I grew up with O.S.S. (Only-Sister Syndrome), which often became S.O.S. when participating in sports with my ultra-competitive brothers. The biggest slam to my ego was when they accused me of doing anything “like a girl.”
But here’s the deal: last week at Keystone Resort, I “skied like a girl” and loved every minute of it. [...]

Our Christmas was all about giving each other “experiences.” My brother and sister-in-law threatened to take us to the killer workout Ripped but I mercifully got sick and they instead porked us up at the city’s nicest steakhouse. And for The Parents Who Have Everything, my husband Jamie and I decided we would whisk them [...]

Christmas is not Christmas unless I am home in Canada. I am fine being away from The Motherland for every other season and holiday but there is something about being home for holidays. Actually, a lot of “somethings” that include oversized candy bars, a rousing game of bum darts and the Pollock rendition of 12 [...]

With the money crunch this year, most of us won’t be traveling abroad anytime soon. But with so many great options in our backyard, why even leave Colorado? Our ski resorts are doing all they can to make our weekend getaways affordable and fun.
Telluride, Aspen, Copper, Winter Park and Steamboat are just some of [...]

OK, so maybe that title is a wee bit of an exaggeration. More like the day Haddie and I almost lost a few fingers to frostbite as my two-year-old son Bode watched us as he played chess.
You didn’t know a toddler could pass a pawn? Me neither.
A little bit of background: my family recently [...]

I spent my final semester of college on a study abroad in the Middle East. Our campus was on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem and we traveled frequently around the region. We floated in the Dead Sea and slept in cabanas by the Sea of Galilee. We roamed through Petra’s ancient wonders in Jordan [...]

Technically, I’m not a “Mile High” mama. I live on the Western Slope. I could be wrong, but I believe that I am the only one of “The Mamas” that was actually born in the Denver area. Can I hear a “Woot!” for Valley View Hospital?
I lived the first four [...]

**PRESS RELEASE**
(Calgary, AB Canada, July 21, 2008) — Amber Johnson made a failed attempt to fly solo with her two children back to Colorado last week and spent an extra day recovering at her parent’s home in Calgary.
“I thought the flight to Calgary was bad enough,” Johnson grimaced. “I mean, it was such a [...]

I have always loved to travel. The problem is, travel has not always loved me. I once journeyed to France for a wedding, only to get lost and miss the entire celebration.
I built a career as a travel writer by writing a humor column about my mishaps. During a meeting with my editor, I made [...]

As backpackers, my husband Jamie and I are minimalists. We pack the bare essentials because we know we will be the ones hauling them into the backcountry.
We had also taken the same approach with car camping…until we saw the light during last weekend’s camping trip to Eleven Mile State Park, a venue that came [...]