Summer Vacation

If your teens are the active type, I recommend Vail, CO. You can mountain bike down the ski trails and they have a ton of activities with other teens. Also, it's not that big of an area, so you know where they are.

I don't know if Branson is your thing, but I can tell you that the area surrounding Branson is really beautiful. There are lots of state parks around there. And, Silver Dollar City is a very cool amusement park that is not like any other I've been to. It is all about the old log-cabin age with lots of country crafts and cool demonstrations. And of course they have rides too. Also up that direction, along I-44 in Missouri, is Meremac Caverns and that is an awesome place for people of any age, especially teenagers too. (And if you decide to go to Nashville, it could be along the route you take to get there). Further up in MO, along I-70, there are lots of wineries (between Columbia and St. Louis).

Also, for your trip, if you decide to stay in hotels, here is a good website for hotel coupons:

www.hotelcoupons.com

Have a great vacation!

We are planning a trip for next summer to North Carolina. I went there as a child and it was one of my favorite vacations!!! In the latest FamilyFun magazine there is an article about all of the different things to do. I'll just list a few names of places and you can look them up: Nags Head, Kitty Hawk, Hatteras, Wright Brother's Museum, Okracoke, Raleigh.... There is so much to do and see there. Hope you guys have a great vacation wherever you go!!!

we are renting a condo for a few days in port aransas. 4 kids and 2 adults for a 2 bedroom place...a beach...what more do you need?

We love Ft Walton Beach/Destin Florida. The beach is beautiful. Also, Red River New Mexico...

Hope you have a good time wherever you choose.

L.

We are going on a cruise. Carnival has been running specials for on-board credit with some of their cruises. I am so excited about ours.. but for some cruises, you will need passports. For our family of 4 our passports were about $300 and we got them in less than a month.

Lots of airlines.. Southwest & Airtran have some great specials right now. Check Travelocity for their packages because sometimes they will have good deals. Good luck.

I'm not quite sure how much there would be to do in Nashville. It's just another big city like what we have here except they have a Country Music Hall of Fame museum that is really nice. I'm a big fan of going to the beach. Good luck!

Here are a few to think about:

Hilton Head, SC
Destin, FL
Gulf Shores, AL
Panama City Beach, FL

I would suggest a cruise. There is something to entertain everyone on a cruise and yall can spend time together and doing your own thing.