By Dewayne Bevil From Orlando Sentinel Orlando—Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is bringing back its Fly with an Astronaut special-interest tour later this month. The first featured NASA veterans will be Mark Lee and Brian Duffy. The experience, which runs from 9:15 a.m. to about 2:15 p.m. each day, includes a catered lunch at the…
‘Fly With an Astronaut’ Tour Returns to Kennedy Space Center This Month
Smart Way to Go
1By Lynn O’Rourke Hayes From FamilyTravel.com Kids and their parents know it’s cool to be smart. Here are five places that will supercharge your family’s brainpower. 1. Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago Encouraging curiosity and celebrating questions, this is the place to see a German submarine, understand how tornados and avalanches happen and discover…
Tips for Sharing Vacation Time
By Lynn O’Rourke Hayes From FamilyTravel.com Proper planning can go along way toward keeping relationships and expectations intact. Here are five tips to consider: 1. Choose Wisely Give careful consideration to the families and friends with whom you choose to share your precious vacation time. Your favorite cousin is a great storyteller at the Thanksgiving…
Shouting out Hotels We’ve Visited That Go All out for Families
Bravo to hotels that really go out of their way to welcome families. It’s easy enough to talk the talk — sure we love kids, they promise — but that doesn’t necessarily translate to a stress-free experience. “It’s hard to find a resort that really welcomes kids,” says Kyra Shepherd, here at the Four Seasons Oahu…
Try Somewhere New This Winter—Inside or Outside
By Lynn O’Rourke Hayes From FamilyTravel.com There are so many ways to explore inside and out in the year ahead. Here are five ideas to consider. Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago Encouraging curiosity and celebrating questions, this is the place to see a German submarine, understand how tornadoes and avalanches happen, learn about explorers…
A Family’s Climb to the Top of Africa’s Mt. Kilimanjaro
By Colleen Thomas From Tribune News Service At 16, Tim Ballard had a crazy idea. The youngest of seven children, he wanted to do something big with his family. Really big. “I thought, ‘How cool would it be to climb Kilimanjaro?’” recalled Ballard, who is now a college student in Utah. Big was the right…
Taking the Kids: And Honoring Veterans. 10 Places to Visit
The young woman was standing at the grave of the grandfather she had never met. We were in France at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial that overlooks Omaha Beach, where her grandfather – just 29 when he died, leaving behind a wife and two young children – is buried alongside thousands of young men who died…
Taking the kids: To Kauai
Have you ever reached the end of the road? Literally. We’re nearly there at the Hanalei Colony Resort on Kauai’s pristine North Shore, famous for the drop-dead gorgeous Na Pali Coast. We’ve crossed several one-lane bridges and passed the tiny town of Hanalei with its mix of surf shops, shave ice stands, food trucks and restaurants. It’s…
How to Plan the Perfect Getaway With the Grandkids
By Lynn O’Rourke Hayes From FamilyTravel.com Is travel with grandchildren on your bucket list? If you or your family members hope to make memories in this way, here are five ideas to consider: 1. Choose a Destination Would the kids like to see an island volcano or send selfies with the Statue of Liberty as…
Taking the Kids: And Creating Memories on Less Than Exotic Trips
“Get up, Mom!” my daughter commanded. We were nearing the end of an exhausting and iconic 14-mile hike from Crested Butte, Colorado, to Aspen, up and down the famous Maroon Bells, navigating steep terrain, rock scree and rain. I’d slipped crossing a stream and started crying. “You are going to finish this hike with a…
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