Things you wish people explained to you before you went to (insert vacation destination)

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Anonymous wrote:I wish someone said the Grand Canyon is not kid friendly and pretty dangerous and it’s not that impressive in my opinion. I loved the arches at Utah but something about our Grabd Canyon trip was a bust.

Dangerous, how so? Thanks!

NP- A misstep on a trail and you are dead. You sit on a ledge and lose balance? You could be dead. It is a very dangerous place for small kids, you could not let a 2yo out of your sight for 2 seconds without them being at risk near the rim. I have vertigo so stayed on the paved biked trail and went viewpoint to viewpoint that way. I disagree about it not being impressive though, it is breathtaking, but the hiking is inherently dangerous.

NP. By “kid” friendly I was assuming the kid was at least ES age. Who the heck takes a 2yo to a cliff??

We went on a hike at Muir Woods in California and I was terrified the entire time that my 11 year old was going to trip on something and tumble down a steep ravine. I will never do that hike again with a kid, heck I was nervous myself.

LOL. Been to Muir Woods dozens of times. Where exactly was your child in peril? The place is crowded with multi-generational groups. You can’t even call it hiking.

If you continue on past the flat part I know the ravine they are talking about. It’s a pretty rigorous hike for kids, basically any path past bridge 4.

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Nope, never found a good cup of black coffee in Scotland.