Take Your Thousand Oaks Acorn on Vacation

YOUNG AMIGOS- Dan and Andrea Sidman of Thousand Oaks take the kids with them to Cancun, Mexico. From left are Joshua Berns, 3; Ari Sidman, 7, and Ian Sidman, 2. They're never too young for the Thousand Oaks Acorn. TALES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC- Three friends meet in Suva, Fiji, for a vacation. Above are Christi Marquez of Thousand Oaks; her daughter, Erin Mueller of Westlake Village, and Marquez's sister, Sheri Mann of Honolulu. INTELLECTUAL PURSUITS- Alvin and Mona Thompson of Thousand Oaks take a cruise on the Island Princess to Hawaii for a backpacking trip through the volcanoes. Alvin relaxes with some good reading material. WINTER PLAYTIME- Rachel and Jeremy Lin of Newbury Park join their cousin Alex Lin of San Carlos, Calif. for some fun in the snow at Lake Tahoe. FRESH AIR GALLERY- Wendy Erlanger of Thousand Oaks and her children, Gabrielle and Jake, view an outdoor display of paintings in Gimli, Manitoba, Canada. Erlanger's husband, Michael, took the picture. BE OUR GUEST- Kritin Karkare, 9, visits the historic Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, N.H. Kritin's parents are Subhash and Krittika of Thousand Oaks. The hotel opened in 1902 as the most glamorous resort of the time and has its own private telephone system and post office.