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Air travel can be stressful nowadays with long lines, flight delays and cramped seating. Add luggage, children, strollers and even pets to the mix and you have a veritable powder...
“’Cause down the shore everything’s all right.” ---Tom Waits, JERSEY GIRL Some see the Jersey Shore as a travel destination, a place to take the family for a couple of...
Planning your family vacation can be overwhelming--where to go, what to do, how to get there, you name it. There are a lot of details to planning a summer vacation....
Teens sometimes get a bad rap. People think they’re hard to please and harder to travel with. But the key to traveling with teens—and keeping the whole family happy—is to...
This month we are hosting our first Traveling Moms Instagram meme and we would love to have you join in the fun!
Family travel when it might mean the demise of all is no figure of speech for two brothers and a sister who maneuvered their 57-foot boat through the Northwest Passage...
Polished wood, burnished brass, a giant globe of the world and a gentleman Sea Captain in a navy blue blazer greet you as you enter the foyer of Disney Resort’s Yacht Club at Walt Disney World.ou’ve now entered Disney’s version of turn-of-the-century Nantucket complete with a lighthouse and [ ... ]
Parents of toddlers – stop limiting your vacations to staycations. This is coming from a mom who has raised a ddler into a traveler once, and is doing it all over again. If you have a toddler, you have anarchy on your hands … trust me, I know! But you don’t have to stick close to home if you [ ... ]
It may not be Daniel Day Lewis walking the streets of Springfield, Illinois, but there’s likely someone who looks a lot like him. OK, it will be someone who looks a lot like Daniel Day Lewis when he looks a lot like Abraham Lincoln.
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Looking for the perfect summer vacation? Dreaming of something tropical and exotic, yet Tahiti just isn’t in your budget? San Diego’s dise Point Resort feels like it’s a world away, yet there’s no passport required. Paradise Point sits on a 44-acre island on Mission Bay, just minutes fr [ ... ]
Great summer vacations start with planning. Where are we going to go? Where are we going to stay? For my kids one of their all time favorite trips was a road trip through South Dakota.
Our first trip to South Dakota was going to be a quick drive through on our way to somewhere else. Fortunately, we [ ... ]
It's always refreshing to see a new choice of hotel property near the San Francisco Airport -- and the options have gotten even better recently. Just a half mile from the airport, the hip and ultra modern new Aloft hotel is a great choice for a comfortable stay before or after flying or when vi [ ... ]
Although summer vacation in Massachusetts will start later than usual due to many snow days, it's time to start planning those summer family vacations in Massachusetts! For a small state, Massachusetts boasts some fabulous summer vacation spots - here are a few of the best, along with some insider t [ ... ]
Never realized crayons could be the vacation, not simply diversion on our way. That was before discovering Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley where Crayolas are manufactured. Disappointed the factory tour is not allowed, but enjoyed the mini version in a pseudo-science lab where wax is melted and shaped, wrapped in paper, sorted and packaged.
Easton is the town for experiencing iconic crayons and creating art for hours in a multitude of creative stations. Perfectly fun with or without the children or grandkids.
Transform this plain vehicle into an art car, then erase and share with someone else.I rather liked doodling in the dark with markers that showed my meager skills on a giant glowboard. Several of them fill a darkened room so I didn’t feel too rude taking up space a child might use.
Kids at my table did better than I making a safari satchel with snippets of paper, glue sticks and imagination so I moved on to the car. Dry E-Race, the Crayola Experience staff call it.
Blank, plain and available to turn into an art car. I recommend going with a big family or crowd of friends to collaborate on the design, coloring the car together.
Historian and archivist Richard Siegfried says Crayolas have been made the same way since 1903. That’s 145 billion crayons ago.
Could be that’s why a Yale University study shows they’re among the top 20 most recognizable smells in the world. Like coffee and peanut butter.
Smells great in the Meltdown experience gallery where crayons are liquid and everybody creates with drips.
Smell often means food, and favorites inspire some Crayola names. A six-year-old girl named what I might have called orange Macaroni and Cheese in 1993 for Crayola’s 90th birthday.
Dads can color as much as their kids all around the Crayola Experience.Surprise you that a 45-year-old woman named a green crayon Asparagus that same celebration year? Granny Smith Apple is another foodie crayon, named by an 11-year-old girl.
Who’s the oldest Crayola namer? Historian Siegfried tells me that was Mildred Sampson, age 89 in 1993. Purple Mountain Majesty was her choice.
Plenty more art activities on site in Easton; I’d say allow four hours for all the fun. You can do that for $12.00 each. Free if under 24 months.
Take the long route to the Crayola solar farm if you want to be impressed with manufacturing green-ness.
It’s 25 acres with about 30,000 solar panels producing some three mega watts of electricity -- enough to produce a billion crayons and 500 million markers a year.
Christine Tibbetts, TibbettsTravel.com, is a university-trained journalist, approaching 35 years of marriage. She birthed two boys, each of whom is raising a daughter with his wife. She inherited four almost-grown children with her marriage and therefore now grandmothers a dozen of all ages. Tibbetts shares travel tales with TravelingMom as Blended Family Mom. @TibsTravel
PHOTOS AND CAPTIONSLead Image: Photo courtesy Crayola Experience: Drawing with light expands what children already know about crayons.
One glimpse of Skagway and it’s easy to see why this quaint Alaskan town is a popular port for cruise ships sailing along Alaska’s Inside Passage. Skagway offers beautiful [ ... ]
When the PGA tour heads to Ponte Vedra Beach, in Northeast Florida this May for The Players Championship they will once again be hosting multiple events for military memb [ ... ]
Milwaukee, Wisconsin has big city attractions and a friendly Midwestern vibe. Families can take in a Brewers game, or tour a brewery (with soft drinks for the kids). There are [ ... ]
