Expert advice on family trips, girlfriend getaways & romantic escapes
October 27, 2011 | Author: ColoradoGal
It'd been years since I'd hiked the popular Hanging Lake trail outside of Glenwood Springs, Colorado, so when a sunny, warm autumn day presented itself a couple weekends ago, I rallied the entire family for a 2.4-mile (roundtrip) scenic trek not too far from [Read more]
Posted in: Destinations, Family Travel | 2 comments
October 12, 2011 | Author: ColoradoGal
I recently spent a lovely autumn weekend in Keystone, Colorado, with a gaggle of girlfriends. At 9,280 feet in elevation, the sky was bright blue, the air quite crisp. Aspens were turning a glorious shade of gold and craggy mountain peaks taunted us their [Read more]
Posted in: Travel Tips | 4 comments
September 1, 2011 | Author: SpringsGal
I’m sometimes envious of those people who are quite satisfied throwing down a burger from Applebee’s every weekend. How simple life would be. If you are a foodie, you might relate to the constant search for new and trendy restaurants to satisfy your [Read more]
Posted in: Destinations, Family Travel | 1 comment
July 26, 2011 | Author: ColoradoGal
Who says you need a week for vacation? Last Friday night a freelance-writing assignment brought me, my husband, 11-year-old daughter and 14-year-old niece to Vail for the quickest getaway ever. We were in one of my favorite Colorado mountain resorts -- for a [Read more]
Posted in: Destinations, Family Travel | 4 comments
July 12, 2011 | Author: ColoradoGal
While Amiee White Beazley, a mother of two and fellow writer who lives about 5 minutes from me in Colorado, drove home from "Mammoth and Mastadon Madness" day in Snowmass Village last fall, she and her kindergarten-age son started crafting a story about the [Read more]
Posted in: Destinations, Travel Gear | 1 comment
June 30, 2011 | Author: ColoradoGal
If you want to go snow tubing in a T-shirt and shorts, don your sunglasses and sneakers, head to Keystone, Colorado, and take the gondola to Adventure Point for a super fun ride down the 800-foot tubing hill -- in the summer! My family and I are huge fans of [Read more]
Posted in: Family Travel | 5 comments
June 29, 2011 | Author: ColoradoGal
Here at The Vacation Gals we typically write about destinations, hotels and activities we've experienced firsthand. But some adventures are even too extreme for me. Yep, I'll jump out of a plane, scuba dive through caves, but I just can't bring myself to walk [Read more]
Posted in: Destinations, Family Travel | 3 comments
June 25, 2011 | Author: ColoradoGal
Bacon, beer and beautiful weather... we reveled in pork product in the mountains today! My family and our visiting Florida friends spent the afternoon at Keystone's River Run Village enjoying all the bacon we could eat during this inaugural Blue Ribbon Bacon [Read more]
Posted in: Destinations, Family Travel | 7 comments
June 24, 2011 | Author: ColoradoGal
I was lured from New York City to Aspen, Colorado, in 1994 by a friend who needed a roommate "just for the summer." Seventeen years later, I still live in Colorado, now about 30 minutes from the chic little ski town set amid the glorious Rocky Mountains. Few [Read more]
Posted in: Destinations, Family Travel | no comments
June 12, 2011 | Author: ColoradoGal
Yipeee! Next year's Travel Blog Exchange conference (TBEX 2012) is in Colorado's glorious Rocky Mountains, specifically at Keystone Resort -- just a couple of hours from my mountain home. I am crazy thrilled that the travel blogging community and PR industry [Read more]
Posted in: Destinations | 7 comments
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