After four visits to Lake Placid in the last couple of years, we finally did it: we skied Whiteface. And it is definitely the best skiing in the Lake Placid area. This has been a mountain we’ve wanted to conquer for a year or two, but didn’t feel like we were ready skill-wise until this…
Big White Ski Resort with Air Canada Vacations
Before kids, I was the kind of person who loved the occasional spontaneous travel experience — booking a flight and maybe a hotel at the destination and figuring out the rest on the fly. But with demands on my time at a premium and four people to book and pack and get on their way,…
How to teach your kids to ski
Despite spending a year in high school as a teacher’s aide for my co-op class, and yet another year teaching ESL in Korea in my 20s, I’m a terrible teacher. These two experiences are the sole reasons I didn’t go to teacher’s college. My patience wears thin very easily and I become frustrated with repetition…
Family-approved ski gear
I won’t go on and on about how much we’ve fallen in love with skiing. (If you really want to know, you can read this post or this one or this one.) But for anyone who’s considering skiing — especially with your kids — know that there are two essentials to making it work well:…
Get away this March Break at Mont-Tremblant
With the falling Canadian dollar, I know many of you are thinking twice about your annual March Break plans. Staying close to home has never been easier on the wallet, and a road trip or quick flight to Mont-Tremblant in Quebec offers your family a great opportunity to spend the break reconnecting, getting out into…