Articles from the 'Best Summer Time Ever' series
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Sanders family takes trip of a lifetime
The Sanders family has done a fair amount of traveling, with annual visits to Jean's dad in Puerto Rico and Scott's family in Florida and a number of road trips. But they had never... — Updated 9/2/2020
Golfer makes special shot in the desert
Jack DiTrani clutched his 52-degree gap wedge on the tee of the 97-yard hole, took aim and launched his TaylorMade ball. The trajectory was a little thinner than planned, but the... — Updated 8/26/2020
City offers Pilsen, other neighborhoods
My mid-summer, after several months of quarantine, the Konieska family of Hinsdale was ready for a change of scenery. With travel out of the question, Stephanie Konieska turned to... — Updated 8/19/2020
National parks inspire family road trip
There are many lessons to be learned from seeing new places and welcoming new experiences. For the Kapcar family of Hinsdale, the first lesson of their epic 2016 journey to visit... — Updated 8/5/2020
Family wedding prompts amazing trip
The Hines-Shah family of Hinsdale had been to India before. They had even attended an Indian wedding before. But they had never experienced anything quite like the four-day... — Updated 7/22/2020
Runners scale new heights during relay
Two hundred miles and 24 hours to run it, with 11 sets of legs sharing the task. Not everyone's idea of an inviting getaway. But that challenge is what drew a co-ed group of... — Updated 7/8/2020
Travel is the tie that binds for Martins
This summer, Ronan Martin had planned to celebrate his graduation from Hinsdale Central High School with a trip to Spain with dad Chris, walking the 220-kilometer road know as the... — Updated 6/24/2020
Mission trip offers look at inequalities
Boundaries. Created for safety, in some cases. Others, as Grant Glowiak and a team from Union Church of Hinsdale discovered, may be subtle instruments of segregation. Glowiak,... — Updated 6/17/2020