Summer Vacation Alternatives: Which Fits Your Family The Best?
As summer approaches, parents everywhere are starting to think about “The Summer Vacation”. Vacations can be fun, educational and provide lasting memories for years to come, the trick is, finding the right one. Whether you’re looking at a short day trip or a month long cross country excursion, here are some tips to help make that choice a little easier.
Sometimes the simple things are the most fun. When we were kids, we were left to our own devices for entertaining ourselves for a good part of the summer. If you cant afford a two week trip or have no public pool available, a day trip to the toy store could work wonders. You could get some water guns, balloons to fill with water and other water toys that connect to a garden hose for a fun afternoon in the back yard. A new bookshelf can be filled with a whole summers worth of reading, or a rocking horse can be great fun for exercising the imagination.
If your work schedule and the kids’ day camp won’t allow for a few weeks away, maybe a series of short day trips are for you and your family. A day trip usually...