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[quote=Anonymous]Same boat, OP. We have a beach place at a quiet beach resort and have been going annually with our kids, now 8 and 5. I want them to always want to go there, at least for a few weeks, each summer, even when in their teens. So I'm working now to build it up as a "but we ALWAYS go there" spot that they will want to visit, not feel forced to when they are older. Some thoughts:

-- I've put them in local sports camps and Bible school at a local church, so they begin to at least meet some kids who live in the area. The older one found a pen pal last year that he sent post cards to and actually looked forward to seeing again this year.

-- We make a big deal of the local foods/ restaurants/ recipes we have there. We make blackberry smoothies with local berries we pick nearby and that's the only time all year we have them, for example.

-- We try to include extended family in the visit, so it becomes a time to visit with cousins that they wouldn't ordinarily have.

-- We put an emphasis on the sports things that are hard to do in DC where we live: lots of bike riding, scooters, plus the beach activities, etc.[/quote]

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