The Grand Canyon in all its majesty is often at the top of many travelers bucket list, so what do you do when your carefully planned, once-in- a- lifetime trip is ruined with rain? Unfortunately, rain is common and unpredictable at the canyon, with many days starting out clear, but clouding up to thunderheads by mid-morning. On the flip side,…
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“I wish every vacation could be just like this one,” my son sighed contentedly, as we dropped our bags in the foyer of our three bedroom vacation rental. Of course, we had spent the entire day driving so it wasn’t the activities that had inspired his praise. As our resident homebody, it was the grand and glorious idea of coming…
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There are a few elements that elevate a road trip from good to great. A well designed route with entertaining stops is a must, as are properly chosen snack foods, but the one thing that can take a road trip from great to epic is the music. The right tunes can make the miles slip by quickly and keep the…
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There are very few things, other than…ahem…video games, that can keep my children entertained for hours. The one special toy that has that magic touch is Legos. The open ended, focused play and creativity that these colorful little blocks afford makes them ideal for just the kind of quiet play we want to encourage during long car rides and plane…
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Travel Burnout. It happens to me at least once for every trip, even the short ones, but especially the long ones. Nine times out of ten, the burnout happens before we have even boarded the plane or gassed up the car. It happens in the seemingly never-ending frenzy of getting all this schutuff for all these people into suitcases and…
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