To Great Smoky Mountains National Park

To Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Welcome to Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the most visited national park in the country with nearly 10 million visitors a year — twice what the Grand Canyon gets.

10 Family Pleasing activities in Edinburgh, Scotland

10 Family Pleasing activities in Edinburgh, Scotland

Check out Daigon Alley! Not at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Orlando or Hollywood, but in Victoria Street in Edinburgh, Scotland, where J.K. Rowling famously wrote the first Harry Potter book while seated in a local coffee shop.

Green Chile Cheesburgers and Bubbling Hot Springs

Green Chile Cheesburgers and Bubbling Hot Springs

It’s a risk as well as an adventure – stopping for a green chile cheeseburger lunch (a New Mexico specialty) at a grocery store/gas station along the state’s Green Chile Cheeseburger Trail.

Angeleno Goes Full Cowboy in Colorado

Angeleno Goes Full Cowboy in Colorado

At the Vista Verde Guest Ranch, it turns ranch life ain’t so bad. It also turns out, a city slicker can really look really really ridiculously awesome wearing a Cowboy hat.

At the Vista Verde Guest Ranch

Combining ski vacation and dude ranch in the Colorado Rockies

Combining ski vacation and dude ranch in the Colorado Rockies

This year, I decided to mix it up—opting to spend half our winter ski week at a dude ranch, Vista Verde Ranch, on 500-plus gorgeous acres about 25 miles outside of Steamboat Springs and as far away from the crowds and tumult of a major ski area as you can get.

10 ways to save money on spring break

10 ways to save money on spring break

on vacation, free is great — a lot better than paying for meals the kids don’t eat, theme park tickets when they’d rather play in the hotel pool or museum entry fees when they are ready to leave in less than an hour.