A thousand years ago, Chacoan people built multi-story buildings and engineered roads in the high desert of New Mexico. Chaco Culture National Historical Park preserves the legacy of this ancient culture. It is one of the most visited prehistoric ruins in the United States, and is also a World Heritage Site for its “universal value.”
Read more…California Deserts: When to visit
Late winter and spring, not summer, are the perfect time to visit California deserts – Death Valley, Mojave National Preserve, Joshua Tree, Palm Springs and Anza Borrego. Read about favorite places to go with kids and tips for enjoying the desert.
Read more…Tips for Vancouver BC
Helpful travel tips for family trips to Vancouver – documents to bring along for Canadian and US border control, public transportation, biking Stanley Park, fun food, family hotels.
Read more…Tips for Philadelphia
Tips for family trips to Philadelphia with kids – visiting Independence National Historic Park, how to reserve tickets for Independence Hall, security lines, hours, fun food.
Read more…SFMOMA: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
New SFMOMA – San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Kids can explore a steel structure round-and-round maze by Richard Serra, see works by Matisse, Picasso, Miro, skip around open-air Calder sculptures, search for numbers 0 to 9 in a painting by Jasper Johns, and stand up close to see a portrait dissolve into squares.
Read more…Travel tips: California hiking with kids
California has glorious natural scenery – majestic mountains and lakes, golden hills dotted with oak trees, unique and fascinating deserts, towering redwood forests, alpine meadows covered with wild flowers – places where there are no roads, only trails through the landscape. Hiking with kids in California is an experience you’ll never forget.
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