Comments on: Out of the Frying Pan and into the Sprinklers http://www.travelsavvymom.com/blog/family-travel/out-of-the-frying-pan/ Where to Stay When You Go Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:37:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Amy http://www.travelsavvymom.com/blog/family-travel/out-of-the-frying-pan/comment-page-1/#comment-115 Amy Wed, 06 Aug 2008 03:05:34 +0000 http://www.travelsavvymom.com/blog/out-of-the-frying-pan/#comment-115 My heat stroke came while sitting at the Denver skateboard park for two hours on a hard piece of cement speckled with shade. The boys, in their helmets because it’s Canby law, skateboarded continually for two straight hours except for breaks to come chug icy water from a cranberry juice jug. In the end they were bright red with sweat dripping down their cheeks and backs (which is an accomplishment in the dry Colorado air). My point…We can stand a lot of heat when we’re immersed in something we love. Ice cream, air conditioned gift shops, slimy fountains! Whatever it takes to keep the gang happy. Bring it on! My heat stroke came while sitting at the Denver skateboard park for two hours on a hard piece of cement speckled with shade.

The boys, in their helmets because it’s Canby law, skateboarded continually for two straight hours except for breaks to come chug icy water from a cranberry juice jug. In the end they were bright red with sweat dripping down their cheeks and backs (which is an accomplishment in the dry Colorado air).

My point…We can stand a lot of heat when we’re immersed in something we love. Ice cream, air conditioned gift shops, slimy fountains! Whatever it takes to keep the gang happy. Bring it on!

]]> By: Jamie Pearson http://www.travelsavvymom.com/blog/family-travel/out-of-the-frying-pan/comment-page-1/#comment-108 Jamie Pearson Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:27:53 +0000 http://www.travelsavvymom.com/blog/out-of-the-frying-pan/#comment-108 Soultravelers3: I lived in England for two years, and am one of those unusual people who l-o-v-e-s British weather (yes, even in the summer). Then again, I'm indoorsy. Stay warm! Soultravelers3: I lived in England for two years, and am one of those unusual people who l-o-v-e-s British weather (yes, even in the summer). Then again, I’m indoorsy. Stay warm!

]]> By: Soultravelers3 http://www.travelsavvymom.com/blog/family-travel/out-of-the-frying-pan/comment-page-1/#comment-107 Soultravelers3 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:28:24 +0000 http://www.travelsavvymom.com/blog/out-of-the-frying-pan/#comment-107 Oh my, you are a brave mama! We love Andalusia and Seville is one of my fav cities in the world, but we make sure we are not there in the summer. A good friend of ours there, grew up in Cordoba and says the locals are very curious as why tourists want to come in the summer heat....even they hate it. Of course, last summer we ran into just as much heat in Italy ( in May!) and Greece and Turkey. Now that we are in the British Isles this summer, we understand why so many of them go to southern Spain in the summer for the sun. LOL. One tries to avoid the extremes, but sometimes, you just get what you get. ;) Oh my, you are a brave mama! We love Andalusia and Seville is one of my fav cities in the world, but we make sure we are not there in the summer.

A good friend of ours there, grew up in Cordoba and says the locals are very curious as why tourists want to come in the summer heat….even they hate it.

Of course, last summer we ran into just as much heat in Italy ( in May!) and Greece and Turkey. Now that we are in the British Isles this summer, we understand why so many of them go to southern Spain in the summer for the sun. LOL.

One tries to avoid the extremes, but sometimes, you just get what you get. ;)

]]> By: Jamie Pearson http://www.travelsavvymom.com/blog/family-travel/out-of-the-frying-pan/comment-page-1/#comment-89 Jamie Pearson Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:14:52 +0000 http://www.travelsavvymom.com/blog/out-of-the-frying-pan/#comment-89 jen, I have a friend who buys his kids FRONT ROW tickets to the Harlem Globetrotters every year (and shlocky souvenirs too). He subscribes to your positive association theory. It's critical to him that his children share his love of sports, so he looks on it as an investment. I agree, but for travel. jamie jen,

I have a friend who buys his kids FRONT ROW tickets to the Harlem Globetrotters every year (and shlocky souvenirs too). He subscribes to your positive association theory. It’s critical to him that his children share his love of sports, so he looks on it as an investment.

I agree, but for travel.

jamie

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.travelsavvymom.com/blog/family-travel/out-of-the-frying-pan/comment-page-1/#comment-88 Jennifer Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:51:52 +0000 http://www.travelsavvymom.com/blog/out-of-the-frying-pan/#comment-88 I get shockingly permissive when traveling with my kids, too. It's the only time I consistently allow them to buy some small piece of junk at museum gift shops. I'm hoping that in the long run, they'll associate travel with good things, as a result. Rather than associating travel with being incredibly bored and whiny while Mom makes them not run haphazardly through yet another art museum. :) Love your site! I get shockingly permissive when traveling with my kids, too. It’s the only time I consistently allow them to buy some small piece of junk at museum gift shops.

I’m hoping that in the long run, they’ll associate travel with good things, as a result. Rather than associating travel with being incredibly bored and whiny while Mom makes them not run haphazardly through yet another art museum. :)

Love your site!

]]> By: kimberly ford http://www.travelsavvymom.com/blog/family-travel/out-of-the-frying-pan/comment-page-1/#comment-85 kimberly ford Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:27:44 +0000 http://www.travelsavvymom.com/blog/out-of-the-frying-pan/#comment-85 Okay this did not make me at all nostalgic for Spain. And wow was I glad I was there in the summer with a boyfriend and not kids! You are one brave momma! Okay this did not make me at all nostalgic for Spain. And wow was I glad I was there in the summer with a boyfriend and not kids! You are one brave momma!

]]> By: Wendy Perrin http://www.travelsavvymom.com/blog/family-travel/out-of-the-frying-pan/comment-page-1/#comment-87 Wendy Perrin Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:51:44 +0000 http://www.travelsavvymom.com/blog/out-of-the-frying-pan/#comment-87 What a great blog you've got here! (This is my first time visiting.) Hey, at least you weren't in Andalucia in August. Every bit as steamy as July, but NO locals in the cities (they've all fled to the beach) and lots of dust and dirt in the air thanks to all the highway construction (which happens in Aug because that's when the locals are gone). Funny, we just got back from northern CA (mainly Sonoma County), where it was hot enough that we too let the kids eat ice cream twice a day and poured bottled water over our heads. (Of course, our ice cream and bottled water weren't quite as pricey as yours.) What a great blog you’ve got here! (This is my first time visiting.)

Hey, at least you weren’t in Andalucia in August. Every bit as steamy as July, but NO locals in the cities (they’ve all fled to the beach) and lots of dust and dirt in the air thanks to all the highway construction (which happens in Aug because that’s when the locals are gone).

Funny, we just got back from northern CA (mainly Sonoma County), where it was hot enough that we too let the kids eat ice cream twice a day and poured bottled water over our heads. (Of course, our ice cream and bottled water weren’t quite as pricey as yours.)

]]> By: Jennifer Margulis http://www.travelsavvymom.com/blog/family-travel/out-of-the-frying-pan/comment-page-1/#comment-84 Jennifer Margulis Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:09:40 +0000 http://www.travelsavvymom.com/blog/out-of-the-frying-pan/#comment-84 Temperatures climbed to 105 yesterday in sunny Ashland, Oregon, where we live now. Today it will be a balmy 95 and the whole town (of 20,000) is excited. Ice cream twice a day. I should've thought of that. Temperatures climbed to 105 yesterday in sunny Ashland, Oregon, where we live now. Today it will be a balmy 95 and the whole town (of 20,000) is excited. Ice cream twice a day. I should’ve thought of that.

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