Family Travel

Two Harbors is the other ferry drop-off I described in Friday’s post about how to get to Catalina Island.  The photo above shows Isthmus Cove which makes up half of Two …

Avalon is the more bustling tourist destination of Catalina Island.

Sunny Fields Park in Solvang is something right out of a Viking fairytale. It’s built of wood and decorated in the distinct shades of pale blue, green and muted red.  …

I guess I’ll begin at our first introduction to the Family Nature Summit. I’m signed up for the e-mail newsletter list of the National Wildlife Foundation. One weekend afternoon in …

Yay! I’m back. Did ya miss me? Hopefully, you didn’t even know I was gone. For seven days: The TV remained OFF. The laptop stayed FOLDED. My social media duties …

San Francisco travel with kids is a no-brainer. There’s the zoo, Fisherman’s Wharf, the Exploratorium, the Steinhart Aquarium and so many other adventures to tackle. We drove up to the …

I was thinking “not.” I swear I’ve become a playground snob after visiting the many unique and amazing Orange County playgrounds. So when we headed up north to the Bay …

Solvang parks are not part of my childhood memories of the quaint Danish village north of Santa Barbara. As a kid, I visited at least once a year if not …

The Santa Barbara Natural History Museum is more than a museum to me. It embodies my childhood. I was there when the museum acquired the blue whale that washed up …

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