Skiing and Boarding at Aspen/Snowmass, Colorado
While the celebrity sightings at the Aspen/Snowmass Ski Resort (travel guide) are some of the best in the world, so are the thousands of acres of groomed skiing and boarding trails that traverse across the area’s grand Colorado Rocky Mountains known to produce some of the U.S.’s freshest powder.
The news gets even better: This season the resort will have one of its longest, officially opening on November 25, 2010 and not closing until April 24, 2011 – that’s 151 days of skiing and...
November 22nd, 2010 | Lisa Davis | Read More | Comments: 2Filed under: ski, snowboard, top-feature, winter activities
Winter Weekend Adventure at Pokagon State Park
If there is one thing to love about the current economy it is that we have all learned that sometimes the best family times can be spent close to home. Never was this more obvious to my family than when we took a recent trip to Indiana’s Pokagon State Park.
Nestled in the northeast portion of the state near the city of Angola, on Lake James, (map) Pokagon State Park is full of wonderful adventures for all, but, especially families.
Located near so many natural lakes, summer is a great...
January 10th, 2010 | Jenni Ingersoll | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: family travel, Indiana, state parks, top-feature, winter activities, winter recreation, winter travel
Outdoor Ice Rink Opens Next to Chicago’s Wrigley Field
Now that Chicago is finally getting snow (and just in time for Christmas), why not do something that will really get you into the holiday spirit: ice skating at Chicago’s legendary Wrigley Field.
Called The Rink at Wrigley, this outdoor ice pond is set right in the “shadows of the Friendly Confines” in the parking lot next to the stadium, between Clark and Addison (1100 W. Addison St., map it), and is open through February 28 with daily hours (except for December 25) and reduced hours on...
December 22nd, 2009 | Lisa Davis | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Chicago, featuredarticle, ice skating, winter activities, Wrigley Field


