Let's Celebrate Summer with Graduations,
Trips, and Outdoor BBQs
Caps in the air! Tearful embraces! Strains of Pomp and Circumstance get me choked up each time I hear the tune. It signifies a passage of time, growing up, and moving on in life. What better way to celebrate the graduate and graduating family than a trip together?
Our friends across the street are taking their daughter to Japan on a trip of a lifetime before she goes to college in San Diego. Another young lady we know is planning with all her might to go to Paris to get a job now that she has graduated from University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
It's not too late to pull together a family celebration weekend or a summerlong getaway. Check out the Local Specials story in the Consumer Lookout section to snag deals in San Francisco, Napa, and Monterey.
And further going south, you may be planning the proverbial Disneyland car trip. If so, you must read contributor Joyce Kiefer's excellent "Road to Disneyland" article where she delineates the best places to stop and rest, to eat, and to stretch and play.
If your family is the adventurous sort, we've got thrills for you. Sign up for you kids for some day camp action in Lake Tahoe. Read "Sugar Bowl in the Summer," to learn more. Meanwhile, Washington writer Linda Hagen-Miller tells us all about her family kayaking expedition in a little-known town called God's Pocket in British Colombia. And for the first time, you can go ballooning over the red rocks in Moab canyon in Utah. Find out more in our "Ballooning Rocks in Utah" article.
Enjoy these additional articles to plan your fun summer.
*Alpine Hiking in Austria, Switzerland - Europe
*Free movies, concerts, and more - Calendar
*Review: The Opus Hotel - Canada
And before I forget, big online hugs to my favorite Class of 2010 graduates: Tiffany, Meg, Margaret, Dominique, Nicholas, Brenna, Meredith, and Maddie. I love you guys!
Happy Travels,
Kathy Leong
Executive Editor
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