May 17, 2012

Family Games on Your iPhone or iTouch

How much do I love my iPhone apps?  Enough to try out most every iPhone travel app that comes along! Check out Family Car Games, created by a family of four to help your family pass the time with instructions for 100 different games.  You can play the games in the car, on a long [...]

Ayrs Natural Bridge Formation in Wyoming

The power and authority of water can be seen in nature every day, and one of my favorite places to do just that is Ayres Natural Bridge State Park in Wyoming.  The 150-acre park gets its name from the rock formal – Ayres Natural Bridge. The bridge is the result of the Bridge Creek wearing [...]

National Park Service: The American Presidents

With the Presidential inauguration just a couple weeks away, it’s a good time to think about our former Presidents and the place they occupy in history.  Putting politics aside, that’s just what the National Park Service has done – put Presidential PLACES on display – with the new Discover Our Shared Heritage on-line travel itinerary [...]

Less Travelers this Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend

This Thanksgiving, with the tough economic times that we’re all facing, travel declined for the first time since 2002.  Less people are flying. And even though the price of gas had dropped substantially, in many locations under $2/gallon, we’re not driving this holiday either. Here’s a CBS news account: Share on Facebook

Back to Basics: Gassing Up Your Rental Car

When you go to a gas station to fill up your personal car, you know where you gas tank is – and which side up the pump you want to pull in on. But what do you do when driving a loaner or rental car? Just take a look at the instrument panel!  There’s usually [...]

Back to Basics: The Family Car Trip

Today’s Back to Basics tips come from Laura McHolm, the co-founder of NorthStar Moving & Storage Co., and who is also an on-site storage and organizational expert.  As you might expect, she’s got lots of great suggestions, and I loved her ideas to help make the classic family car trip an easy adventure.  I’ve chosen [...]

View Classic Corvettes at the National Corvette Museum

Begin, or renew, your love of the Corvette at the National Corvette Museum, as you gaze longingly at these classic sports cars that are an important piece of Americana and automobile history. Introduced in 1953, the Corvette became a favorite, and eventually a classic, and the museum attracts enthusiasts from all over the world.  Exhibits [...]

Flight Attendant Friday: Are Your Traveling this Holiday Weekend?

I’m going to mix it up a little on this week’s Flight Attendant Friday, and ask you a question.  I’ll answer it, too, but I’m hoping you’ll chime in with your answers and comments as well.   Q.  What are your travel plans for Memorial Day Weekend?  It’s the kick off for the summer travel [...]

Travel Product: Cocoon CoolMax Blanket

I’m one of those people who think the airplane is always too chilly.  On overnight flights across country or to Europe it’s usually hard to get a comfortable temperature.  And coming from a warm climate back to chilly Seattle is always difficult. I NEVER use the blankets on the airplane.  I know that they swear [...]

Back to Basics: Bring Along Some Water

Traveling, whether by air, car, train, bus, or on foot, can be an exhausting experience.  Many times, you cannot control or shape the events happening around you.  But you can take care of yourself with a little thoughtful planning. One of the easiest things you can do, and inexpensive too, is to carry along some [...]