So you’ve booked yourself for several days, maybe a week, in the snow covered hills of Truckee. You’ve reserved every afternoon for skiing, tubing or snowman building, but what to do in the morning when its still too chilly to be outside? Well if you have kids ages seven and under, a great indoor hangout is the KidZone Museum. This is a dome shaped facility that is essentially divided into three...

I recently took a fabulous camping trip at Grover Hot Springs. We were lucky enough to get invited by a mom who’s child went to the same summer camp as my son. She had already organized a group of  families, most of whom had kids that my son had previously been aquainted with. All in all there were about eight kids, all under six years of age. We traded off watching the kids while the other parents went...

Now that we have returned from Camp Sacramento, I wanted to follow up with some thoughts and pictures, should you be considering this place for your family. And by the way, I highly suggest it at least once! Pictured below was our cabin. This was our first year in cabin 2. The beds and mattreses seemed newer than I remember others being. Maybe it has more updated furniture than the other cabins, or maybe...

Now I do enjoy camping as much as the next city slicker… but let’s face it, there’s a whole lot of work involved. Take, for example, all the stuff. You’ve got to bring cool clothes because its summer and warm clothes because it gets chilly at night. Then you need to pack up all the food for your stay, the utensils AND a stove. Next, you need to bring some entertainment. Though my 4 and...