{"id":2891,"date":"2016-03-02T01:24:16","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T01:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/?p=2891"},"modified":"2016-03-02T01:24:16","modified_gmt":"2016-03-02T01:24:16","slug":"au-pairs-experience-snow-tubing-at-ski-liberty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/2016\/03\/02\/au-pairs-experience-snow-tubing-at-ski-liberty\/","title":{"rendered":"Au Pairs Experience Snow Tubing at Ski Liberty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/DSC_0877.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2892\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/DSC_0877-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0877\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/DSC_0877-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/DSC_0877-1024x687.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/DSC_0877-624x419.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The Annapolis, Baltimore and Columbia clusters had a fantastic outing on Saturday February 27. We went snow tubing at Ski Liberty, located just over the Pennsylvania line. There were several host families along for the fun, and our group totaled 50 happy tubers!<br \/>\nEvents like this one serve the purpose of introducing those au pairs from parts of the globe that don\u2019t have snow to the fun sports we entertain ourselves with during the winter months, as well as bringing everyone together to meet new friends. Camaraderie during ones au pair year cannot be underestimated.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/snow-tubing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2897\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/snow-tubing-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"snow tubing\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/snow-tubing-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/snow-tubing-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/snow-tubing-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/DSC_0896.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2896\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/DSC_0896-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0896\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/DSC_0896-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/DSC_0896-1024x687.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/DSC_0896-624x419.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/snow-tubing-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2895\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/snow-tubing-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"snow tubing 2\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/snow-tubing-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/snow-tubing-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/snow-tubing-2-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/DSC_0891.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2893\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/DSC_0891-300x233.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0891\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/DSC_0891-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/DSC_0891-1024x795.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/DSC_0891-624x484.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/DSC_0891.jpg 1932w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/DSC_0895.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2894\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/DSC_0895-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0895\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/DSC_0895-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/DSC_0895-1024x687.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/DSC_0895-624x419.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/snow-tubing-3-e1456881542128.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2898\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/snow-tubing-3-e1456881542128-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"snow tubing 3\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/snow-tubing-3-e1456881542128-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/snow-tubing-3-e1456881542128-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/snow-tubing-3-e1456881542128-624x832.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For anyone who would like to experience snow tubing while it still is offered, we can highly recommend Ski Liberty. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.libertymountainresort.com\/winter-sports-liberty\/tubing\/tubing-boulder-ridge\">http:\/\/www.libertymountainresort.com\/winter-sports-liberty\/tubing\/tubing-boulder-ridge<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/DSC_0877.jpg\"><\/a>The Annapolis, Baltimore and Columbia clusters had a fantastic outing on Saturday February 27. We went snow tubing at Ski Liberty, located just over the Pennsylvania line. There were several host families along for the fun, and our group totaled 50 happy tubers! Events like this one serve the purpose of introducing those au  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/2016\/03\/02\/au-pairs-experience-snow-tubing-at-ski-liberty\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[624,623,473],"class_list":["post-2891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-child-care-au-pair","tag-ski-liberty-snow-tubing-cluster-meeting-children-families","tag-snow"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Au Pairs Experience Snow Tubing at Ski Liberty - ABC Blog (Annapolis, Baltimore &amp; Columbia, MD)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Au Pairs Experience Snow Tubing at Ski Liberty - ABC Blog (Annapolis, Baltimore &amp; Columbia, MD)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Annapolis, Baltimore and Columbia clusters had a fantastic outing on Saturday February 27. 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