The Guide, by Laurie Hovell McMillin
India can be an assault to the senses — can turn your world upside down. It's no wonder my 16-year-old son has stopped talking to me...
04 October, 2017
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Family Travel
Face to Face with Polar Bears in Churchill
Wendy Redal's most vivid memory of Churchill, Manitoba, is the image of her daughter’s face, nose to nose with an enormous polar bear...
23 August, 2017
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A Child Explorer in the Amazon
Dad’s duffel bag was permanently damaged, but it was a small price to pay to meet a superhero, in my opinion. “Now I see why they warned us!” my mother sighed. As always, mom was right: the locals who met our group of explorers had...
08 February, 2017
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Why the Sea of Cortez Should Be On Your Family’s Wildlife Bucket List
You never forget your first sea lion—the first sleek, several-hundred pound creature making a beeline toward your face ...
29 November, 2016
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Great Places to Get up Close to California’s Redwood Trees
This is their temple, vaulted high, And here we pause with reverent eye, With silent tongue and awe-struck soul; For here we sense life's proper goal… --Joseph Strauss, “The Redwoods” That the chief engineer of the Golden Gate Bridge was also a talented poet may come as a surprise to...
20 August, 2016
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Extreme Family Adventure Part 3: Adventure as a Family Lifestyle and What’s Next for the “Tris-Trans Saga”
This is Part 3 of the Extreme Family Adventure interview with Kim Broux and Jochem Cuypers. Click here to see Part 1: Meet the Parents Behind the “TrisTrans Saga” or Part 2: Tackling Highest Peaks and Lowest Temperatures on the “TrisTrans Saga” Many people I know...
01 August, 2016
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Extreme Family Adventure Part 2: Tackling Highest Peaks and Lowest Temperatures on the TrisTrans Saga
This is Part 2 of the Extreme Family Adventure interview with Kim Broux and Jochem Cuypers. Click here to see Part 1: Meet the Parents Behind the “TrisTrans Saga” Most families I know hope to make a road trip through the southwest to see the national...
25 July, 2016
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Fourth-Graders and Their Families Get in Free to U.S. National Parks
If you have a fourth-grader in the house, or a future fourth-grader in the wings, you may want to revisit your family’s travel bucket list to see the national parks left on it. Thanks to the new “Every Kid in a Park” initiative, all fourth-grade...
24 June, 2016
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Extreme Family Adventure Part 1: Meet the parents behind the ‘TrisTrans Saga’
For many first-time parents, just undertaking a trip across town with their babies can feel like an adventure. But for Kim Broux and Jochem Cuypers, getting out of town—and into the remote wilderness of Norway, Greenland, and the American Southwest—is where the adventures just begin....
30 November, 2015
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Five Paths to Family Adventure in Oregon
On paper, Oregon quickly becomes a land of superlatives. It’s home to the deepest river gorge in North America, the 7,993-foot deep Hell’s Canyon. It’s also where you’ll find the deepest lake in the United States, the 1,943-foot deep Crater Lake. ...
15 September, 2015
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