**EDITED**
This will be the summer of staycations! Our little foursome just got back from Boulder and will be hitting Colorado Springs/The Broadmoor, Steamboat Springs, the Crested Butte Music Festival, Devil’s Thumb Ranch, YMCA of the Rockies and Beaver Creek.
It will be a veritable Tour de Colorado!
Something else I’m excited about is a trip I’m taking to the Olympic Peninsula. Without the kiddos. The area is the perfect family-friendly travel destination and I’ll be delving into a plethora of activities that includes a Twilight tour, outdoor adventures, arts and culture, northwest history and culinary tourism.
Best of all I will be hooking up with Sandra, one of my dearest childhood friends whom I haven’t seen in 20 years, when I am in Seattle.
I leave in two and a half weeks. Oh, and did I mention I will not be dragging the kids along?
Because nothing says “Family-friendly vacation” like leaving the kids at home. 
I'm a Canadian-born mom of two, former Denver Post columnist, family travel writer, editor of MileHighMamas.com and 9News contributor. Expert on all things Utah, Denver, family and travel. Lover of laughter and life. Happily married to a man obsessed with growing The Great Pumpkin. 