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  • A Spring Skiing Adventure at Heavenly and Kirkwood ski resorts
    Backyard Vacations | Destinations | Families & Groups | Lodging | Snow Vacations | Travel Diaries

    A Spring Skiing Adventure at Heavenly and Kirkwood ski resorts

    ByEileen Ogintz April 20, 2012July 10, 2021

    Heavenly Ski Resort. We both agreed that this ski area had been aptly named. We looked out over the giant span of beautiful Lake Tahoe from the top of the mountain.

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  • A flight worth enjoying, honestly!
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    A flight worth enjoying, honestly!

    ByEileen Ogintz April 19, 2012July 16, 2021

    I’m in my Virgin America extra legroom seat with no one in front of me and plenty of room to stretch on this flight from San Francisco to New York. For once the five-hour plus flight doesn’t seem interminable.

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  • Time to plan your visit to our National Parks
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    Time to plan your visit to our National Parks

    ByEileen Ogintz April 19, 2012May 13, 2024

    My youngest daughter, Mel, says those national parks trips when she was little (and complained her legs were “broken” from all the hiking) spurred her interest in environmental science — her college major

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  • An Easter brunch to remember — Day Five
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    An Easter brunch to remember — Day Five

    ByEileen Ogintz April 18, 2012July 10, 2021

    We are at the Ritz Carlton Half Moon Bay’s Sunday Brunch that is so popular in the Bay area that people drive an hour or more to indulge.

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  • Giant Redwoods and little yellow slugs – Day Four
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    Giant Redwoods and little yellow slugs – Day Four

    ByEileen Ogintz April 17, 2012July 9, 2021

    The Giant Redwoods, soaring hundreds of feet in the air, were amazing. But what was even better was the conversations with my daughter Reggie as we hiked through Butano State Park in the Santa Cruz Mountains

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  • Exploring the coastal region near Half Moon Bay
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    Exploring the coastal region near Half Moon Bay

    ByEileen Ogintz April 16, 2012July 12, 2021

    This area is also home California’s first and only broad based ecotourism visitor program, through which more than 30 farmers, fisherman and business community members have come together to offer visitors hands-on activities and a chance to meet local residents.

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  • RVing vs camping? Why not both?
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    RVing vs camping? Why not both?

    ByEileen Ogintz April 15, 2012July 5, 2021

    Many suggest that despite gas prices RVing is cheaper than other vacations but the Muellers aren’t so sure. That wasn’t why they did it anyway—it was a lifestyle thing, to get outdoors with the kids.

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  • Day Two – exploring San Francisco’s Japantown
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    Day Two – exploring San Francisco’s Japantown

    ByEileen Ogintz April 13, 2012July 9, 2021

    Everyone knows San Francisco’s bustling, busy Chinatown, the largest outside of Asia.
    But Japantown? This area is worth exploring and not just for the food.

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  • Six days in San Francisco and Redwood country
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    Six days in San Francisco and Redwood country

    ByEileen Ogintz April 12, 2012July 9, 2021

    The Fairmont San Francisco’s Executive Chef jW Foster installed the beehives in the hotel’s 1,000-square foot culinary garden to help support the bee population which has dropped 90 per cent since the 1980s.

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  • Spiderman vs. Harry Potter at Universal Orlando
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    Spiderman vs. Harry Potter at Universal Orlando

    ByEileen Ogintz April 12, 2012July 6, 2021

    Move over, Harry Potter. Spider-Man has arrived. “I’m just not that into Harry Potter,” explains 16-year-old Jordan Madow who preferred the newly reanimated Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man

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