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  • Summer fun and July 4 in the mountains
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    Summer fun and July 4 in the mountains

    ByEileen Ogintz June 21, 2018July 9, 2021

    These days across ski country you’ll find not only plenty of old-fashioned celebrations for Independence Day but also a growing number of mountaintop and mountainside activities

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  • Family Destinations Where the Food Enhances the Sights
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    Family Destinations Where the Food Enhances the Sights

    ByEileen Ogintz June 20, 2018May 9, 2022

    It isn’t always easy for parents traveling with children to find food options at popular destinations that cater to everyone’s taste. Sodexo changes that.

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  • Visiting South Dakota: The Crazy Horse Memorial, A 10K Volksmarch and Starting New Family Traditions
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    Visiting South Dakota: The Crazy Horse Memorial, A 10K Volksmarch and Starting New Family Traditions

    ByEileen Ogintz June 20, 2018July 14, 2021

    The Crazy Horse’s mountain carving near Mount Rushmore has always been about family. Today, the Crazy Horse dream has been handed to the next generation with 4 of the 10 children and several grandchildren

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  • Sleeping Under The Stars: Under Canvas Glamping Near Mount Rushmore In South Dakota
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    Sleeping Under The Stars: Under Canvas Glamping Near Mount Rushmore In South Dakota

    ByEileen Ogintz June 19, 2018July 14, 2021

    Even though The Mount Rushmore state has numerous options when it comes lodging and accommodations, there’s a different way to enjoy a unique night’s rest: glamping

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  • Cool Culture in Curacao: Fun For the Whole Family
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    Cool Culture in Curacao: Fun For the Whole Family

    ByEileen Ogintz June 18, 2018June 28, 2023

    Curacao is a Caribbean island not far from Venezuela. It is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, blending Caribbean and Dutch culture in perfect proportion.

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  • Moving across country – how to avoid scammers and con artists like we didn’t
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    Moving across country – how to avoid scammers and con artists like we didn’t

    ByEileen Ogintz June 14, 2018July 5, 2021

    We were moving cross country — our first move in nearly 25 years — and I let myself be conned by a smooth-talking moving broker and an unscrupulous moving company. Here’s how you can avoid my mistakes

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  • To Vienna
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    To Vienna

    ByEileen Ogintz June 14, 2018July 7, 2021

    After a morning bike ride on Danube Island where it seemed all of Vienna was out strolling and biking on this sunny weekend morning, we saw some of Vienna’s most notable sites

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  • In Kansas City, everything is up to date for the visitors and their dogs
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    In Kansas City, everything is up to date for the visitors and their dogs

    ByEileen Ogintz June 13, 2018July 9, 2021

    We are in the midst of a cross-country road trip to our new home in Denver and a Kansas City stop is welcome—especially on a Saturday night when the hotel restaurant, the Reserve, presents Jazz all evening.

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  • Let’s hear it for Dad
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    Let’s hear it for Dad

    ByEileen Ogintz June 7, 2018June 28, 2023

    This year, as we celebrate dads and granddads, uncles and godfathers, let’s think about things that will make this summer’s vacation more fun — for him. You don’t need to spend a lot of money either.

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  • Kids become revolutionaries in Philadelphia this summer
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    Kids become revolutionaries in Philadelphia this summer

    ByEileen Ogintz June 1, 2018July 9, 2021

    The kids who visit the new Revolution Place, opening June 9, in the year-old Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia can do laundry in an army camp as well as get news just like from the “internet”

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