To Montana, which offers outdoor fun all year

To Montana, which offers outdoor fun all year

Nov 12, 2015

I love Yellowstone in winter — no crowds, lots of animals and the chance to see Old Faithful and other thermal features without any crowds. (Did you know Yellowstone has more thermal features than anywhere in the world — 10,000 bubbling mud pots, hot springs and geysers?) Honestly, we felt like we had the whole place to ourselves.

Include a museum stop on your family’s Spring Break

Include a museum stop on your family’s Spring Break

Feb 14, 2013

Wherever you are this winter or wherever you’re planning to go for spring break (check out our ideas for Spring Break 2013, take time to visit a museum exhibit that would especially interest your family.

Ski resorts are offering more and more for families

Ski resorts are offering more and more for families

Nov 3, 2011

Snow resorts around the country are pulling out all the stops for families this winter with everything from alpine coasters (Park City Mountain Resort, Breckenridge) zip lines (Crested Butte, Colo., Big Sky, Mont.) and family festivals (Sunday River, Me., Mount Snow, Vt.)

Spotting wildlife and overcoming juvenile fear in Yellowstone

Spotting wildlife and overcoming juvenile fear in Yellowstone

Aug 11, 2011

Welcome to perhaps America’s greatest natural zoo— Yellowstone National Park with 67 species of mammals, 322 species of birds, 6 species of reptiles, 4 species of amphibians where the kids—my nine-year-old cousin Ethan Sitzman and his six- year-old sister Hannah have been naming the wild life as we go…Betty and Bobby Eagle…Oscar Osprey…Brett Bison…. And today we spot bear!

History and adventure abound at Mount Rushmore

History and adventure abound at Mount Rushmore

Jul 25, 2011

So where can you see the guy with the 20-foot long nose? Here’s a hint: Conceived as a tourist gimmick and celebrating its 70th birthday, it’s recognized around the world as a symbol of the United States and democracy. The answer, of course, is Mount Rushmore, which literally will give the kids an in-your-face history lesson they won’t forget.

The Ice Age has come to Snowmass CO – literally!

The Ice Age has come to Snowmass CO – literally!

Mar 10, 2011

One day last fall—Oct 14, 2010 to be precise—a bulldozer operator named Jesse Steele, working on the expansion of the Ziegler Reservoir for the Snowmass Water and Sanitation District, discovered a bone. But not just any bone—an Ice Age mammoth bone. That was just the beginning