Posts Tagged ‘California’

Travel Guide Tips:Wheelchair Accessible Hot Air Ballooning In Sonoma California

Mobility is no longer a barrier to experiencing the romance of soaring above the picturesque valleys and vineyards of Sonoma County California on a majestic hot air balloon ride.  Up & Away Ballooning has recently acquired a state-of-the-art balloon basket that was custom crafted

Travel Tips:Get Steeply Discounted Ski Lift Tickets Online

Okay, which one of you asked Santa for snow this winter?  Whoever you are, you certainly got your wish!  With so much snow on the ground, there’s nothing to do but head to the mountains for some record breaking runs. We’ve found a terrific website to help you “ski

Travelling Tips:Death Valley Is A Suprisingly Great Sightseeing Tour from Las Vegas

I’m just back from Las Vegas where Clint and I took a one day excursion into Death Valley with Pink Jeep Tours.  We really had a great time and Death Valley turned out to be way more interesting than I had imagined.   Here’s a link to my trip report just published on

Travel Tip:Death Valley Is A Suprisingly Great Sightseeing Tour from Las Vegas

I’m just back from Las Vegas where Clint and I took a one day excursion into Death Valley with Pink Jeep Tours.  We really had a great time and Death Valley turned out to be way more interesting than I had imagined.   Here’s a link to my trip report just published on

Travel Tips Guide:Kids Summer Camps Even Cranky Teens Will Love

Finding the perfect summer camp experience for your ever changing child is an ongoing challenge. For many the vision of spending a week embraced by nature, frolicking in spring fed ponds, roasting marshmallows by a fire and singing kitschy camp songs is utopia, for others it conjures

Travelling Tips:Wild Things You Make My Heart Sing – It’s Wildflower Season In The Southwest!

Do you remember the 60’s initiative of former First Lady, Lady Bird Johnson to plant wildflowers along the nation’s highways?  It seemed everyone back then was enamored of daisies in their hair and wild things growing in the fields (and some of them got us in trouble!) 

Travel Tip:Crystal Cove Beach Bungalows Transport You Back To The Golden Days of Early Hollywood

Tucked between the tony enclaves of Newport Beach and Laguna Beach, on California’s sunny southern coast, lies a charming seaside sanctuary dotted with cozy beach bungalows preserved from a bygone era.  More than a dozen Crystal Cove Beach Cottages (located within the Crystal

Travel Guide Tips:Celebrate Chinese New Year With Great Deals In San Francisco

No city outside of Asia celebrates Chinese New Year with such exuberance and fan fare as San Francisco.  (Over 600,000 firecrackers make quite an impression!)  The entire month of February is dotted with celebrations that culminate with the grand parade and community fair on February

Travel Tips Guide:Free Disney Park Passes – Volunteer A Day, Get A Day

The Disney organization is doing it’s part to encourage volunteerism across the USA in 2010.  Disney will be  giving away 1 million one day passes to either it’s  Disney World Florida or Disneyland California parks.  Simply volunteer for one day at an approved organization