Articles about travel destinations and experiences.
March 1, 2011
The Hawaiian island of Maui has many beautiful resort communities, plush hotels with elegant pools and luxurious hotel suites. For some families, the inclusive resort experience is so intoxicating and so much fun that you never want to leave your hotel. We’ve been there and done that, too. Maui has so much to offer besides ...
February 27, 2011
Can you take a road trip on an island? The answer is a resounding yes. We’ve enjoyed traversing all the Hawaiian islands by car, getting a view of the Oahu’s beautiful North Shore, and mainly locals West Side; Maui’s Hana Highway and Highway 30 routes, and looping the entire circumference of the aptly named Big ...
February 27, 2011
We went to Cheyenne on business, but we stayed for family fun. Do your kids like cowboys? Have they ever sung the song “Home on the Range?” Then consider taking a trip to cowboy country and wide open spaces where the deer and the antelope – and plenty of cattle – still roam. Wyoming is ...
February 26, 2011
We love all the Hawaiian islands, and it’s hard to pick a favorite for our family to explore. But it’s relatively easy to find favorite adventures and fun times to share with other families on each of the islands. Maui is both lush and green, and peaceful and a tourist destination of resorts and condos. ...
February 26, 2011
The best known driving excursion on the beautiful Hawaiian island of Maui is of course Hana Highway. With its waterfalls and roadside fruit stands and the sleepy village of Hana town offering beaches that are red, black, and white sand, it is of course a twisting, turning stunner of a drive. Highway 30 is less ...
February 22, 2011
A clear but chilly New Year’s Day and a fairly severe case of cabin fever left my husband and our three boys looking for something fun to do that was both inexpensive, and a within a short driving distance. An afternoon trip to the Gene Autry National Center and the Museum of the American West, ...
February 18, 2011
Sometimes you just wanna get away, just like the Southwest Airlines commercial proclaims. But sometimes you don’t want to fly, have a limited budget, and a limited amount of time. For those of you living in or visiting Southern California, here’s a two day/one night trip that makes for a relaxing family get away. First ...
February 18, 2011
Maine is mainly just – fun. Part of the pleasure of visiting this north eastern state is the variety of activities and scenery it offers. Beaches and resorts, forests, farms, the rugged White Mountains, art colonies and fishing fleets, organic growers and lobster-men. There’s the beautiful wilderness of Arcadia National Park, an under-visited beauty that ...
February 16, 2011
One of our favorite island destinations was once a rugged whaling stop off the Massachusetts coast. Nantucket island is more than thirty miles off shore and it’s a longer ferry ride from Cape Cod to Nantucket than it is to the more frequented Martha’s Vineyard. Confession time: as much as my family and I enjoy ...
February 16, 2011
Many people think of island vacations as always including palm trees, little grass shacks, coconuts, and tropical sunshine. But there are other island vacations that can offer a great deal of relaxing fun for you and your family…in the island communities of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket, Massachusetts just off the coast of Cape Cod. Summer ...
