Kids
Mexico travel planning: Can we backpack with kids in the Yucatan over Christmas?
We bought cheap tickets to the Yucatan a month ago – less that $350 a person for round-trip direct flights. It’s an amazing deal. The Mexican travel industry has been hit hard by swine flu fears and the general economic crisis. We have 15 days over Christmas and New Years to plan out. Here’s an … Continue reading
Family Travel Moment: Fern Canyon, Humboldt County, Calif.
The Creekmore clan spent a month in Arcata, Calif. (where most of David’s staff lives and works) during the summer of 2006. We’d work early in the morning to catch East Coast meetings and calls, then spend afternoons hiking and exploring the forests, beaches and rivers around Humboldt County.
Party in the USA!
We’re in between trips and life feels a little slow. It’s too cold to go camping and work keeps us tethered to the house. How does a restless family blow off some steam? At a rock show of course! We splurged on tickets for glam-rock gods KISS and tween favorite Miley Cyrus, both at the … Continue reading
Traveling with kids? Seek drama and keep moving
Some of the joys of travel are subtle. I spent a fair amount of time in Siberia, and despite the romantic image it produces in our minds, it was hardly exhilarating in reality. The enjoyment was distributed evenly across the experience and noticable only when I would look across the flat landscape to the horizon … Continue reading
Trapeze: You Can Fly
I’ve developed a passion over the past few years that takes many people by surprise: flying trapeze. I never planned to join a circus or even perform. My habit, while expensive, is keeping me in better shape than I was in my 20s. I blame Club Med for my addiction. We discovered Club Med when the kids were babies. … Continue reading
