stay within budget and bring the grandparents along without any trouble.

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  • Terranea, A Southern California Resort Respite
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    Terranea, A Southern California Resort Respite

    ByEileen Ogintz January 13, 2017July 8, 2021

    Perched on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, Terranea is a rambling resort on 102 acres of land, pristine and brimming with flora and fauna

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  • Why families need travel insurance
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    Why families need travel insurance

    ByEileen Ogintz January 12, 2017July 14, 2021

    . I know most families don’t think they need travel insurance, but it really can save the day — and lots of money as costs can run into six figures when someone must be evacuated in a medical emergency. And, as travel insurers note, that is as likely to happen at a Mexican resort as on a cruise ship in some exotic locale.

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  • Five ways to make food a fun part of your 2017 vacation
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    Five ways to make food a fun part of your 2017 vacation

    ByEileen Ogintz January 5, 2017July 17, 2021

    You can teach the kids a lot about the culture of a place through its food. Besides, it’s fun. Two-thirds of those polled for the 2016 Portrait of American Travelers say fine-dining is important on vacation.

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  • Memories for a lifetime: kids in Antarctica
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    Memories for a lifetime: kids in Antarctica

    ByEileen Ogintz January 2, 2017July 7, 2021

    Each kid on this A&K expedition to Antarctica has many memories but distinct favorites. “Sailing by an iceberg, it was so beautiful,” said Lake, 12, from New York City.

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  • New Years Day to Remember: the whales in Antarctica
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    New Years Day to Remember: the whales in Antarctica

    ByEileen Ogintz January 2, 2017July 7, 2021

    Then there were the whales—feeding at the edge of the ice here in Wilhelmina Bay, which is kind of a supermarket for whales with abundant Krill that the Southern humpbacks feed on.

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  • Snow fun in the sun in Antarctica on New Years Eve!
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    Snow fun in the sun in Antarctica on New Years Eve!

    ByEileen Ogintz January 1, 2017July 7, 2021

    The kids—and some of the parents from this Abercrombie & Kent expedition to Antarctica — are sliding down the hill they’ve just trudged up on their backsides. It is so warm everyone has shed parkas, hats and mittens.

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  • Day One in Antarctica – kids try a spin in the Zodiacs
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    Day One in Antarctica – kids try a spin in the Zodiacs

    ByEileen Ogintz January 1, 2017July 7, 2021

    We’re ashore with Abercrombie & Kent on the rocky, crescent shaped Half Moon Island which was known to sealers as early as 1821. The stars of the show are the Chinstrap Penguins

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  • Football, roses and art – Pasadena CA has it all
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    Football, roses and art – Pasadena CA has it all

    ByEileen Ogintz January 1, 2017July 7, 2021

    Pasadena, just 12 minutes from Downtown LA via light Metro Rail, has a lot to offer every day—not least the sunshine, 300 days a year.

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  • Watch for whales, seabirds and penguins on icebergs
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    Watch for whales, seabirds and penguins on icebergs

    ByEileen Ogintz December 30, 2016July 7, 2021

    Adults and kids alike on the Abercrombie & Kent trip aboard Le Boreal are on deck, bundled in parkas and hats as we pass a giant iceberg where Chinstrap penguins frolic

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  • Remembering five great family adventures in 2016
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    Remembering five great family adventures in 2016

    ByEileen Ogintz December 29, 2016June 28, 2023

    Ask anyone what they want from vacation and, besides a good time, they’ll likely answer that they’re after lasting memories for their family

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  • Kids learn about sailing in the Earth’s most difficult waters
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    Kids learn about sailing in the Earth’s most difficult waters

    ByEileen Ogintz December 29, 2016July 7, 2021

    We’re in some of the most treacherous seas of the world, Captain Etienne Garcia, tells the boys and girls.

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  • On South Georgia Island – learning animal behavior
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    On South Georgia Island – learning animal behavior

    ByEileen Ogintz December 28, 2016July 7, 2021

    This morning in Gold Harbor on the southern end of South Georgia, an elephant seal pup, just a few months old, approached Sophie as if to say “Be my friend!”

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  • Day Two on South Georgia: a Visit to the whaling station
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    Day Two on South Georgia: a Visit to the whaling station

    ByEileen Ogintz December 27, 2016October 18, 2023

    Welcome to St. Andrews Bay in South Georgia with the backdrop of the Heaney and Cook Glaciers and home to the largest King Penguin colony in the world

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  • South Georgia Island: home of the Oakum Boys
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    South Georgia Island: home of the Oakum Boys

    ByEileen Ogintz December 25, 2016February 6, 2022

    they’re juvenile King Penguins, also known as “Oakum Boys,” who still have a fluffy coat of downy brown feathers and they’re pecking at their moms to feed them

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  • Whales and Christmas Carole on the High Southern Seas
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    Whales and Christmas Carole on the High Southern Seas

    ByEileen Ogintz December 24, 2016July 7, 2021

    On the Southern Ocean for the second day between the Falklands and South Georgia – rocking seas, HUMPBACKS! and Christmas carols.

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  • On the Southern Ocean, Dissecting a Squid is What You Do
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    On the Southern Ocean, Dissecting a Squid is What You Do

    ByEileen Ogintz December 23, 2016July 7, 2021

    This morning, as the Southern Ocean rocks the boat with waves 10 or more feet high, the kids have gathered in a corner of the sixth floor restaurant to dissect a squid.

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  • Who Knew? A Trip to the Fire Station in the Falkland Islands
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    Who Knew? A Trip to the Fire Station in the Falkland Islands

    ByEileen Ogintz December 22, 2016July 17, 2021

    The fire trucks pull up to our ship Le Boreal in the Falkland Islands, sirens blazing and lights flashing. But there was no emergency.

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  • It’s time again for families to have some fun in the snow
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    It’s time again for families to have some fun in the snow

    ByEileen Ogintz December 22, 2016July 14, 2021

    Peanut M&Ms are good, too. The Aspen, Colorado, middle-schoolers I interviewed for my “Kid’s Guide to Denver and Colorado Ski Country” opine that it’s always smart to have “power candy,” in your pocket

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  • On a Cruise to Antarctica – 34 Kids and a Whole Lot of Enthusiasm
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    On a Cruise to Antarctica – 34 Kids and a Whole Lot of Enthusiasm

    ByEileen Ogintz December 21, 2016July 17, 2021

    On the first day of our A&K adventure cruise from Argentina to the Falklands, S. Georgia and Antarctica – 34 kids on board and a lot of enthusiasm for learning

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