“Love it or dread it, the family road trip is still the ultimate bonding experience,” according to Kathleen Leighten in Better Homes and Gardens magazine. With summer right around the corner and budgets a little tighter than usual, here are some ideas for making your next family road trip more fun:
There are many ways to [...]
Indoor water parks in Michigan now replace the only option Michiganders had in winter, to travel south. At these indoor water parks you will find the most fun to be had indoors during the coldest of winters. Here are a few of Michigan’s wettest, wildest and funnest parks!
ZEHNDER’S MAKES A SPLASH!
Located in Frankenmuth, Splash Village [...]
Apple Orchards & Cider Mills
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Public Gardens
Ann Arbor
Matthaei Botanical Gardens at 1800 N. Dixboro
Nichols Arboretum on the University of Michigan Campus. More than 700 acres gardens, research facilities, and trails. Outdoor areas are open [...]
Here are some family travel tips on how to travel inexpensively and great family vacation spots.
Over the years I’ve traveled extensively with my family when I was young, and with my kids as I’ve gotten older. There are ways to do it and places to go and then there are ways and places not to! [...]
How to make family travel fun and as stress-free as possible!
I was recently reminiscing with my oldest son (7 1/2) about how my sister and I traveled in the “olden days”. Ha ha! I’m only 39 and I’m already being referred to as having lived in the olden days, how funny! Anyway, I remember that [...]