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Summer Road Trip – Dining at the Clifton Inn

by PhillyMama

Just a short post to rave about the food at the incredible Clifton Inn dining room.  If you go, don’t miss the chance to sit at the chef’s counter in Executive Chef Tucker Yoder’s kitchen!  I’d also highly recommend that you let Chef Yoder select what you’ll eat.  We did – and we’re still talking [...]

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Summer Road Trip – Stop #3 (Charlottesville, Virginia)

by PhillyMama

Last week, my family decided to hit the road in our Prius (my husband is way into hyper-miling) and see what fun stuff we could do within a half-day’s drive of our Philadelphia home.  If you’ve been following along, you know that we headed first to Hanover, Pennsylvania, then to historic Gettysburg. On day three [...]

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Travel weekend deals for Sept. 10-12

by ThemeParkMom

Happy Friday! It’s the last day of the workweek, and as added bonus, many of these deals are good to buy through the weekend. We list these daily deals to show you that even though they might be targeted at a local audience, they can be great for travelers. While you have to buy the [...]

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Five reasons to drive the Blue Ridge Parkway with your family

by ThemeParkMom

2010 is the 75th anniversary of the Blue Ridge Parkway – 469 miles of scenic roads that connect the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina to the Shenandoah Valley National Park in Virginia. The road construction began in 1935 as part of FDR’s New Deal job creation efforts, and I am so appreciative [...]

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Boycott the Staycation Ultimate Giveaway: Busch Gardens Williamsburg

by CajunMama
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Williamsburg, VA is the first REAL vacation this Traveling Mama ever experienced. My brother was too young to go, so I had my parents all to myself as I experienced Colonial Williamsburg with its living history. In fact, I still have the Martha Washington rag doll I begged my parents for and I recall sleeping [...]

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