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  • Camp Denali: fascinating tales from three generations
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    Camp Denali: fascinating tales from three generations

    ByEileen Ogintz June 21, 2012July 16, 2021

    Wood showed us a film after dinner of the building of “Camp” as they call it—hauling logs with a World War II surplus jeep, sawing huge trees with hand saws, giving climbers who successfully summited the largest mountain in North America (20,320 feet!) a free spaghetti dinner.

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  • Finding new ways and places to celebrate July 4
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    Finding new ways and places to celebrate July 4

    ByEileen Ogintz June 21, 2012July 9, 2021

    Maybe this July 4th you’ll be home marching or watching a local parade. Maybe you’ll be visiting the relatives and cheering on nieces and nephews as they march. Maybe you’ll be celebrating some place new, joining in special and unique celebrations.

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  • A “moderate/strenuous” hike on the Denali permafrost
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    A “moderate/strenuous” hike on the Denali permafrost

    ByEileen Ogintz June 20, 2012July 16, 2021

    They said the views from the ridge at the top of the Tiga Trail are spectacular. We ask can we do a “moderate-slash-strenuous” hike (translation: slower). Everyone laughs and the six of us in our family—three nursing bad knees—head off with the naturalists

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  • Two weeks in Alaska: Day One on the road to Camp Denali
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    Two weeks in Alaska: Day One on the road to Camp Denali

    ByEileen Ogintz June 19, 2012July 16, 2021

    We’ve already seen a huge Grizzly munching on a ground squirrel, four Dall sheep, Caribou, a moose and two recently born calves, a red fox …and we’d only been in Denali National Park a few hours.

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  • Remembering a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Tahiti
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    Remembering a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Tahiti

    ByAndy Yemma June 17, 2012November 10, 2025

    That trip was three summers ago and since Mel left for college, we’ve shared adventures but she’s gone off much more often on her own—as it should be. I’m glad we made it to paradise when we did.

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  • Coasters are great, but never force a child to ride
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    Coasters are great, but never force a child to ride

    ByEileen Ogintz June 14, 2012July 8, 2021

    If the kids balk when you get to the front of the line, walk away. Tell your child there’s always next year.

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  • First stop on a family trip to NYC — Central Park
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    First stop on a family trip to NYC — Central Park

    ByEileen Ogintz June 10, 2012July 2, 2023

    In my new book The Kid’s Guide to New York City, I do my best to make sightseeing in the Big Apple fun for kids as well as parents, with plenty of tips from local (play soccer in the park!) and visiting kids (try roasted nuts from a vendor! )

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  • Lots to do in the mountains and farms of Vermont in summer
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    Lots to do in the mountains and farms of Vermont in summer

    ByEileen Ogintz June 7, 2012July 16, 2021

    The kids have already petted a chicken (and learned they’ll eat cantaloupe, as well as worms) met the baby calves Fiona and Danika and the draft horses Joe and Jim. Certain days of the summer, kids, ages 10 to 15, can become a farm vet for a day…

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  • Really? Parents should pay more to sit next to small children?
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    Really? Parents should pay more to sit next to small children?

    ByEileen Ogintz June 3, 2012July 5, 2021

    I can’t agree with the “let the market decide” when it comes to forcing parents to pay extra to sit next to their preschoolers. Even worse, we’re talking about customers who may only fly once or twice a year

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  • To the Caribbean and savings in summer
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    To the Caribbean and savings in summer

    ByEileen Ogintz May 31, 2012July 10, 2021

    Come here in summer and you may be able to afford to vacation like the 1 percenters. Like everywhere in the Caribbean, you can save significant bucks on airfare, as well as lodging.

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