Nashville KOA Resort
Taking the Kids — RVing
The secret to this unusual road trip bliss: A 36-foot rented RV where the kids can be safely strapped in seatbelts but still able to play games at the table between them
Kids riding at Elkhorn Ranch during the Thanksgiving holiday
Taking the Kids — away for Thanksgiving
Families increasingly are seizing Thanksgiving week for a family vacation. Families explain it is typically a slow week at work and school — some kids have the entire week off, and there may be fewer family obligations.
Dining room at La Fonda on the Plaza in Santa Fe NM
A wedding in Santa Fe and an unexpected Halloween Treat
The morning after the wedding we found a note on our door inviting us to a “Fur Friends Costume Contest” that afternoon to benefit the Espanola Humane Society, which has found adoptions for more than 152,000 dogs and cats over the years. How could we pass this up, Trooper seemed to ask us.
Cave tubing in Crystal Cave
Taking the Kids — to Belize for sun, sand and adventure
Belize boasts more than 500 species of fish and marine life. The water is so clear you can see the reef, sea turtles, rays and more from a kayak too
The Kids Market on Granville Island
Taking the Kids — to a kid-friendly Vancouver
Welcome to the Kids Market on Vancouver’s Granville Island, which draws 10 million visitors annually to its famous public market, restaurants, theaters, galleries, studios and pop-up stores
The hotel is only a few steps away from Clearwater's beach
The Wyndham Grand Clearwater Beach’s Dolphin and Sea Turtle-Themed Rooms
The breathtakingly beautiful 343-room Wyndham Grand Clearwater Beach offers guests a chance to stay in either rescued sea turtle or dolphin themed rooms
taking the kids, family travel, Boston, Massachusetts, college tours, museums, lodging, pets, history
Taking the Kids — college touring in Boston
Having weathered college tours with three kids from upstate New York and New England to Colorado and California, I think a little pet therapy may be just the thing
Eileen with her first Halibut catch in Homer AK
Bringing home the Halibut — final days in Alaska
I'm still dubious when we put the baited and weighted hooks in the ocean. They go down 200 feet but immediately one person gets a bite… then another… and another
Guide Sean Smart helps Eileen with fly fishing on the Kenai River
They call it “fishing,” not “catching” – it was one of those days even in Alaska
There is a reason they call it fishing -- not catching -- even on the Kenai, one of the best rivers in Alaska
Epic Discovery zipline at Breckenridge, CO.
Taking the Kids — to a mountain town the new hippest time of year
If you are looking for a last-gasp summer trip to get out of the heat or a fall getaway with — or without — the kids, you can’t do better than a mountain town like historic Breckenridge, about 90 minutes from Denver