Most impressive trip on east coast

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Anonymous wrote:You are trying to “impress” your children?

That is sad. How about relax and have fun together?

I think they are trying to sound more impressive when people ask, which is just as stupid.
Explains the Delaware beaches.
I hated this period in life, but my kids freaking loved it there and the big stupid waterslide parks. You can VIP all that stuff to the sad extent possible to make it feel like you're "impressive", OP, but kids love this stuff just like they love Disney and Six Flags. So that's where you go to make the kids happy while they are this age.

This.

I’m a beach person who was born and raised in the dc metro area. While I’ve been to beaches all around the world, I grew up going to the MD/DE beaches at least twice a summer plus a long weekend each year…just like almost everyone I know who was born and raised in the dc metro area.

While I’ve taken my kids to beaches around the world (e.g., we go to the Caribbean at least once a year (and usually twice a year) and they each have their favorite beaches in the Mediterranean having traveled there pretty regularly), I still made a point of taking them to our “local” beaches regularly (which admittedly is easy to do when so many family and friends have places there). The kids still love it (and my oldest is in college).

We’ve also gone to beaches in FL, SC, NC, MA, RI, ME, WA, CA, and both coasts of Canada.

I thought we would love Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, etc. but the kids hated it. One and done was plenty. My spouse’s family grew up going there each summer (old money relatives have summered there in their amazing houses for generations). He warned me that it isn’t as nice as I imagined and that overall it’s pretty boring (which is his assessment of NC beaches as well). I will say this: the people watching in Cape Cod is epic; so many men in tank tops and tattoos acting out in public with booming voices with thick Boston and NY accents! It wasn’t the refined experience I imagined. Quite frankly, it was worse than what posters say about OCMD boardwalk denizens.

Anyway, I appreciate that some parents just aren’t beach people. Or Disney people. Or Minigolf and Go Kart people. But most kids love this stuff, so I’m a bit surprised by parents who only take their kids camping in national parks or to museums in city-based trips. My kids have traveled extensively around the world (including national parks and museums), but they would be disappointed if we didn’t make it to the local beaches at least once a summer. It’s not because it’s the “best” beach in the world. Rather, it’s “our” beach that they’ve gone to since birth, so it’s our “tradition.”

And travel traditions matter to kids.

Gosh yes. Kids don't want to go to national parks. They want to go on water slides.

Is this a joke? My kids enjoyed Disneyland last year, but not quite as much as going inside giant trees and swimming & camping next to dramatic granite formations at the National parks we visited on the same trip. Camping pretty much anywhere is my kids’ dream trip.

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High Peaks Adirondacks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You are trying to “impress” your children?

That is sad. How about relax and have fun together?

I think they are trying to sound more impressive when people ask, which is just as stupid.
Explains the Delaware beaches.
I hated this period in life, but my kids freaking loved it there and the big stupid waterslide parks. You can VIP all that stuff to the sad extent possible to make it feel like you're "impressive", OP, but kids love this stuff just like they love Disney and Six Flags. So that's where you go to make the kids happy while they are this age.

This.

I’m a beach person who was born and raised in the dc metro area. While I’ve been to beaches all around the world, I grew up going to the MD/DE beaches at least twice a summer plus a long weekend each year…just like almost everyone I know who was born and raised in the dc metro area.

While I’ve taken my kids to beaches around the world (e.g., we go to the Caribbean at least once a year (and usually twice a year) and they each have their favorite beaches in the Mediterranean having traveled there pretty regularly), I still made a point of taking them to our “local” beaches regularly (which admittedly is easy to do when so many family and friends have places there). The kids still love it (and my oldest is in college).

We’ve also gone to beaches in FL, SC, NC, MA, RI, ME, WA, CA, and both coasts of Canada.

I thought we would love Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, etc. but the kids hated it. One and done was plenty. My spouse’s family grew up going there each summer (old money relatives have summered there in their amazing houses for generations). He warned me that it isn’t as nice as I imagined and that overall it’s pretty boring (which is his assessment of NC beaches as well). I will say this: the people watching in Cape Cod is epic; so many men in tank tops and tattoos acting out in public with booming voices with thick Boston and NY accents! It wasn’t the refined experience I imagined. Quite frankly, it was worse than what posters say about OCMD boardwalk denizens.

Anyway, I appreciate that some parents just aren’t beach people. Or Disney people. Or Minigolf and Go Kart people. But most kids love this stuff, so I’m a bit surprised by parents who only take their kids camping in national parks or to museums in city-based trips. My kids have traveled extensively around the world (including national parks and museums), but they would be disappointed if we didn’t make it to the local beaches at least once a summer. It’s not because it’s the “best” beach in the world. Rather, it’s “our” beach that they’ve gone to since birth, so it’s our “tradition.”

And travel traditions matter to kids.

Gosh yes. Kids don't want to go to national parks. They want to go on water slides.

Is this a joke? My kids enjoyed Disneyland last year, but not quite as much as going inside giant trees and swimming & camping next to dramatic granite formations at the National parks we visited on the same trip. Camping pretty much anywhere is my kids’ dream trip.

Odd.