Are you one of the millions of families who head “Over the river and through the woods to Grandmother’s house” for the holidays? Once you have kids, holiday travel takes on a whole new meaning 🙂 Not to worry, we have a great group of FREE printables and AWESOME travel tips that will help …
Family Travel
Travel is such a great educational opportunity for kids! A chance to explore new places, try something new and reconnect with the family. Honestly, my kids learn more on our vacations than they do any other time of the year. Part of it is because they are immersed in the moment — when you …
We’re just back from our annual family vacation — and honestly, this one almost did me in!
Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE to travel!
Exploring new places, seeing some AMAZING sights and being with my family — just us without all the day-to-day craziness that we leave behind — it’s something I look forward to each year.
I grew up back east where you could drive for an hour and reach the next big city. That’s not the case in the Midwest; the cities are farther apart and a day trip definately takes a whole day.
But boy are there some wonderful Midwest cities to visit!
With spring in the air and summer on it’s way, I thought I would ask some of my friends to share their favorite places around the Midwest.
Learn about some of the great day trips & weekend jaunts from Kansas City!
In our house, planning for a family vacation is a full-family affair! It is called a ‘family vacation’ so we have always involved the kids in trip planning and prep.
It’s a great life skill for them to learn especially if you travel often (even if it’s only day trips or weekends away). Plus, vacations always see to run a little smoothier if everyone is hands-on from the get-go.
My daughter and I took a day trip this past fall and headed to St. Joseph in Missouri.
Not far from Kansas City (about an hour’s drive), St. Joseph has quite a few wonderful attractions that families will really enjoy! During our day-long trip, we were able to visit three of the city’s museums.
During our vacation to the Black Hills & Badlands of South Dakota, we decided to enjoy some of the sights in Rapid City.
The Black Hills/Badlands area is very expansive and Rapid City is the closest city to Custer State Park and Mount Rushmore.
Our summer travels took us to a whole new area of the country for our family – the Black Hills of South Dakota!
After our wonderful trip to Rocky Mountain Nat’l Park last summer, we decided that we wanted another ‘back to nature’ vacation.
Don’t you just love family vacations?! The opportunity to get away and explore someplace new! The time away from the daily schedule and all the things that need to be done at home 🙂 The packing, unpacking and repacking (ha!) We had some fun posts shared last week at the Discover & Explore Vacations …