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  • Heaven for dogs and humans
    Families & Groups | Backyard Vacations | Destinations | Food and Dining | Lodging | Parks & Outdoors | Travel Diaries

    Heaven for dogs and humans

    ByEileen Ogintz May 20, 2021January 5, 2022

    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

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  • A late pandemic trip to Walt Disney World
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    A late pandemic trip to Walt Disney World

    ByEileen Ogintz May 20, 2021December 5, 2021

    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.

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  • Families connect at White Stallion Ranch
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    Families connect at White Stallion Ranch

    ByEileen Ogintz May 20, 2021July 16, 2021

    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

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  • A trail ride at the White Stallion Ranch near Tucson AZ
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    Family activities and, of course, horses!

    ByEileen Ogintz May 19, 2021July 16, 2021

    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

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  • The White Stallion Ranch experience
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    The White Stallion Ranch experience

    ByEileen Ogintz May 18, 2021July 16, 2021

    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

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  • The Cactus Garden at The Phoenician
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    The Cactus Garden at The Phoenician

    ByEileen Ogintz May 15, 2021July 10, 2021

    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.

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  • Scottsdale AZ: family oasis in the desert
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    Scottsdale AZ: family oasis in the desert

    ByEileen Ogintz May 15, 2021July 10, 2021

    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

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  • The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs
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    A unique Colorado experience

    ByEileen Ogintz May 13, 2021October 4, 2023

    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

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  • Wellness at Fairmont Scottsdale Princess
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    Wellness at Fairmont Scottsdale Princess

    ByEileen Ogintz May 13, 2021July 8, 2021

    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

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  • The historic hotel on Route 66
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    The historic hotel on Route 66

    ByEileen Ogintz May 13, 2021July 10, 2021

    The El Rancho Hotel, right on Route 66 in Gallup NM has hosted actors including John Wayne, Katherine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy…

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