Ask any one that has traveled to a Hawaiian island and the most frequently offered advice is to do a helicopter tour of the island. We first heard this from a concierge at our resort in Maui, in 2012. Back then, the children were younger, we were new to traveling and spending so much money …
The fourth morning, we had a meeting scheduled with the Vacations club staff in the first half of the day. The children wished to eat a bigger breakfast that morning, so we went back to the Big Island buffet. It had been temporarily moved to a different ballroom, so the seating was a bit cramped …
The day of our Safari dawned grey and cloudy with hanging mist and intermittent rain. The access road from the Lodge to the Guest Pavilion crosses a shallow area where water flows across the road sometimes making it difficult to cross after a night’s rain. The staff monitors this situation closely and we got the …
The drive to Glen Rose was uneventful. In fact, we were pleasantly surprised by the Chisholm Trail Parkway en route to Glen Rose. Recently constructed, the Parkway was smooth and traffic was streamlined making it easier to travel to Fossil Rim. The entrance to The Lodge is separate from the entrance to Fossil Rim Wildlife …
Introduction and trip planning Breaking from tradition, this spring break, we stayed home, thanks to the Zika Virus. My carefully orchestrated plans to visit Aruba and Panama were shattered mercilessly by the Zika onslaught. It was then that I came across the safari trip and overnight lodging at Fossil Rim in Glen Rose. We had …