Travel

Even though I find plenty of fun around town, our family loves to travel, too. If you’re thinking about a day trip, a weekend away, a major vacation, or a road trip  (if my “live” blog of one of our road trips doesn’t scare you), here are some previous Capital District Fun posts as well as some articles from KidsOutAndAbout.com.

Not-too-far Parks and Camping

• Moreau Lake
• Camping at Glimmerglass
• Mine Kill State Park
• Camping at Max V. Shaul State Park

Lake Placid and surrounding Adirondacks

• My series of articles for KidsOutAndAbout.com
• Lake Placid Olympic Center
• The Bobsled Experience at Lake Placid
• Take a Gondola Ride at Whiteface, near Lake Placid
• Take a Ride Up Whiteface Veterans Memorial Highway near Lake Placid
• The Wild Center at Tupper Lake
• Baker Mountain
• High Falls Gorge & Avalanche Adventures
• Beyond Saranac Lake: Paul Smiths Adirondack Interpretive Center, Donnelly’s Ice Cream, & Lake Colby
• Family-Friendly Food In and Around Lake Placid

The Berkshires/New England

• Jiminy Peak and Jiminy Peak again
• Review of The Berkshire Botanical Garden

Syracuse

• Review of Wonderworks Indoor Amusement Park
• Pole Position Raceway, Rosamond Gifford Zoo, and other family fun spots in Syracuse

Rochester

• Fun in Rochester: Seabreeze, Abbott’s, & Ontario Beach Park
• Fun in Rochester: Saturday Night with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
• Fun in Rochester: Kids’ Guide to Genesee Country Village and Museum
• Fun in Rochester: Memorial Art Gallery
• Fun in Rochester: Seneca Park Zoo
• Fun in Rochester: Roseland Water Park
• Destination: Girl Power: Visiting the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House, Tasting some Ethiopian and Vietnamese food, staying at the Hilton Garden Inn Downtown Rochester, and Visiting the Women’s Right National Historic Park in Seneca Falls on the way home.

New York City

• The New York Public Library
• Some suggestions for Boston, Rochester, and New York City
• Spring Trip to New York City (Queens Hall of Science)
• Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
• NYC Tenement Museum and John’s Pizza

Pennsylvania

• Hersheypark in Hershey, PA

Chicago, IL

• Eating Our Way Through Chicago

Baltimore, Maryland

• Fort McHenry in Baltimore
• The National Aquarium in Baltimore

Washington, DC

• The National Zoo
• Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History

North Carolina

• Marbles Kids Museum in Raleigh

Ohio

• Great Wolf Lodge in Sandusky, Ohio

Missouri

• The City Museum in St. Louis

Disney World

• Visiting Moab, Utah
• Review of Morning Glory Canyoneering with Red River Adventures in Moab, Utah
• Review of 2-Day Family River Rafting with Sheri Griffith Expeditions in Moab, Utah
• Review of Canyoneering with Moab Desert Adventures at Entrajo Canyon in Moab, Utah
• Review of the Fiery Furnace Tour at Arches National Park
• Visiting Canyonlands National Park

• Visiting the Grand Canyon’s North Rim
• Review of North Rim Family Hiking Adventure at the Grand Canyon

 

Paris, France

• Planning a Trip to Paris
• Off to Paris (Via Montreal)
• Wandering Paris
• Blue Bike Tour & l’Orangerie
• Arc de Triomphe, Eiffel Tower, Sainte-Chappelle
• Bike Tour in Versailles
• Catacombs, Sacre Coeur, Louvre
• Charms & Secrets Tour and Musee d’Orsay
• Towers of Notre Dame