Most people might not make the YMCA their first choice for a family vacation. But there are affordable Y cabin and lodge vacations still available in Colorado, and they appear to be nice indeed.
Both the YMCA of the Rockies Estes Park Center in Estes Park, Colo., surrounded on three sides by Rocky Mountain National Park, and at Snow Mountain Ranch in Winter Park, situated in beautiful Grand County, near Winter Park Resort offer:
* Buy two, get the third night free packages.
* Free activities on-site, from miniature golf to night hikes.
* Accommodations including fully equipped mountain cabins or comfortable lodge rooms.
* Two free adult breakfasts per lodge room.
At Snow Mountain Ranch, package rates start at $109 per night in a lodge room that can sleep up to six adults, and includes two adult breakfasts per day. At Estes Park Center, package
rates start at $164 per night in a lodge room that can sleep up to five adults. Both offers include two adult breakfasts per day.
Visit www.ymcarockies.org or call 800-777-9622.
Fascinating fact
The Taj Mahal took as many as 20,000 workers and 20 years to complete. (But the results are quite nice.)
Hurry, hurry: Virgin is having a one-day sale
Virgin Atlantic is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a 24-hour sale today for flights from Newark Liberty Airport to London, with fares starting at $186. Book by midnight for travel starting on July 1.
Visit www.virginatlantic.com.
Monkeying around in Waterville Valley
We're giving you plenty of notice on this New Hampshire event. Waterville Valley Resort’s Curious George Cottage Family Festival will take place Aug-7-9. The Margret and H.A. Rey Center will be host, and among family events will be a Curious George character lunch, nature walks and hikes, children’s games, a lobster bake, Curious George movies, and astronomy and star gazing. Why, there will even be banana pancakes. A lodging package features Friday and Saturday night lodging, admission to the Fireman’s BBQ Lunch, a photo op with George, a petting zoo, many activities and a Curious George souvenir. Prices start at $56 per person per night (based on quad occupancy).
Visit www.ReyCenter.org.
You deserve a cruise, along with extra savings
Through Aug. 31, members of the Cruise Lines International Association -- both travel agents and the cruise lines themselves -- are staging a You Deserve a Cruise promotion, with savings and incentives. After all, says Terry Dale, the association's president and CEO, "Now more than ever, a vacation is what people really need." We agree.
Read all about the offers here.
You also deserve a chuckle, of sorts
Two men are engaging in the old debate on whether Hawaii is pronounced "HaVaii" or "HaWaii."
They ask a passerby, who answers, "Havaii."
"Thank you," says the first man.
"You're velcome," replies the passerby.
Trivia answer: The statue is in Ireland
Yesterday's mystery photo (see it below) was taken in Cobh, Ireland. The seaport community, once called Queenstown, was the departure point for 2.5 million of the 6 million Irish people who emigrated to North America between 1848 and 1950. The statue depicts girl named Annie Moore, and her brothers. Annie Moore was the first person to be admitted to the United States through the new immigration center at Ellis Island, New York, Jan. 1, 1892. For the honor of being first, she was presented with a $10 gold piece. It was her 15th birthday.
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