Rarely has a Monday morning blog post been so hard to write for me. How can I talk about family fun or holiday travel when such a brutal and evil thing happened on Friday? Who even cares? An event like the mass murders in Connecticut throws so …
Why travel?
A Veterans Day lesson
November 16, 2012 one reader comment
One of the things I pride myself on as a traveling mom is that I’m always willing to hop in the car and go on an outing with the kids. So I definitely gave myself some back pats for my plan earlier this week when they were off of school for …
Back to Ski Week: Why I ski with my kids
October 5, 2012 3 reader comments
Welcome to Back to Ski Week, a preview of the upcoming downhill ski season for families. All week long we’ll be thinking snow and I’ll be sharing not only my own tips for planning a family ski vacation but also stories and ideas from other …
An enumerated end-of-summer list
August 24, 2012 one reader comment
Please click on photo for full-size version. Seven miles up and down a 4000-foot mountain Fifteen different types of Bordeaux wine Three completely new-to-me cities explored One lost (and then found) suitcase Four maple creemees One …
When a dream of a family trip becomes reality
May 14, 2012 4 reader comments
One thing I've been thinking a great deal about lately is just how family travel happens. By which I mean that having babies tends to bring out the nesting instinct in many of us, yet I know so many people who have resisted that impulse and have …
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