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Thursday Thirteen #3
Thirteen Things We’ve Seen/Done on Family Vacations
in no particular order:
1. Grand Canyon…….hiked to the bottom, spent the night & hiked back out next day; with 4 kids! It was hot, 118 degrees and hard to do but so worth it.
2. Yellowstone National Park……hiked & camped, it was 28 degrees at night in August! It’s a great park.
3. New York City……..to see Broadway plays, shop & see the sights. I love it there!
4. Disneyworld…..been several times & with 4 kids you’ve got to go there, right!
5. Rented an RV and drove through California, Oregon and Washington; saw Yosemite, Sequoia, Redwood, & Crater Lake National parks among other things. With 4 kids & 2 parents in an RV, a fun time! It might be one of the kid’s most favorite things we did.
6. Snow skiing in Snowmass/Aspen, Colorado……we have skiied many places but this is probably our favorite.
7. Washington D.C. and all the usual tourist spots there; gotta love the nation’s capital!
8. Grand Teton National Park….white water rafted on the Snake River while there.
9. Smoky Mountains…….encountered a big black bear & 2 cubs while hiking a trail in the mountains.
10. Gettysburg Battlefield, Antietam Battlefield, Monticello & other historical sites in Pennsylvania, Maryland & Virginia……the youngest thought it was one long boring field trip, the rest of us loved it!
11. Niagara Falls….saw both American & Canadian sides; rode Maid of the Mist & did the walk called Journey Behind the Falls.
12. Glacier National Park….did an 8 mile hike to a glacier & drove the Going to the Sun road.
13. Destin, Florida…..typical beach vacation; we aren’t beach people so we don’t go very often!
Left some places out; it made me realize how blessed & lucky we’ve been to travel and take the kids to see so many things!
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July 6th, 2006 at 1:38 am
You’ve taken some nice vacations! On your list, I’ve been to #’s 4 & 9.
Happy Thursday, my TT is up!
July 6th, 2006 at 3:19 am
WOW you’ve done and gone to alot of places!!! I havent hike or camp for AGES!!!!
I would love to go to disney one day and to see the broadway plays someday!!!!
Happy TT, mine is up!
July 6th, 2006 at 5:20 am
you’ve been around much! amazing! hope you’ll share tips sometime on how to travel with kids. my list is up!
July 6th, 2006 at 6:15 am
You are giving your kids a great view of America- by foot, how awesome. You will enjoy The Red Tent- great book. Be blessed.
July 6th, 2006 at 7:52 am
You have done some very cool things. When I was 11 I went cross country camping from Fl to CA and back with my Aunt, Uncle and cousin. We pulled a pop-up camper behind us! I saw lots of the things you mentioned and love those memories to this day! Thanks for sharing, great list!
My T13 is up! Hope you have a terrific Thursday!
July 6th, 2006 at 7:59 am
Can I go with you on your next trip? Heck, I’ve not seen and done most of those things! (Of course, I live near DC and only went on day trips from school when we were kids).
I have been to Paris, though! And London! and and and …. that’s about it! heh
Have a good Thursday!
July 6th, 2006 at 8:20 am
That’s an incredible list! I am with Lisa…can we go on the next trip! 🙂
Destin is my favorite, since I terribly miss the beach. We are going to Disney World in September! I can’t wait till my little one gets older to take yearly trips somewhere.
My TT is up!
July 6th, 2006 at 8:21 am
Wow great list! I’ve done 6,9 & 13.
July 6th, 2006 at 8:26 am
i love to go to new york and see a play and have a great dinner!
July 6th, 2006 at 8:30 am
I so want to see the Tetons. I spent about an hour at the Grand Canyon one year. That is the only place I would go camping.
Have you gone to RedRock. I really, really, want to hike there.
HAppy Thursday!
July 6th, 2006 at 8:41 am
I’ve done a holiday-related T13 too!
The Grand canyon sounds AWE-SOME. I would absolutely love to go, I feel I have some kind of affinity with the desert…
… But I also love water, so Niagara Falls sounds good to me too! And New York… Man, I love that city.
Happy TT!
July 6th, 2006 at 8:51 am
Great vacation destinations! I really haven’t gone anywhere with the kids yet, but they’re still pretty young. Thanks for visiting. 🙂
July 6th, 2006 at 9:00 am
I’ve only been to NYC out of your whole list. Very cool 13!
July 6th, 2006 at 9:04 am
I haven’t been to hardly any of those, except Disney and the Smokies. You guys travel tons more than we do, to lots of cool places. Maybe one day we’ll get to most of those 🙂
July 6th, 2006 at 9:07 am
have you ever done NYC in December when the city is all decked out? it’s COLD but it is my favorite time to be there.
and of *course* you know i have done WDW! 😉
July 6th, 2006 at 9:14 am
I’ve been to most of those places back in my young and single days when I had money:)
July 6th, 2006 at 9:54 am
Great list, I ought to make one!
July 6th, 2006 at 10:14 am
Great list! Happy Thursday!
July 6th, 2006 at 10:50 am
You’ve been travelling a lot and seen some really great places!!
July 6th, 2006 at 12:19 pm
I’ve been to the Grand Canyon but didn’t hike to the bottom! Sounds like fun. I’ve also been to Disney World a few times, and Disney Land.. even with NO kids, you just hafta go! lol
Mandy
July 6th, 2006 at 12:56 pm
Hey girl…
I am doing the 101 in 1001 days and one of the things I wanted was a list of vacation spots so that we could do them in an organized way while our kids were still with us. Unless you come to my blog and tell me that I can’t use it for ideas for my list (I gave you credit, obviously) I am going to put them there. as part of my idea bank. Feel free to just put your {no you can’t post it there” it in my TT for today (you’ve already been there…thanks) if it’s not OK. What an awesome and fun family you are!
a:-)
July 6th, 2006 at 1:02 pm
wow! we don’t get a family vacation this year…and there are several of those places we’d like to go…so I’ll live vicariously through you, ok?;)
thanks for visiting my site with your sweet comments:)
July 6th, 2006 at 1:18 pm
Oh, your 13 makes me yearn for a vacation. Although today is our anniversary, the restaurant to eat tonight is as far as we’ll be going! We went off for our 39th and 40th anniversaries, but too many things happening to take the ‘money’ these days!
Thanks for visiting my site.
July 6th, 2006 at 1:58 pm
There are a lot of places on your list that I need to go to! Especially the 1st two.
My TT is up.
July 6th, 2006 at 4:18 pm
Wow, you have seen more than I knew you did……and more than me maybe I need to do my list…..I have Victoria, BC and Vancouver…..Pikes Peak, WDW and Seaside, FL, Long Beach, Washington..etc.
good going !!!
July 6th, 2006 at 6:28 pm
I want to go to New York! I had a chance in the spring, but it didn’t work out! Thanks for stopping by my spot leaving encouraging words!
Take care!
July 6th, 2006 at 7:13 pm
Now those sound like some fun trips!!!
July 6th, 2006 at 7:44 pm
Hey Gail,
Yes, I’m a Mississippi Girl! I live on the Gulf Coast now (close to Pascagoula). I read some of your posts…are your from the delta? My dad was a minister, and so we moved around a lot. I lived in Greenville at one time…that was my delta experience! Nice to find someone blogging from MS!
July 6th, 2006 at 7:47 pm
Wow, you have been on some incredible vacations! My husband and I daydream about renting an RV and driving around the country (especially the West). And I grew up in Tampa, FL, practically grew up at Disney World, but still can’t seem to get enough of the place. No doubt I will be taking my kids (the ones I don’t have yet) for a visit with the grandparents one day. And Destin is a great place to go for a beach vacay 🙂
July 6th, 2006 at 8:55 pm
What great vacation spots. I would love to go to Yellowstone. My DH is from Wyoming and went often. We are planning to take our family there one day. I love the mts. We spent our honeymoon in the Smokies in Gatlinburg, how scary to see a black bear and cubs, momma bears can be so fierce! Glad you weren’t hurt. I love the beach, DH doesn’t, but his family does, so we have gone. My Uncle lives in Panama City actually, so we stay with him quite a bit. Thanks for stopping by today!
July 7th, 2006 at 2:35 am
I went to Disney World on my honeymoon and can hardly wait till we can take the kids! Great list . . . Happy T13!