With the kids being 5 and 6, one of the stops we’re hoping they will remember, even if only through pictures is the South Rim of the Grand Canyon.
Honestly, I don’t like the picture of us, only because we look ragged from road tripping all day long, but its the only picture I have of us visiting this beautiful spot.
We left Vegas after having one last breakfast with my mom and step dad and headed out on the road. First stop was the Hoover Dam, one of the largest of its time.
Driving down the 93, we followed the signs (and GPS) to The Hoover Dam. Our goal – to drive across the dam.
Packing for a 2 week road trip can become quite a chore. In an RV, you a limited amount of cabinet space and hanging space available. For 4 people, that doesn’t give us much room, therefore we needed to make sure we had all the essentials needed for whatever weather we were going to come across. For the kids, I took the time to fold all of their clothes neately and place them in boxes that we had on hand to place into the cabinets. For The Hubster and I, most of our shirts were hung up in the small closet, but our pants were folded and stacked on a shelf. It just so happens that during my packing, I was contacted by the nice people at Downey to sample their new Downy Wrinkle Releaser Plus – a necessity when traveling.
Downy Wrinkle Releaser Plus is really easy to use. All you need to do is spray it on the wrinkled area, stretch out the garment and hang it to dry. The only problem is that if you need to take out wrinkles out quickly, you may need to us a hair dryer or hang the clothes in the sunlight.
For our two week road trip, the first stop was Las Vegas. My mom and step-dad moved there over a year ago, so we try to visit as often as we can. Besides, the kids just love hanging at their place, I mean who wouldn’t with a pool and a putting green?
They live about 25 minutes from the strip and have many fun places to share with us when we get into town. For instance, The Container Park.
If you’re following along, you know we planned and have been on a HUGE RV summer road trip this year. With the release of Rio2 on Blu-Ray/DVD on July 15th, we decided to include Blue, Jewel and their family inspired fun activities to keep our youngsters entertained while traveling.
If you’ve gone road trippin’ with your family for any length of destination, you already know how antsy the kiddos can get either cooped up in a car or even traveling in an RV.
When the school year ends, and The Hubster finishes his softball season; we start planning our summer break. This year, we were invited by some friends to come up and visit them in Washington and we decided that this was the year for a family road trip.
Rather than flying, we decided to make some stops along the way to share some of the US with the kids. Besides, there were many sights we either hadn’t seen since we were kids, or had never seen. After doing a little research and figuring that each night hotels would cost us on average $200, my husband came up with the idea to look into an RV.
As a blogger, we get invited to fun events or unique opportunities every so often. One of my favorites happened just last week at Medieval Times Buena Park.
We were invited “behind the scenes” to meet the knights, horses and experience what it is like to be a part of the magic of Medieval Times Buena Park. For me, that was a magical experience because I am just in awe of the beauty of the horses and am a fan of the show.
With our latest new adventure: our 1st Camping Trip; I decided to commemorate the event with family game time. Our friends at Wonder Forge surprised us with two new Disney games: Planes Sky Race and Frozen Matching.
The creaters at Wonder Forge put together another couple of awesome family fun games. We started with Disney’s Planes Sky Race.
For Spring Break, we decided to head on down to San Diego and try camping – RV Style.
Now if you know me, I’m really not a camper. I recall being a kid and going with the YMCA once. Um, not a fun time because I was so freaked out a scorpion would join me in my sleeping bag in the middle of the night. Even the ants were a little much for me. Yah, I was a total wimp.
Well, it’s time to share the next installment of Disney and Orlando Discounts for the week:
Have you thought about where you want to spend the summer? Or where you’d like to vacation when school is out? Our plan is Florida!!!
With August being our Anniversary, and the last month before school gets in full swing, this year we decided to head out to Las Vegas for our last bit of “stay-cation”.
Our favorite hotel has become The Rio Las Vegas. Even though it is just off the strip, it’s a fun place to stay for families as well as couples with lots to offer.
