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Vacation plans with kids: Wisconsin travel experience, baseball games, old blog entries

A family counselor says that family vacations often provide good memories, even for people from dysfunctional families. So while I have no kids myself, I thought I'd collect some information on vacationing with kids.

First I searched this blog, where I mentioned road trips with kids, educating kids on vacation, getting your kids tough enough for vacation, getting kids involved in vacation planning, and keeping kids happy in Berlin. There are a few others, including some vacation plans with kid-friendly stuff but I'll only mention this vacation with kids stuff in PA.

Here's a writer who recommends the Osthoff Resort in Wisconsin for vacationing families. Rooms start at $165 during the off-season, but the author had a two-bedroom suite (a room for the kids and another for the adults). For this room prisces start at $215.

Not surprisingly, they were able to fins some nice land in Wisconsin: "The resort is nestled along the edge of spring-fed Elkhart Lake, a spot Native Americans called "the chosen spot" because of its natural beauty, cedar tree-lined shores and deep, pristine water." However, we can't say the land is unspoiled because while they were swimming in the lake they heard "revving car engines of the nearby Road America four-mile racetrack."

As far as I can tell the author never visited the racetrack. She did enjoy the expensive spa (who wouldn't like an expensive spa treatment?) but the other activities seemed only OK. If you end up in Wisconsin you might want to see about the state's festivals.

Now when you do travel with kids, you have to remember not to make them ride in the trunk. Scary.

What's more fun than riding in the trunk? Maybe seeing a minor league baseball game. I remember seeing one of these near Providence, Rhode Island on July 3rd a few years ago and they had a nice fireworks display after the game. It was pretty fun. You could always plan a whole vacation around baseball (this links to a 2006 vacation plan so this is only an example of what you could do).

Of course, family vacations don't have to be domestic. Some parents try to teach their kids to appreciate other places and cultures by taking them abroad early. Of course these types of vacations can be more expensive than a trip to Wisconsin or a minor league ball game...

In the end, it's hard enough to figure out where I want to go and if my wife will like it to. I'm glad I don't have to worry about making sure 1 or more kids also have fun on each vacation....

Posted by James Trotta at April 4, 2007 12:31 PM | TrackBack