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  • Energy and body restoration at the Four Seasons Resort in Vail
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    Energy and body restoration at the Four Seasons Resort in Vail

    ByEileen Ogintz July 6, 2017July 14, 2021

    I’m at the Four Seasons Resort in Vail with one of the best spas in the Vail Valley. The idea, of course, is not only to relax but to restore your energy and your body

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  • What’s new at theme parks this summer?
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    What’s new at theme parks this summer?

    ByEileen Ogintz July 6, 2017July 14, 2021

    There is certainly lots to choose from this summer — 170 new rides, slides and experiences at 75 parks and attractions across the United States and in Canada

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  • Families love the Four Seasons in Vail Co. for “glamping” and more
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    Families love the Four Seasons in Vail Co. for “glamping” and more

    ByEileen Ogintz July 5, 2017July 6, 2021

    Get ready to get spoiled—for a few days anyway. That’s why the Johnstons, including Kendall, 11, and Reagan, 13, have decamped from Denver to the Four Seasons Resort in Vail for their fourth weekend—this time the Fourth of July.

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  • Kids learning nature through fun at the top of Vail Mountain
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    Kids learning nature through fun at the top of Vail Mountain

    ByEileen Ogintz July 4, 2017December 27, 2021

    this is July Fourth weekend, the resort’s busiest of the summer season. It’s family central at Adventure Ridge located at the top of the gondola at 10,350 feet. Wow what a view!

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  • At the Broadmoor’s Sunday Brunch you might want to start with dessert
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    At the Broadmoor’s Sunday Brunch you might want to start with dessert

    ByEileen Ogintz July 3, 2017July 14, 2021

    It’s hard to resist when Banana Fosters, plum Calvados crepes, bread pudding, apple cobbler, ice cream sundaes, strawberry buttermilk panna cotta, raspberry mojito cupcakes, snickerdoodle crème brulee, even a vegan chocolate pot au crème are there for the taking

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  • Up in the mountain air at The Broadmoor’s Cloud Camp in Colorado
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    Up in the mountain air at The Broadmoor’s Cloud Camp in Colorado

    ByEileen Ogintz July 1, 2017July 14, 2021

    Cloud Camp is the historic Broadmoor resort’s highest wilderness experience. But my daughter Mel and her boyfriend Hank Lockhead – experienced backpackers—think it’s more of a luxury experience with well-appointed log cabins, beautiful bathrooms, gourmet meals…

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  • Generations gather to reconnect at quadrennial family reunion
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    Generations gather to reconnect at quadrennial family reunion

    ByEileen Ogintz June 29, 2017July 14, 2021

    There are lots of milestones at our reunion—25th and 35th anniversaries; 80th, 70th, 60th, 50th and 30th birthdays. One of the grandmothers tried to give the family a quick family history lesson

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  • Cub Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park
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    In Rocky Mountain Nat Park – hikes are great, but beware crowds

    ByEileen Ogintz June 28, 2017July 14, 2021

    if I’d done my homework, the Rocky Mountain National Park rangers would have told me to hike early, as parking spots at some of the popular trailheads—like Beaver Lake, a four-mile round trip hike that is kid-friendly—are gone by 8:30 am.

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  • A family reunion at YMCA of the Rockies Estes Park Center
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    YMCA of the Rockies is Family Reunion Central

    ByEileen Ogintz June 27, 2017July 14, 2021

    Welcome to Family Reunion Central. In fact, the Estes Park Center and its sister resort Snow Mountain Ranch host more than 1,300 reunions a year—more, they believe, than any other venue in the United States.

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  • Getting a new passport requires planning – here’s how
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    Getting a new passport requires planning – here’s how

    ByEileen Ogintz June 26, 2017July 17, 2021

    You get to the airport for a long-planned overseas trip only to discover you can’t board your flight— because your passports expire within six months!

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