Recommend a cool trip for spring break with kids?

[Anonymous]

Our kids are outdoorsy types. They get whiny and bored when looking at old buildings and museums.

Trips that have been successful for us (not over spring break): St. Lucia, Grand Cayman, Iceland, Vancouver, Banff, Belize, Costa Rica, Disney, Disney cruise to Bahamas, San Diego. We're not really skiers (we do ski but don't want to do a whole week of it).

Any ideas for a trip that would be best taken in mid April? Fwiw, we're planning to go to Ireland in the summer of 2019.

TIA for any suggestions!

[Anonymous]

Forgot to mention: kids will be 7, 9, and 11

[Anonymous]

How about Grand Canyon, Zion and other parks in that area?

[Anonymous]

We had a fabulous time in the CA redwoods last year. Sounds right up your alley. We did hikes every day, took a long drive on an incredibly scenic road, drove up to the Redwood National Forest, etc. Could also combo it with a bit of time in SF (which we did unintentionally via a flight delay) which is a fun city for a day.

[Anonymous]

Seems counter-intuitive, but what about NYC? You can spend a lot of time in Central Park, walking, visiting outdoor sites like the Statue of Liberty, the Intrepid (outdoor and indoor). And if the weather is bad you have non-boring museum and performance options as well as indoor rock climbing and bowling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How about Grand Canyon, Zion and other parks in that area?

April is a great time for those parks.

[Anonymous]

Hawaii, Puerto Rico, African safari, Washington state, Alaska land vacation + Yukon, Sedona+Grand Canyon, Sanibel Island, Cumberland Island, Jekyll Island +St Simons, New Orleans

[Anonymous]

Wow! You've done a lot of cool trips with your kids! I was going to suggest Ireland, Iceland, and Costa Rica, but you already went or have plans.

How about Galapagos island?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow! You've done a lot of cool trips with your kids! I was going to suggest Ireland, Iceland, and Costa Rica, but you already went or have plans.

How about Galapagos island?

Hit send too soon, or Machu Picchu

[Anonymous]

NoCa
Oregon coast
WA state

[Anonymous]

We’ve done an excursion from Portland to Oregon Coast down to the Redwoods. Then to Crater Lake and Hood River. It took a week and there were so so many cool spots to stop, hike, explore, and it was awesome. We also did Sedona/Grand Canyon, which was very cool. Tons of hiking but it does get crowded. I think going to British Columbia would be amazing. We’ve gone to Alaska. No cruise and no Denali because I didn’t want my kids ( 6 and 8) at the time to ride a bus for 8 hours and I didn’t want the crowds. We picked two areas, each about 3 hours from Anchorage. First was the Matanuska Valley
Terrific hiking on a glacier, rafting, etc. and then Seward. Amazing both places. Alaska is so big that you just have to reconcile you will see a tiny sliver of it.

[Anonymous]

Italian alps

[Anonymous]

Panama, Peru, Patagonia

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We’ve done an excursion from Portland to Oregon Coast down to the Redwoods. Then to Crater Lake and Hood River. It took a week and there were so so many cool spots to stop, hike, explore, and it was awesome. We also did Sedona/Grand Canyon, which was very cool. Tons of hiking but it does get crowded. I think going to British Columbia would be amazing. We’ve gone to Alaska. No cruise and no Denali because I didn’t want my kids ( 6 and 8) at the time to ride a bus for 8 hours and I didn’t want the crowds. We picked two areas, each about 3 hours from Anchorage. First was the Matanuska Valley
Terrific hiking on a glacier, rafting, etc. and then Seward. Amazing both places. Alaska is so big that you just have to reconcile you will see a tiny sliver of it.

Can you post your itinerary/places you stayed from your Oregon-CA trip?

[Anonymous]

Don't think I'd go to Alaska in April.