What do you do to entertain visiting family with tweens and teens?

[Anonymous]

Sandy Springs Adventure Park
Great Falls
If outdoorsy: hiking at Sugarloaf
National Zoo
National Mall (can do quick in and out of several museums since they’re free plus see monuments)
Monster Mini Golf
tweens/teens love Georgetown for some reason
Top Golf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would have a few planned activities for each day:

- Nats game, of course
- National Zoo (even our oldest and most jaded teen visitors still enjoy the zoo!)
- walking/shopping through Georgetown & lunch
- dinner at Old Ebbitt Grill
- walk around National Harbor and ride the Ferris Wheel
- tour of the Capital
- tour of the White House
- tour of Arlington Cemetery
- dinner at The Palms
- tour Mount Vernon
- Bush Gardens if there is a full day
- drive to Annapolis and walk around, take a harbor boat ride or fishing in the Bay
- walk a mile or two up and back on the C&O Trail and then lunch
- breakfast at iHOP one morning
- the pool & backyard barbecue

Have a great time with your visitors!

This is why you need to give options ahead of time. These are so different and it’s a lot. It’s reminding me of the aunt who posted a while back, whose niece was visiting and ended up withdrawing to her room unless more subdued DH came out. Some people love all this activity. One of my kids would. My other would be miserable but wouldn’t want to be rude and tell you. He would love IHOP, but for lunch and then hang out at the pool with a late bbq dinner.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would have a few planned activities for each day:

- Nats game, of course
- National Zoo (even our oldest and most jaded teen visitors still enjoy the zoo!)
- walking/shopping through Georgetown & lunch
- dinner at Old Ebbitt Grill
- walk around National Harbor and ride the Ferris Wheel
- tour of the Capital
- tour of the White House
- tour of Arlington Cemetery
- dinner at The Palms
- tour Mount Vernon
- Bush Gardens if there is a full day
- drive to Annapolis and walk around, take a harbor boat ride or fishing in the Bay
- walk a mile or two up and back on the C&O Trail and then lunch
- breakfast at iHOP one morning
- the pool & backyard barbecue

Have a great time with your visitors!

This is why you need to give options ahead of time. These are so different and it’s a lot. It’s reminding me of the aunt who posted a while back, whose niece was visiting and ended up withdrawing to her room unless more subdued DH came out. Some people love all this activity. One of my kids would. My other would be miserable but wouldn’t want to be rude and tell you. He would love IHOP, but for lunch and then hang out at the pool with a late bbq dinner.

Great point!

[Anonymous]

Monuments
Canal boat ride at Great Falls
Library of Congress
Fort Washington
Fort McHenry
Zoo
Fossil hunting at one of shark tooth beaches