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    Eileen posts on Have Family Will Travel — From Four Seasons

    ByEileen Ogintz August 28, 2013July 16, 2021

    Eileen posts on Have Family Will Travel — From Four Seasons on taking the kids on a learning vacation in New York.

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    Eileen is quoted an an expert in The Flipkey Blog

    ByEileen Ogintz August 28, 2013July 16, 2021

    Eileen is quoted an an expert in The Flipkey Blog on reducing the stress of traveling with kids.

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  • Universal Hollywood through the eyes an 11-year-old
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    Universal Hollywood through the eyes an 11-year-old

    ByEileen Ogintz August 26, 2013July 8, 2021

    If you go to Universal Studios in Hollywood, do like we did and get a Front of the Line pass, also referred to as a “Gate A” pass. These passes are really cool because they helped us to save time because it lets you skip to the front of the line for anything in the park. With the pass, we also had reserved seating at the shows like WaterWorld (a really cool action-packed stunt show with people on motorboats and JetSki’s.

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    Travel Writers conference showcases the best of the Midwest in autumn

    ByEileen Ogintz August 25, 2013July 15, 2021

    Being in Rockford for a travel writers conference—Travel Media Showcase– and talking to a lot of people from Midwest cities and States—Peoria and St. Paul, the Quad Cities in Western Illinois and Eastern Iowa, Fort Wayne and Kansas City—made me realize once again how much the Midwest has to offer families.

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  • ACES in Aspen: a hidden gem for local and visiting families
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    ACES in Aspen: a hidden gem for local and visiting families

    ByEileen Ogintz August 24, 2013July 15, 2021

    The Aspen Center for Environmental Studies (ACES) is celebrating its 45th anniversary and it is a great place to learn more about the spectacular environment here—and the creatures who call it home, whether you visit in summer, fall or winter.

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  • Fly fishing near Aspen — it’s about the fishing not the catching
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    Fly fishing near Aspen — it’s about the fishing not the catching

    ByEileen Ogintz August 23, 2013July 15, 2021

    “It’s about the experience,” says our guide Trevor Clapper from the Little Nell Adventure Shop, which offers trips that end in Basalt, about 20 miles downriver. Clapper says of everything people want to do in the summer or fall when they come to Aspen—off road jeep tours, guided hiking trips, white river rafting—fly fishing is the most popular.

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  • A bike ride with grown kids to a unique distillery in Basalt CO
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    A bike ride with grown kids to a unique distillery in Basalt CO

    ByEileen Ogintz August 22, 2013July 15, 2021

    In summer, it’s all about bikers, runners, walkers. Many people opt to bike from the trailhead in Aspen about 10 miles as far as Woody Creek Tavern; today we opt to go another 10 miles to visit the new Woody Creek Distillery—where vodka is being made from potatoes grown in Woody Creek.

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  • Reaching out and touching a penguin at Sea World Orlando
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    Reaching out and touching a penguin at Sea World Orlando

    ByEileen Ogintz August 22, 2013July 15, 2021

    The adults are busy catching up while the kids swim and play, but this isn’t any waterfront playground on a late summer day. This is a unique playground for penguins — “Antarctica: Empire of the Penguins” — the largest expansion ever at SeaWorld Orlando.

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    Cooking up a storm at a rental house in Snowmass Village CO

    ByEileen Ogintz August 21, 2013July 15, 2021

    I spent all day in the kitchen—on vacation. But maybe because it was my choice and maybe because it’s a spectacular kitchen at a Portico Club house overlooking the mountains in Snowmass, CO, I didn’t mind a bit.
    In fact, because the kitchen was so well equipped—and the house so spacious—we decided to host a barbeque for folks we know who live here and who always are hosting us when we visit.

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  • A hike in the rain in the beautiful mountains near Aspen CO
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    A hike in the rain in the beautiful mountains near Aspen CO

    ByEileen Ogintz August 20, 2013July 15, 2021

    Snowmass is a great family ski mountain—one of the biggest and best in the country, in fact. But a visit here—and to neighboring Aspen—is a treat any time of year. There’s hiking, biking (road biking and mountain biking), fly fishing, rafting… even a scenic helicopter tour.

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