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  • The Solarium on the Celebrity Apex
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    Apex Day 6 – Don’t rain on my parade!

    ByEileen Ogintz September 9, 2021September 9, 2021

    Even with the less than perfect weather, there was plenty to do—more than 60 activities on the Celebrity Apex

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  • A bartender on the Celebrity Apex - all crew are masked at all times during the cruise
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    Apex day 5 – The Pandemic Intrudes

    ByEileen Ogintz September 8, 2021December 5, 2021

    The Captain made the announcement at cocktail hour: A vaccinated guest had tested positive for COVID-19

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  • Honey from giant honeycomb served in Oceanview Cafe
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    Apex Day 4 – What’s for dinner?

    ByEileen Ogintz September 7, 2021September 7, 2021

    “What’s for Dinner?” can be a complicated question aboard the new Celebrity Apex with 10 restaurants to choose from.

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  • Statue of the unknown Greek warrior in the Palace on Rhodes
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    Apex Day 3 – Learning the history of Rhodes

    ByEileen Ogintz September 6, 2021September 6, 2021

    Today, the island of Rhodes, part of the Dodecanese islands, is home to over 120,000 people and pre-covid as many as four million visitors a year

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  • Preparing tomatoes and peppers stuffed with rice, garlic and mint
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    Apex day 2 – A woman following her dreams

    ByEileen Ogintz September 5, 2021September 8, 2021

    Fragedaki is an engaging teacher as she instructs us on how to make spinach pie, tzatziki (a cucumber yogurt sauce), and stuffed tomatoes and peppers

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  • "Infinite Verandas" make the cabins aboard the Celebrity Apex more spacious
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    Apex day 1: Pandemic cruise on a big ship

    ByEileen Ogintz September 5, 2021December 5, 2021

    The Apex, the brand new ship in the Celebrity fleet, can hold nearly 3,000 passengers. But there are 1,100 on board and 936 crew from some 60 countries

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  • The International Albuquerque, New Mexico, Balloon Fiesta.
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    Heading (safely) to a fall festival

    ByEileen Ogintz September 3, 2021December 5, 2021

    If your summer vacation plans got derailed — yet again — take the kids to a fall festival a drivable distance from home

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  • The Wind Star as night falls overMonemvasia, Greece
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    Windstar Day 5 – What’s the best part?

    ByEileen Ogintz September 3, 2021September 3, 2021

    Ask a group of people their favorite vacation experience—even if they have shared a ship for a week—and you will get a different answer from each person

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  • View of Fira atop the Santorini caldera
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    Windstar Day 4: Santorini without crowds

    ByEileen Ogintz September 1, 2021September 1, 2021

    The famed Greek Isle of Santorini is actually the eastern rim of a volcano caldera that has erupted many times through the ages

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  • Moussaka - the Greek casserole with eggplant and meat with a bechamel top
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    Windstar Day 3 – Food any way and all day

    ByEileen Ogintz August 31, 2021September 1, 2021

    There’s no charge aboard the Wind Star sailing yacht for room service. But we also learn that we can have room service anywhere we like onboard.

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  • Niko Asymomytis and his daughterDimitra Asimomyti at their organic vineyard on Mykonos
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    Windstar Day 2 – Calling all night owls

    ByEileen Ogintz August 30, 2021August 31, 2021

    If you are a night person, ou’ll love the Greek Island of Mykonos — AKA The Party Island of Greece — which is decidedly sleepy in the morning

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  • The Wind Star anchored in the harbor of Milos
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    Windstar Day One – Cruising through a pandemic in Greece

    ByEileen Ogintz August 29, 2021December 5, 2021

    The Wind Star can accommodate 148 passengers in 73 staterooms and one larger suite. But it has typically been sailing with half that number since cruises resumed this summer

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  • Preparing the stuffed tomatoes and peppers
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    An Athens Authentic At-Home Greek Dinner

    ByEileen Ogintz August 28, 2021August 28, 2021

    Before we arrived, we’d never met the couple yet they were hosting us for dinner—a dinner we would help prepare in their small kitchen

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  • Eleni Fotiou explains Greek mythology to kids on her tours
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    Mythology Made Easy in Athens

    ByEileen Ogintz August 28, 2021August 30, 2021

    Imagine if you are a competitive Greek god or goddess of ancient mythology with a big ego, not to mention you’re immortal with many superpowers

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  • View from our room at Half Moon Resort
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    A tropical resort with something for everyone

    ByEileen Ogintz August 26, 2021July 2, 2023

    We’ve just gotten off our horses on a white-sand beach after swimming with them and we’re real thirsty — yes, we were swimming with them

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  • Vendor selling spices at Central Market in Athens
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    A taste of Authenticity in Athens

    ByEileen Ogintz August 26, 2021August 26, 2021

    On a first visit, Kagkas explains, tourists check off the must sees–The Acropolis, the Plaka, the museums, but they don’t experience Athens like a local

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  • Acropolis view from St. George Hotel in Athens
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    In Athens, a hotel goes over and above

    ByEileen Ogintz August 26, 2021August 26, 2021

    When US hotels are struggling to get enough staff—and whose staff often don’t seem to care–it is nice to find a place that genuinely cares about its guests

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  • Marina Sun Hat from Coolibar
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    MUST-HAVE HATS

    ByEileen Ogintz August 19, 2021November 16, 2021

    I was surprised by all the choices from Coolibar and Colorado-based Wallaroo Hat Company, a woman-owned business.

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  • Spotless travel tank dress from Royal Robbins
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    Packing Light

    ByEileen Ogintz August 19, 2021August 19, 2021

    Now that I’ve discovered Royal Robbins, a company that makes versatile, ethically produced travel wear, I may cure my bad packing habit

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  • Disney Cruise Line
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    Are you ready to cruise again?

    ByEileen Ogintz August 19, 2021June 28, 2023

    The CDC has lowered its health notice on cruise travel from Level 4 – avoid – to Level 3, which encourages travelers to get fully vaccinated before traveling

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  • Maine is as famous for its wild blueberries as its lobster
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    10 reasons to visit Maine

    ByEileen Ogintz August 12, 2021December 22, 2021

    Maine is the number one producer of wild blueberries in the country, and you can certainly take your pick of how to eat them if you visit

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  • Pikes Peak Cog Railway.
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    On the newly opened Pikes Peak Cog Railway

    ByEileen Ogintz August 5, 2021August 9, 2021

    It’s no wonder that the Broadmoor Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway, just reopened after a 4-year makeover, is hugely popular with families

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  • Sunflowers and mirrors at the Van Gogh exhibit in Aurora CO
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    A brand-new way to experience art

    ByEileen Ogintz July 29, 2021June 28, 2023

    Anyone who has tried to interest and show kids Great Art knows they may not always respond the way you’d like, or even expect.

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    How to Find a Great Place to Stay at your Travel Location

    ByEileen Ogintz July 27, 2021July 29, 2021

    Instead of being nervous about where you’ll end up at night, plan and find a fantastic hotel room you can enjoy.

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  • People at a busy airport security at a busy international airport
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    Returning to the (not always friendly) skies

    ByEileen Ogintz July 22, 2021June 28, 2023

    No one — from airport shuttles to rental car companies to airlines – seems prepared, resulting in irritable employees and travelers

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    4 Best Activities for Kids on Vacation

    ByEileen Ogintz July 15, 2021July 16, 2021

    Here are some of the best activities that your kids can get stuck into during the spare hours of your vacation.

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  • Top Jamaican Chef Brian Lumley serves dish at Star San Villa
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    A different kind of Jamaican vacation

    ByEileen Ogintz July 15, 2021December 5, 2025

    I don’t know which is better — the food, the view, or bragging rights to the Jamaica experience very few have.

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  • To Denver for the 2021All-Star Game
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    To Denver for the 2021All-Star Game

    ByEileen Ogintz July 8, 2021July 9, 2021

    You don’t want to miss taking a selfie when you are exactly a mile high, 5,280 feet — on the 13th step of the west side of the State Capitol Building

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  • Swift Current Lake in Glacier NP, Montana.
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    Safely visiting the national parks

    ByEileen Ogintz July 1, 2021July 9, 2021

    Rangers underscore that our national parks are not theme parks, that there are real dangers. It’s essential that you teach the kids that you must be careful

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  • Holland America's Ooosterdam in Seward Alaska
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    Cruising is back soon: What’s your pick?

    ByEileen Ogintz June 29, 2021May 13, 2024

    Princess, Carnival, and Holland America will be sailing from Seattle to Alaska starting late July without any port stops in Canada,

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  • White wash staircases on Santorini Island, Greece
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    Time Travel to Ancient Civilizations

    ByEileen Ogintz June 28, 2021June 28, 2021

    The Best Part: Bragging Rights to cruising a new way on Atlas Ocean Voyages’ newly constructed expedition ship World Navigator

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  • Cactus Garden at The Phoenician.
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    Reasons to brave Arizona’s summer heat

    ByEileen Ogintz June 24, 2021July 9, 2021

    It’s worth braving the heat for the “you can only have them here” experiences: food and fantastic deals at resorts with expansive pools, spas and restaurants

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  • Room service breakfast served with panache!
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    Something For Everyone: Half Moon Resort

    ByEileen Ogintz June 23, 2021July 9, 2021

    Mixology classes for the adults… sailing and diving classes for the kids. And plenty of sun, sand and ocean for everyone

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  • View from our room at Half Moon Resort
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    A Different Kind of Trail Ride

    ByEileen Ogintz June 22, 2021June 22, 2021

    So here I am in the bay at Half Moon Resort, on the North Coast of Jamaica. I’m hanging on to Cutta’s tail as well as I can. But I’m not sure it will be enough

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  • The fish finishing up in the pan of Jamaican curry sauce
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    Jamaican Food at Its Best: Star San

    ByEileen Ogintz June 21, 2021July 16, 2021

    Award-winning and well-known Jamaican Chef Brian Lumley is showing us how to make coconut curry shrimp and just-caught fish—lionfish, parrot fish, snapper

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  • 5 Essentials for Hiking Trip With a Baby
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    5 Essentials for Hiking Trip With a Baby

    ByEileen Ogintz June 21, 2021June 28, 2023

    One of the safest outdoor trips you can take with your children is hiking. It’s a nice bonding activity that’s also good for your health

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  • Famous Jamaican Jerk Chicken on the grill at Button Beach
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    What’s On Your Bucket List? Add GoldenEye

    ByEileen Ogintz June 19, 2021July 9, 2021

    It’s small enough that there are no conflicts over finding a beach chair. And with its tropical gardens it’s easy to forget what’s happening in the world

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  • Ian Fleming at work on his James Bond novels (historical photo)
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    Communing With James Bond at GoldenEye

    ByEileen Ogintz June 18, 2021July 9, 2021

    Fleming wrote every one of his 14 James Bond novels here in a tropical villa off Oracabessa Bay. He took the name of an English ornithologist for his hero

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  • What we ate instead. Wonderful lunch cooked by Mark Lindsay at Lindsay's Seafood Joint and Bar (Photo: Richard Nattoo)
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    Good To Have a Plan B – Authentic Jamaica

    ByAndy Yemma June 18, 2021November 10, 2025

    Cummings explained he has fond memories of growing up in Jamaica until his parents moved him and his siblings to Brooklyn when he was 13

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  • The True family.
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    Calling all cowboys and cowgirls

    ByEileen Ogintz June 18, 2021June 28, 2023

    Russell True jokes that his mom thought her husband was crazy when he said in 1965 that he was done with his job in Denver and wanted to buy a ranch in Arizona

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  • Captain Grregory Chance
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    In Jamaica, it’s all about YA MON

    ByEileen Ogintz June 16, 2021July 9, 2021

    Everyone is so friendly. Even if you don’t know the person, it’s common courtesy to say hi — “YA, MON,”

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  • Duck and Lamb at the French Restaurant
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    Can’t choose entree? Choose everything!

    ByEileen Ogintz June 16, 2021July 9, 2021

    when we couldn’t choose between Duck Bigarde (with an orange sauce) or Carre D’Agneau (rack of lamb) our waiter encouraged us to try both

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  • The wedding at Sandals Royal Plantation
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    Wedding are back at Sandals in Jamaica

    ByEileen Ogintz June 16, 2021July 9, 2021

    The music alerted those of us in the water and on the beach as the bride floated down the dock in her long, white dress to the Gazebo

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  • Armed police greet passengers after the THIRD JetBlue aircraft fails to depart
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    JetBlue and the Terrible Day at JFK

    ByEileen Ogintz June 16, 2021July 9, 2021

    What should have been a simple 3 ½ hour direct flight from JFK Airport in Queens, NY, to Montego Bay, Jamaica, turned into an all-day and night travel odyssey

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  • Bayonne jambon
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    Celebrating Dads cooking prowess

    ByEileen Ogintz June 15, 2021July 9, 2021

    Is the dad in your life suddenly waxing eloquent about camping trip meals? Has grandpa become an oenophile during the pandemic?

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  • Skylar Sandals from NAOT
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    Walking on a cloud

    ByEileen Ogintz June 8, 2021July 9, 2021

    Have you ever made the mistake of going sightseeing in uncomfortable footwear?

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  • Foam Party at one of Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park Camps
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    Why Moms and Kids are Gaga for Glamping

    ByEileen Ogintz June 7, 2021June 28, 2023

    Nine-out-of-10 moms reported in a survey say camping/glamping leads to greater family communication and bonding compared to other activities.

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    How to Prevent & Treat Hiking Blisters

    ByEileen Ogintz June 7, 2021July 10, 2021

    Blisters are more common than most people think. For example, women who wear high heels are likely going to have to deal with a blister situation every week.

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  • Sue the T-Rex at the Field Museum.
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    What’s ahead for summer

    ByEileen Ogintz June 3, 2021July 10, 2021

    If you are thinking about renting an RV or a car, heading to popular national park lodges or camping, you need to book or you may be out of luck

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  • The Colorado River at Moab UT
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    To Moab: an outdoors-oriented vaxication

    ByEileen Ogintz May 27, 2021July 16, 2021

    I wanted a place where we could cook with distance from other families. And with my outdoors-loving gang, it needed to have plenty of hiking and biking

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  • A Princess Cruise in Alaska's Glacier Bay
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    Cruises Returning for Summer 2021

    ByEileen Ogintz May 26, 2021December 5, 2021

    The US cruise industry is moving quickly to resume sailings with a flurry of announcements that some cruises to Alaska will resume in mid-Summer from Seattle

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  • Heaven for dogs and humans
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    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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