Travel

Don’t Get Tired of the Snow – Have Fun In It: Visit Mohawk Mountain – Cornwall, CT

February 2011

Sometimes, you just can’t do a darn thing about the weather. However, you don’t have to suffer from cabin fever and no; you don’t have to fly south. This is New England and snow is part of the package. So, pack up the family, and head for the hills – make that Mohawk Mountain.
Carol Schoenknecht [...]

Add Color to Your Family Fun: Visit the Crayola Factory

June 2010
Add Color to Your Family Fun: Visit the Crayola Factory

So immersed in our rhetoric are those rainbow colored, waxy cylinders we know as crayons, that we often describe something colorful as “Crayola- like.” Just the word charges the senses to recall the texture, shape, feel, smell, and look of crayons. It’s hard to imagine anyone who grew up in America and attended pre-school or [...]

Catalina Island – The Island of Romance and So Much More

May 2010

Recently, the beauty of Catalina, just off of Southern California, was brought to my attention because one of my sons likes to scuba dive there. He was telling me about an event that happens every year on the island, which is pretty much a combination of a cleanup day and a scavenger hunt. Hundreds of [...]

No Need to Shop ‘Til You Drop in Kent

January 2010

Every holiday season many people become overwhelmed by all the additional activities that suddenly come into their lives. One of the most challenging seems to be shopping for that special gift for that extra special someone. One of the best ways to turn shopping into a fun event is to shop with friends and do [...]

Hop a Train with Santa!

January 2009

Sometimes, you can make the most fun-filled discoveries close to home. Recently, I wanted to check out the various train stations that offered trips to Christmas villages, and other holiday themed park. There are quite a few in Connecticut.
For instance, I had heard about the North Pole Express in Essex. Children climbed aboard a locomotive-powered [...]