Family Adventures

During the month of May, I am holding a Geocache Blogging Event. Geocaching is where you hunt for caches that have previously been hidden, using GPS coordinates and occasionally some hints. (The coordinates and hints are listed at www.geocaching.com.)  I hope you will join me in geocaching sometime in May, then post your experience about it. If you are unsure about how to geocache, you can read more about...

The following guest post was written by Stefanie Shank, a traveling mother of a three-year old. This was her family’s experience as guests of the Beachcomber Inn at Fort Bragg. As east coast natives temporarily living in Davis, CA, my husband and I began planning our last weekend getaway in California by listing our priorities: combing the Pacific north coast beaches, exploring the state parks, and riding...

This post is a continuation of a geocache series. This month I am inviting all travelers and adventurers to try a geocache hunt in the month of May. If you write about it on your blog, post the link here and check back to read other geocache stories. The most exciting part of geochacing for the kids is the idea of finding a hidden treasure. What will actually be inside? Not to disappoint the kids, but there...

Finally the rains have stopped. Well, almost.  I am certainly getting spring fever though. I can’t wait to start finding new places we’ve never been. With the kids still in school, the multi-day trips away from home are still limited. May is a great time, though, to start gearing up with day hikes and weekend trips. Isn’t that just what you were thinking about doing too? Hey, wouldn’t...

Many families visiting California want to spend at least one day at Disneyland. If big crowds aren’t your thing or you weren’t planning to head that far south, fear not. California has quite a few other theme parks to choose from. To get more info from a pro, I asked Alex Miller, author of California Theme Parks, and employee of the Walt Disney Company, to write about three theme parks throughout...