Comments for Travel With Teens and Tweens http://travel-with-teens.com Reviews & resources for family travel planners Fri, 18 May 2012 14:48:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on News from Our Favorite Travel Blogging Families with Teens and Tweens by Sandra Foyt http://travel-with-teens.com/2012/05/news-from-our-favorite-travel-blogging-families-with-teens-and-tweens/comment-page-1/#comment-789 Sandra Foyt Fri, 18 May 2012 14:48:40 +0000 http://travel-with-teens.com/?p=10428#comment-789 Thanks for including contributing author Gina Martin's post about the Big Gay Ice Cream Shop in your roundup! Thanks for including contributing author Gina Martin’s post about the Big Gay Ice Cream Shop in your roundup!

]]> Comment on News from Our Favorite Travel Blogging Families with Teens and Tweens by Talon http://travel-with-teens.com/2012/05/news-from-our-favorite-travel-blogging-families-with-teens-and-tweens/comment-page-1/#comment-786 Talon Tue, 15 May 2012 02:00:12 +0000 http://travel-with-teens.com/?p=10428#comment-786 Thanks for including our post in your blog carnival! Thanks for including our post in your blog carnival!

]]> Comment on Hapuna Beach: Big Island Best for Teens by MaryT http://travel-with-teens.com/2009/12/hapuna-beach-big-island-best-for-teens/comment-page-1/#comment-783 MaryT Thu, 10 May 2012 00:30:22 +0000 http://travel-with-teens.com/?p=367#comment-783 Good reminder Jeff, Hapuna can be particularly dangerous in the winter months - but is always beautiful! Good reminder Jeff, Hapuna can be particularly dangerous in the winter months – but is always beautiful!

]]> Comment on Hapuna Beach: Big Island Best for Teens by Jeff G http://travel-with-teens.com/2009/12/hapuna-beach-big-island-best-for-teens/comment-page-1/#comment-782 Jeff G Wed, 09 May 2012 22:37:49 +0000 http://travel-with-teens.com/?p=367#comment-782 That's one of the best photos of Hapuna Beach I've ever seen, and I've seen hundreds. One note about it: while it's true the slope is very gentle, it ends abruptly if one goes out far enough. I know this personally because it's as close to drowning as I've ever come, and I've been swimming at beaches for over 40 years. While researching the experience I discovered Hapuna claims more drowning victims every year on the island than any other beach, not only because of occasionally hazardous winter conditions but also because of this shelf dropoff. You can be bobbing peacefully in shoulder-high water and suddenly there will be no bottom at all, with no way to reach one. Not a big deal if one relaxes and treads water long enough, but if panic sets in (it eventually did with me) it can become a life-threatening situation. That said, Hapuna is easily the best beach on the island and very close to heaven imo. That’s one of the best photos of Hapuna Beach I’ve ever seen, and I’ve seen hundreds.

One note about it: while it’s true the slope is very gentle, it ends abruptly if one goes out far enough. I know this personally because it’s as close to drowning as I’ve ever come, and I’ve been swimming at beaches for over 40 years. While researching the experience I discovered Hapuna claims more drowning victims every year on the island than any other beach, not only because of occasionally hazardous winter conditions but also because of this shelf dropoff. You can be bobbing peacefully in shoulder-high water and suddenly there will be no bottom at all, with no way to reach one. Not a big deal if one relaxes and treads water long enough, but if panic sets in (it eventually did with me) it can become a life-threatening situation.

That said, Hapuna is easily the best beach on the island and very close to heaven imo.

]]> Comment on The College Search Concludes! It’s UMass Amherst! by Maryse http://travel-with-teens.com/2012/04/the-college-search-concludes-its-umass-amherst/comment-page-1/#comment-777 Maryse Wed, 02 May 2012 12:28:54 +0000 http://travel-with-teens.com/?p=10368#comment-777 Congratulations! The same happened to us. One of the very first colleges visited and liked is now the chosen one, even though it was often put aside during the whole process. Yes, the "re-visits" are crucial as our children mature a lot during their senior year. Great blog. Thank you! Congratulations!
The same happened to us. One of the very first colleges visited and liked is now the chosen one, even though it was often put aside during the whole process. Yes, the “re-visits” are crucial as our children mature a lot during their senior year.

Great blog. Thank you!

]]> Comment on Jersey Shore Top 10 by Wandering Educators http://travel-with-teens.com/2010/01/top-10-activities-for-family-jersey-shore-vacation-with-teens-tweens/comment-page-1/#comment-776 Wandering Educators Wed, 02 May 2012 01:57:07 +0000 http://travel-with-teens.com/?p=1235#comment-776 what fantastic tips - thank you! what fantastic tips – thank you!

]]> Comment on Taking Teens Out of School for Family Travel — The Recovery Continues by Steve http://travel-with-teens.com/2012/04/taking-teens-out-of-school-for-family-travel-the-recovery-continues/comment-page-1/#comment-770 Steve Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:34:34 +0000 http://travel-with-teens.com/?p=10291#comment-770 I pull my kids out of school for a day or two at a time when needed. I consider it the equivalent of being sick, and in the long run I want them to be able to catch up on things they're behind on because it's going to happen to them in life. Working from behind is a skillset that I want my kids to have. I pull my kids out of school for a day or two at a time when needed. I consider it the equivalent of being sick, and in the long run I want them to be able to catch up on things they’re behind on because it’s going to happen to them in life. Working from behind is a skillset that I want my kids to have.

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