The Zoo – A Walk Through the Wild Side
I’m not really a zoo person. I want to get excited about the animals and the obscure, rare anacondas crawling around the other creepy bugs ~ but I know if I actually encountered those things in the...
View ArticleSplashing Around at the Great Wolf Lodge
Recently, LA Parent offered my family a trip to the Grand Opening weekend at the Great Wolf Lodge in Garden Grove, CA. Even though I had never heard of this family resort, I was pretty confident we’d...
View ArticleGlamping in Ventura
Before children, camping was an adventure. We got dirty. We drank during the day. We slept on the dirt with only a thin layer of stuffed polyester protecting our bodies from the rocks. We cooked on...
View Article2 Moms, 4 Boys and an RV: 7 Tips on Survival
An abridged version of this post first appeared in Outdoor Family Magazine. What could possibly go wrong? Four boys jostling in a small space, no husbands to pawn them off on for a few seconds of...
View ArticleSplashtopia! A Guide to Family Fun at the Omni Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa...
I want to thank Elizabeth Hanson for this post about her family’s recent trip to Rancho Mirage, CA. In August, my family and I had the awesome opportunity to go to the Omni Rancho Las Palmas Resort and...
View ArticleA Spooktacular Holiday at the Great Wolf Lodge
It started in the lobby. A big black spider clung to the ceiling, its sharp fangs hovering over the little guest’s heads, an eerie spiderweb covered the entire front window. This sight alone would have...
View ArticleShakti Fest: An Untypical Girl’s Weekend
A shorter version of this article appears in Yogi Times. I thought I was tough. I was sporty and strong in the unremarkable gym sort of way. When I took my first yoga class, it was a level 2/3 on a VHS...
View ArticleLove of Flying
When I was in college, I read an assigned book in my women’s psychology class, written by Erica Jong, called Fear of Flying. She used flying as a metaphor for the limitations we put on ourselves. I’m...
View ArticleProtected: 7 tips for summer fun with kids in Mammoth
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post. The post Protected: 7 tips for summer fun with kids in Mammoth appeared first on Mommy Has a Story.
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