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Mill Valley and Vacations With Your Kids: Family Travel Articles, Tips, & Guides
ARTICLES AND TIPS ABOUT MILL VALLEY: Mill Valley Family Vacations and Trips with Your Kids
THINGS TO DO IN JACKSON HOLE - Located in a picturesque valley in western Wyoming and surrounded by spectacular mountain ranges, Jackson Hole has been called "the last and best of the Old West." (
LANDSCAPES OF SCOTLAND: GLENCOE - Glencoe's spring sky looked bleak; wrathful clouds glared, threatening imminent showers. Columns of light penetrated the cloud, stood as sentinels guarding entrance to the sweeping valley. (
A VISIT TO WAR EAGLE GRIST MILL: ARKANSAS - War Eagle Mill is a working grist mill. Learn about the history of the mill, as well as what you'll find when you visit.
ALBERTA, CANADA TOURISM - Alberta Tourism claims the Drumheller Valley is the third most popular attraction in the province. Here, during the Cretacious Period, dinosaurs roamed the Valley of Drumheller.
IAO VALLEY: MAUI'S HIDDEN PARADISE - Located in the west Maui Mountains the park houses the Iao needle, a velvety green pillar that reaches a height of 1200 feet (2,250 feet from sea level).
HUDSON VALLEY, NY - The best historical sites in the Hudson Valley NY. Including times, days open, and admission if applicable.
HUDSON VALLEY BED AND BREAKFASTS - The best B&Bs to stay at in the Hudson Valley including addresses, phone numbers and amenities.
SHENANDOAH BED AND BREAKFAST INNS - Come and find out where the best Bed and Breakfast inns are and what to do and see in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.
HUDSON VALLEY, NY - The best historical sites in the Hudson Valley NY. Including times, days open, and admission if applicable.
HUDSON VALLEY BED AND BREAKFASTS - The best B&Bs to stay at in the Hudson Valley including addresses, phone numbers and amenities.
WOLLONGONG, AUSTRALIA - Kangaroo Valley to Berry and Wollongong is picturesque and full of early history. The South Coast of Australia's Illawarra area is beautifully unique.
PHOENIX FAMILY VACATION GUIDES - The area surrounding Greater Phoenix is often called the Valley of the Sun. Known as one of the golf capitals of the world, it is also home to more five-star/diamond resorts than any other location. In fact, Phoenix/Scottsdale was rated as the top hotel destination in the country by the 1997 Zagat Survey.
WHITMAN MISSION NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE: TRAVEL BRIEF - Whitman Mission, located in the southeastern part of Washington State, preserves the site of Waiilatpu Mission, a Presbyterian mission to the Cayuse Indians from 1836 to 1847. The site also served as a stopping point for pioneers following the Oregon Trail. The park preserves the foundations of the mission buildings, the Mill Pond and irrigation ditch, and the mission's gravesite. Native grasses in the park give visitors a strong visual sense of how the mission looked to its original habitants.
JOHN MUIR NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE: TRAVEL BRIEF - This site preserves the 14-room mansion where the naturalist John Muir lived from 1890 until his death in 1914. While living in Martinez, Muir battled to prevent Yosemite National Park's Hetch Hetchy Valley from being dammed, served as the first president of the Sierra Club, played a prominent role in the creation of several national parks, and wrote hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles and several books expounding on the virtues of conservation and the natural world. The Muir house and historic Martinez adobe became part of the National Park Service in 1964.
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK: TRAVEL BRIEF - National parks and national preserves boast some of the most beautiful land in the country, and Yosemite National Park is no exception. It harbors a grand collection of waterfalls, meadows, and forests that include groves of giant sequoias, the world's largest living things. Highlights of the park include Yosemite Valley, Wawona's history center, the Mariposa Grove, Glacier Point, Tuolumne Meadows, and Hetch Hetchy.
GO SKIING IN SUN VALLEY: TRAVEL BRIEF - If you're looking for an active and exciting winter vacation -- and don't mind the cold -- skiing in Sun Valley might be the right choice for your family. This area offers a wide variety of places to stay: hotel, condo, apartment, or bed-and-breakfast. It also includes gourmet restaurants, bookshops, galleries, theaters, and museums.
SITES THAT SHAPED OHIO HISTORY - Before canals and railroads brought prosperity to the Maumee Valley of northwest Ohio, newly arrived frontiersmen fought Native Americans and the British for control of the valley. In 1794, U.S. General "Mad" Anthony Wayne built Fort Defiance at the junction of the Maumee and Auglaize rivers in what's now downtown Defiance. Inside a dark earthen outline of the fort, a granite boulder remains to mark the flagstaff pointing travelers north.
LOESS HILLS, IOWA - The Loess Hills, which the wind sculpted from silt deposits as glaciers retreated eons ago, dominate a narrow section of western Iowa in the Big Sioux and Missouri River valleys. The region stretches from Akron (about 25 miles north of Sioux City) south through the Council Bluffs area to Hamburg, just north of the Missouri state line. While the silty loess (pronounced "luss") soil is common, it's accumulated in such proportions in only a few places (Germany, China and Iowa).
TREKKING REGIONS - GARHWAL & KUMAON - PART 2 - The lower hills in this region too are the Shivaliks lying below an altitude of 3,000 m. From West to East ,this is how the trekking regions are oriented. Western Garhwal, bordering Sirmour and Kinnaur of Himachal Preadesh has the Tons River and the Har ki dun Valley, a delightful trekking
TASMANIAN PLACE NAMES 3 - So, you'd like even more Tasmanian place names? I hope you're game! We'll start today with colour names which include Auburn, Black Creek, Black Hills, Black River, Blackmans Bay, Blackstone Heights, Blackwall, Blackwood Creek, Blue Rocks, Red Hills, Redpa, Blumont, Cornelian Bay, Golden Fleece Rivulet, Albion Heights, Golden Valley, White Beach,
VESTIGES OF A FORGOTTEN TIME - Aliyosha was a landmark in Plovdiv. A gigantic monument of a soldier erected on one of the seven hills overlooking the Thracian Valley and still seemingly ready to protect the city from foreign occupation after all these years. The monument was dedicated to the hundreds of unknown Russian soldiers who died
MAINE'S ECONOMY - In prior months, this column has focused on the many factory and mill closings and the recent BRAC commission inclusion of three Maine facilities on its closure list.
DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK - Death Valley National Park Enjoy Springtime in California's Desert Wonderland...
FINDING YOUR SPIRITUAL HIGH IN KATHMANDU - Finding Your Spiritual High in Kathmandu Long before the average traveler felt compelled to experience a trekking high -- or the highs from Thamel's mind-altering brownies -- Nepal's low-altitude verdant Kathmandu Valley was a rewarding travel destination for those seeking a spiritual lift...
TOURING DOWN UNDER FROM ON HIGH - Touring Down Under from On High Just two hours from Sydney, Australia's famed Hunter Valley is a great place for wining, dining and hot-air ballooning...
HOW GREEN IS MY VALLEY? - How Green Is My Valley? Forget the hut in the woods. The new breed of ecoresort has 300 rooms, air conditioning, and RV parking. But is it really sustainable?
PAPOOSE CREEK LODGE - Papoose Creek Lodge Roger and Cindy Lang became legends to environmentalists when they exchanged their Silicon Valley lives for a 25,000-acre Montana ranch, then leased the water rights to a trout-conservation group. A few years later, the Langs built their new friends an exclusive retreat.
THE GLACIAL GALLERY - The Glacial Gallery Montana's Glacier National Park is one of the world's premier showcases of glaciation, a land of deep valleys separated by spiny aretes, cirques that shelter turquoise tarns, and summits in every conceivable shape, from layer cake to Egyptian pyramid.
THE BAY AREA'S HIDDEN VALLEY - The Bay Area's Hidden Valley Livermore, an often overlooked wine region, is a short drive from San Francisco.
WHERE WINE AND MASTERPIECES MIX - Where Wine And Masterpieces Mix California's Napa Valley is synonymous with wine, but it's also home to some of the most impressive -- and unique -- private art collections in the world, Many of which are open to the public. Here are a few suggestions.
BIG WHITE SKI RESORT - Big White Ski Resort Just 45 minutes from Kelowna in British Columbia's Okanagan Valley, Big White is a ski area worth seeing -- a huge mountain, with lifts that access massive bowls, tree-freckled glades and tree-line, wide open steeps.
THE KASHMIR DIARIES - The Kashmir Diaries After years of political strife, the Kashmir valley has reopened its doors. What's the best way to see it all? How about from a humming, sputtering Royal Enfield motorcyle.
DOLLAR-FRIENDLY DESTINATIONS: BRITISH COLUMBIA - Dollar-Friendly Destinations: British Columbia In the Okanagan Valley, a growing number of small, family-run wineries are turning out highly rated products at reasonable prices. If you want to sample the goods, from aromatic whites to full-bodied reds, your best bet is to visit the area. Think "Napa without the crowds."
GERMANY'S VALLEY OF THE STARS - Germany's Valley of The Stars Why a small Black Forest town is a great gourmet retreat.
DRY CREEK SURGES - Dry Creek Surges Always known for its Zinfandels, this Sonoma Valley wine region is worth a visit for friendly tasting rooms pouring Rhone varieties and the quirky charm of Healdsburg.
COLORFUL DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK - Colorful Death Valley National Park Death Valley welcomes thousands of tourists each season of the year, who are surprised at the range and depth of color.
MY FAVORITE ... WAY TO RECONNECT - My Favorite ... Way To Reconnect The small, family-owned vineyards in Willamette Valley provide an escape from the technology demands of work life.
WINE COUNTRY CRUISE - Wine Country Cruise One of the best ways to explore Napa Valley is by boat, as we discover on a bareboat charter aboard a Mainship 390 trawler.
IT'S HEAVEN, DUDE - It's Heaven, Dude Start off at the Richochet Ridge Ranch for relaxing horseback riding expeditions through the redwood forests of Northern California and top it off at the De Haven Valley Farm Country Restaurant.
EAGLES SOAR - Eagles Soar A great place to find Bald Eagles in the winter is to head to northern Washington state, to the Nooksack River valley and the Skagit River valley.
ARKANSAS: MONTAIN HOME, SCOTT VALLEY RANCH. - If you love horses this is the place to be. If you love to ride a horse, but don't know how, this is the place to be. If you want to watch horses roam freely about the grassy meadows while doing absolutely nothing yourself, this is the place to be.
NORTH CAROLINA:THE WAYNESVILLE/MAGGIE VALLEY, TAKING THE KIDS TO SNOW. - The Waynesville/Maggie Valley area is a mountain destination with winter holiday charm. Slow-paced and out of the way, it is perfect for families wishing to experience the season without having to stand in any well-disguised patron lines. With the promise of snow and no lines I had no trouble selling the idea to my family. As with all vacations, the next step was where to stay?
ENGLAND: CYCLING THE ROYAL THAMES VALLEY. - The River Thames is England's royal thoroughfare - for centuries, kings and queens used it as a link between their palaces and castles. Along its meandering course, much of the nation's history has been written.
WEST VIRGINIA: OAK HILL, ROCK AND REPEL WITH ACE ADVENTURE. - Staring out over the New River Valley Gorge, adrenaline pumping through my system and rain soaking everything I should have been miserable or scared. Strangely, I was neither. That's saying something for someone that's as terrified of heights as I am. Sitting there, looking out at such an incredibly beautiful view, I felt such an overwhelming sense of accomplishment.
VIRGINIA: LURAY CAVERNS, GOING UNDERGROUND WITH THE KIDS. - Last summer on our return from Canada to Florida we made a few stops in Virginia. One of those stops was Luray Caverns just off US 81. Even though I spend most of the calendar year teaching middle school science I was surprised at the abundance of underground possibilities in Virginia. For years I have explained to my students that 400 million years ago a continental shift caused the Blue Ridge Mountains. That what is now the Shenandoah Valley was once at the bottom of the sea. This shift caused conditions that eventually resulted in the formation of hundreds of caves and caverns located in North America. Last summer I had the chance to show my own children first hand one of these ancient wonders of the natural world.
IDAHO: SUN VALLEY OFF-SLOPE TIME. - Of course Sun Valley has a world-class ski mountain. Doesn't every ski resort? What sets Sun Valley apart from the rest of the Rocky Mountain West is the plethora of off- slope activities, the vast wilderness that envelops the region and the small town atmosphere of Ketchum and Sun Valley.
PENNSYLVANIA: HIDDEN VALLEY, SNOW TUBING THE ICE MONSTER. - Hidden Valley, Snow Tubing the Ice Monster. Hidden Valley Resort has created winter amusement area called "Outback Park". The new area features The Ice Monster, the longest, steepest snow-tubing run in Pennsylvania.
FAVORITE SKI SPOT: SUN VALLEY, IDAHO - Sun Valley, Idaho, a major ski resort where brushes with fame are not uncommon amidst a family-friendly atmosphere
ADVANCED SKI SPOT: SQUAW VALLEY, CALIFORNIA - With an Olympic-size ice-skating rink, indoor climbing wall, bungee-jumping site and huge pool, the Squaw Valley resort will entertain the family for hours
DESTINATIONS: ECUADOR - Ecuador Ah, Quito. Great city- valley (city) altitude: over 9,000 feet above sea level. (watch for altitude sickness in kids-if it does occur, load them up on carbs or start high carbs the day before to avoid it-I know, carbs=sugar.But would you prefer a wound up kid or a nauseous kid bound to hurl at the most inappropriate moment?) There are hundreds of hotels. Here are some that are kid friendly and my opinion on some others:
PHOENIX FAMILY VACATION GUIDES - The area surrounding Greater Phoenix is often called the Valley of the Sun. Known as one of the golf capitals of the world, it is also home to more five-star/diamond resorts than any other location. In fact, Phoenix/Scottsdale was rated as the top hotel destination in the country by the 1997 Zagat Survey.
FAMILY VACATION GUIDE: PHOENIX - The area surrounding Greater Phoenix is often called the Valley of the Sun. Known as one of the golf capitals of the world, it is also home to more five-star/diamond resorts than any other location. In fact, Phoenix/Scottsdale was rated as the top hotel destination in the country by the 1997 Zagat Survey.
PEDALING ALONG A RUGGED COAST - BRITTANY lured us with romance. We dreamed of its broad estuaries (drowned valleys ...
TREKKING REGIONS - GARHWAL & KUMAON - PART 2 - The lower hills in this region too are the Shivaliks lying below an altitude of 3,000 m. From West to East ,this is how the trekking regions are oriented. Western Garhwal, bordering Sirmour and Kinnaur of Himachal Preadesh has the Tons River and the Har ki dun Valley, a delightful trekking
TASMANIAN PLACE NAMES 3 - So, you'd like even more Tasmanian place names? I hope you're game! We'll start today with colour names which include Auburn, Black Creek, Black Hills, Black River, Blackmans Bay, Blackstone Heights, Blackwall, Blackwood Creek, Blue Rocks, Red Hills, Redpa, Blumont, Cornelian Bay, Golden Fleece Rivulet, Albion Heights, Golden Valley, White Beach,
VESTIGES OF A FORGOTTEN TIME - Aliyosha was a landmark in Plovdiv. A gigantic monument of a soldier erected on one of the seven hills overlooking the Thracian Valley and still seemingly ready to protect the city from foreign occupation after all these years. The monument was dedicated to the hundreds of unknown Russian soldiers who died
MAINE'S ECONOMY - In prior months, this column has focused on the many factory and mill closings and the recent BRAC commission inclusion of three Maine facilities on its closure list.
DESTINATIONS: ECUADOR - Ecuador Ah, Quito. Great city- valley (city) altitude: over 9,000 feet above sea level. (watch for altitude sickness in kids-if it does occur, load them up on carbs or start high carbs the day before to avoid it-I know, carbs=sugar.But would you prefer a wound up kid or a nauseous kid bound to hurl at the most inappropriate moment?) There are hundreds of hotels. Here are some that are kid friendly and my opinion on some others:
DESTINATIONS: ECUADOR QUITO - Ecuador Ah, Quito. Great city- valley (city) altitude: over 9,000 feet above sea level. (watch for altitude sickness in kids-if it does occur, load them up on carbs or start high carbs the day before to avoid it-I know, carbs=sugar.But would you prefer a wound up kid or a nauseous kid bound to hurl at the most inappropriate moment?) There are hundreds of hotels. Here are some that are kid friendly and my opinion on some others:
CUYAHOGA VALLEY, PENINSULA - Cuyahoga Valley, Peninsula. by Carmen Reynolds (6th grade, Hilliard, Ohio). Have you ever seen a deer up close? Have you ever seen a Paw Paw tree?
