It’s no secret that I like to travel. Although I’ve come to dislike air travel even more, it seems I can no longer get from point A to point C with out coming up short a bag or two from point B. I have learned that any plane change that has a layover less than an hour means that my luggage will not arrive with me. As adults we can deal with this, begrudgingly; but when traveling with children, having to wait a day or two for luggage is not how I want to start off a weeks vacation. Amazingly we have found that there is an abundance of places to go and things to see within a days drive from our home. Our secret has been planning with some spontaneity thrown in.
My wife and I have eight children, the youngest two (twins) are now 12. Over the years we have traveled with our kids around the country and across the Atlantic. We have tried things that have worked and things that haven’t to make the getting there easier on all of us.
Have long hours spent confined in cramped spaces with normally well behaved children, who in their boredom along with the complete disruption of their normal routines, become wound up, bundles of uncontainable energy testing your patience as well as those around? Then try putting some of the following into action. Read more…








