Family travel blog offering encouragement and tips for easy and affordable travel with kids
We love finding hidden gems. And that’s exactly what we found at the Manitou Springs Penny Arcade. Manitou Springs is a couple of miles west of Colorado Springs. The town is a popular tourist destination, replete with hot springs and the steepest step incline you’ll …
There was no stopping her. Margaret Brown was an unstoppable force of nature. After she and her husband struck it rich in the largest gold mine discovery in the Unites States, Margaret became an unabashed philanthropist and advocate for women’s suffrage (she even ran for …
Colorado Springs is the second largest city in Colorado. And it is a family friendly destination. There are many fun activities for families to do in and around the city. Families can explore amusement parks, the great outdoors, Ancient Pueblo dwellings, and the U.S. Olympic …
Denver was a hotbed of prehistoric activity. A tour of a few spots around the region reveals everything from dinosaur bones to prehistoric human activity. You will discover these prehistoric sites either in museums or in their original locations. Here are six prehistoric locations around …
In the heart of Downtown Denver, surrounded by apartment complexes, strip malls, and office buildings, you find a quiet, 12-acre park where 19th Century history comes to life. The Four Mile Historic Park takes you back in time to a simpler time. Here, you can …
Our family enjoys visiting the ancient cliff dwellings of the the desert Southwest. We visited Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado. And, we’ve toured Bandelier National Monument in New Mexico. I can see us visiting all of the cliff dwellings and residences of the Ancestral …
Rocky Mountain National Park is expansive. There is no way you can see and do it all in one day. Our family has visited the park several times, and we developed a strategy to visit certain parts of the park each time. We created a …
We like easy hikes. As a family with youngish children, short, easy hikes check all of the boxes for us. St. Mary’s Glacier in Colorado seemed a perfect hike for our family. It’s a short hike, at 1.5 miles and we got to marvel at …
It’s a new year. Every year, we take some time to look back on the past year’s travels and pick some of our favorite photos. This past year, we visited some new places and revisited some of our favorite sites. That left us with too …
Christmas is such a busy time of the year. After holiday baking, shopping for gifts, wrapping those gifts, and preparing for company Christmas parties, it feels like there is not enough time to add anything else to your schedule. However, if you are in the …