A Family Travel Blog
Cool Hotels I spend an inordinate amount of time choosing hotels when we travel. My criteria: But no matter how amazing a hotel is, it’s primarily a place to base out of when you’re seeing a city…except when it’s not! Sometimes a hotel is the reason for the trip, a… Read More
Spring Break Ideas – Introduction I receive a lot of emails asking for ideas for family spring break trips. Some emails give me enough to work with, but many don’t. For those shorter emails, I respond with several questions to help them in narrowing down destination options: Before I list… Read More
Things to Do in Colorado Springs with Kids / Colorado Springs Kids Activities Growing up in Colorado Springs, I don’t remember ever being bored. I lived a block from the Broadmoor Hotel and walked over frequently, reading comic books in the drug store, playing at the playground or grabbing day-old bread from the Tavern kitchen… Read More
Note: This post is sponsored by Ecolab. The Center of My Childhood I grew up a block away from The Broadmoor resort in Colorado Springs. Our first family Christmas card, when I was 3 and my sister was 1, featured a photo taken at the hotel, and from that point onward,… Read More
Planning the Best California-Colorado Road Trip Last year, in the course of selling our house in Colorado Springs, we did five California-Colorado road trips (and then back again). I took a different route through Arizona, Nevada and Utah every time, visiting national parks and mountain towns, and seeing the coolest… Read More
