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  • To a Totally Kidcentric and Affordable Ski Resort This Spring
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    To a Totally Kidcentric and Affordable Ski Resort This Spring

    ByEileen Ogintz March 7, 2010June 28, 2023

    Sorry, Cinderella. Five-year-old Hannah Sitzman has forsaken all things princess to be a Winter Queen, she announces as she makes her way to the huge ice throne in a castle at the top of a ski mountain that took more than 75 tons of snow and two full weeks to build.

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  • Our family takes over Keystone mountain
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    Our family takes over Keystone mountain

    ByEileen Ogintz March 5, 2010June 28, 2023

    DAY 8 — Yes, a ski trip can work whether you are five, 19 or 60-at least for our family, at least at Keystone Resort that is the most economical and most kid-centric of Vail’s Colorado resorts.

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  • No shortage of things to do at Vista Verde
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    No shortage of things to do at Vista Verde

    ByEileen Ogintz March 3, 2010June 28, 2023

    DAY 6 — Ever since they were a young married couple in Indianapolis, Peggy and Jerry Throgmartin talked about buying a ranch. “This is my husband’s dream since he was seven, said Peggy Throgmartin. It took till the couple was in their fifties to make it happen—here at Vista Verde Ranch

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  • To Vista Verde Ranch near Steamboat
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    To Vista Verde Ranch near Steamboat

    ByEileen Ogintz March 2, 2010June 28, 2023

    Our 2010 Colorado winter adventure continues. DAY 5 — Think four wheel drive. Think four wheel drive on skis. I’m in the back country of the Vista Verde Ranch—some 560 pristine snow covered acres at 7800 feet above altitude—trying my hand at back country skiing.

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  • A day trip to the Monterey Bay Aquarium
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    A day trip to the Monterey Bay Aquarium

    ByAndy Yemma March 1, 2010November 10, 2025

    The centerpiece of Fisherman’s Wharf in Monterey Bay, CA is the massive Monterey Bay Aquarium . It’s an incredible structure which includes some of the largest fish tanks in the world and some of the most elusive creatures in our oceans

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  • Fishing in Alaska
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    Fishing in Alaska

    ByEileen Ogintz February 28, 2010June 28, 2023

    “The fish must hate us,” moans 13-year-old Miles Singer. We are on the world-famous Kenai River in Alaska with one of the river’s best guides, Steve Fickes, who jokes that he’s been guiding “ever since I got my accounting degree” — more than two decades ago.It’s like Grand Central Station on the Kenai this morning

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  • Patience please
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    Patience please

    ByEileen Ogintz February 26, 2010June 28, 2023

    Here on the East Coast we’re in the midst of another big snow storm which means that air travel will be a mess–even if you aren’t going anywhere near New York or Boston.

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  • Taking the Kids — On Spring Break
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    Taking the Kids — On Spring Break

    ByEileen Ogintz February 21, 2010June 28, 2023

    Who says college kids have all the fun? I’ve spent spring breaks hunting for the “perfect” Sand Dollar on a Sanibel Island beach, watching major leaguers at spring training games, along with my little leaguers, and exploring the Grand Canyon with a couple of young hikers who were thrilled to become Junior Rangers.

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  • Steamboat is most definitely kid-centric
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    Steamboat is most definitely kid-centric

    ByEileen Ogintz February 20, 2010June 28, 2023

    DAY 4 — It’s just after 9 a.m. and the spanking new Kids Vacation Center at Steamboat—it has doubled in size this year—is in full swing.

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  • Strawberry Park Hot Springs in Steamboat Spring Colorado
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    Soaking up the Hot Springs

    ByEileen Ogintz February 19, 2010June 28, 2023

    I’m soaking in Steamboat’s famous Strawberry Park Hot Springs in a natural pool that is about 105 degrees surrounded by mountains and snow covered trees. There are two other pools that we sample—one that is 101 and one at 75 degrees is downright freezing. Some hardy souls are rolling in the snow and jumping back in.

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