A Family Travel Blog
A Disney Fantasy Cruise in the Western Caribbean When I posted to Instagram that we were booked on a spring break Disney Fantasy Cruise, a lot of people DMed me to ask why. It’s a reasonable question – although we’ve been on a number of cruises, we don’t love cruises,… Read More
Nicaragua Travel Nicaragua was a spontaneous trip. We had had a family trip to Costa Rica planned for months – one last one-week vacation to end the summer. We didn’t have a lot planned other than relaxation at Four Seasons Costa Rica and a few excursions. But at the last… Read More
The Epic Pass I grew up in Colorado and learned to ski at Vail and Breckenridge. When I moved back to Colorado after college I purchased a Vail Resorts season pass (well before the Epic Pass existed) and skied all the time at Vail, Breckenridge and Keystone. Then I had… Read More
San Luis Valley, Colorado I grew up in Colorado Springs and have been all over Colorado, but I’ve spent very little time in the San Luis Valley. When Visit Colorado reached out wanting to send me back to my home state, it seemed like a perfect opportunity to travel south… Read More
Spring Break For 12 years our kids went to the same school – a combined elementary and middle school in California – and we fully took advantage of their school breaks. Our two oldest kids are now in high school though, and unfortunately they attend a school with a different… 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
Alternatives to Disneyland 2022/2023 I first did this post three years ago and was confident in my pricing of both Disneyland vacations and international travel alternatives. It’s time for an update! Disney prices go up every year, but in this era of inflation other travel costs have gone up as… Read More
Ocean View Hotels I’ve been getting a lot of requests from people for ocean view hotels – either in specific locations or anywhere in the world. We love hotels with good views, especially with kids. If we’re somewhere with young kids and they need downtime in the middle of the… Read More
Ojai Restaurants in 2022 – an Introduction We’ve lived near Ojai, California for over a decade and we’re pretty knowledgeable when it comes to Ojai restaurants. Having said that, there have been a lot of changes lately, with some favorite places closing and new restaurants popping up at their locations.… 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
