What’s ahead for summer

What’s ahead for summer

If you are thinking about renting an RV or a car, heading to popular national park lodges or camping, you need to book or you may be out of luck

To Moab: an outdoors-oriented vaxication

To Moab: an outdoors-oriented vaxication

I wanted a place where we could cook with distance from other families. And with my outdoors-loving gang, it needed to have plenty of hiking and biking

Heaven for dogs and humans

Heaven for dogs and humans

Our 10-year-old pooch Jake, a 14-pound poodle mix, was greeted at check in with a packet of treats and is lazing on the couch in our room

Family activities and, of course, horses!

Family activities and, of course, horses!

The Mattsons were so fearful this trip would also get derailed that they didn’t tell their daughters until they got to the historic White Stallion Ranch

The White Stallion Ranch experience

The White Stallion Ranch experience

If you thought a dude ranch was just about horses, think again—even a historic one like the White Stallion Ranch in Tucson, owned by the True family for decades

The Cactus Garden at The Phoenician

The Cactus Garden at The Phoenician

They may sound like a mixologist’s drink names. But they are some of the different cacti here in a unique two-acre Cactus Garden at The Phoenician Scottsdale.

Scottsdale AZ: family oasis in the desert

Scottsdale AZ: family oasis in the desert

Scottsdale is a city of a lot of contradictions. Huge fancy resorts like The Fairmont Scottsdale Princess and The Phoenician with huge pools, more than 50 spas

A unique Colorado experience

A unique Colorado experience

Only the huge stone fireplace is left of the Nanny’s Cabin and Camp Vigil is the kid-friendly Ranch at Emerald Valley, part of the historic Broadmoor Resort

Taking the kids: Camping

Taking the kids: Camping

Who cares if you get dirty? Who cares if you wear the same T-shirt for three days? No wonder most kids love to go camping!