Anonymous
10/25/2024 14:15
Subject: Weekend getaway with 3 and 5YOs
Anonymous wrote:I used to take my son at that age to the beach off-season, prices are low, and you can be right on the beach. The Hilton OC has a nice indoor pool. We’d order room service and eat eat breakfast in bed in our white fluffy robes.
Spend time on the beach with his various trucks and sand toys. Dip toes in the water which is still kind of warm. Restaurants aren’t crowded and most are still open. Secrets is nice that time of year with kids. Sit outside and watch the sun set. The last time we were there we saw a bunch of shooting stars. Go to the arcade and play skee-ball for a quarter. Get some cotton candy and walk the boardwalk down to the play ground area.
Back to the room for a bath in the giant tub which was like a pool to him at that age and then out like a light after running all day.
This is such a great idea! copying it for later
Anonymous
10/25/2024 10:19
Subject: Weekend getaway with 3 and 5YOs
My daughter just took her 3 and 5 yo to Hershey PA - stayed in the lodge and the kids loved it.
Anonymous
10/25/2024 07:58
Subject: Weekend getaway with 3 and 5YOs
When our kids were young, our best weekend trips were to Lancaster, Philly, and Pittsburgh, like pp have mentioned. All have so much fun stuff for kids.
Anonymous
10/24/2024 21:33
Subject: Weekend getaway with 3 and 5YOs
Anonymous wrote:Pittsburgh could be fun...ride the incline railway, go to the science museum and the Heinz history center and the aviary. Many good casual places to eat too.
Or Philadelphia...the please touch museum, zoo, and Franklin institute are all good.
I was going to suggest Pittsburgh too. Love the National Aviary. The children's museum is nice also.
Depending on where you've already been in Virginia, Newport News/ Hampton has a lot for kids. Virginia Living Museum, Bluebird Gap Farm, Buckroe Beach, Virginia Air & Space Museum, Mariner's Museum.
The Mariner's Museum is only $1 and has a kids room and a playground and a nice trail by the lake and James River. Someone mentioned birds above. There are lots of birds usually on the Lion's Bridge side and you can sometimes see heron on the river.
Anonymous
10/24/2024 20:26
Subject: Weekend getaway with 3 and 5YOs
My boys at those ages could chase pigeons in city squares for hours and hours. Philadelphia was my favorite destination. Richmond too.
Anonymous
10/24/2024 08:56
Subject: Weekend getaway with 3 and 5YOs
I used to take my son at that age to the beach off-season, prices are low, and you can be right on the beach. The Hilton OC has a nice indoor pool. We’d order room service and eat eat breakfast in bed in our white fluffy robes.
Spend time on the beach with his various trucks and sand toys. Dip toes in the water which is still kind of warm. Restaurants aren’t crowded and most are still open. Secrets is nice that time of year with kids. Sit outside and watch the sun set. The last time we were there we saw a bunch of shooting stars. Go to the arcade and play skee-ball for a quarter. Get some cotton candy and walk the boardwalk down to the play ground area.
Back to the room for a bath in the giant tub which was like a pool to him at that age and then out like a light after running all day.
Spend time on the beach with his various trucks and sand toys. Dip toes in the water which is still kind of warm. Restaurants aren’t crowded and most are still open. Secrets is nice that time of year with kids. Sit outside and watch the sun set. The last time we were there we saw a bunch of shooting stars. Go to the arcade and play skee-ball for a quarter. Get some cotton candy and walk the boardwalk down to the play ground area.
Back to the room for a bath in the giant tub which was like a pool to him at that age and then out like a light after running all day.
Anonymous
10/21/2024 21:42
Subject: Weekend getaway with 3 and 5YOs
Pittsburgh could be fun...ride the incline railway, go to the science museum and the Heinz history center and the aviary. Many good casual places to eat too.
Or Philadelphia...the please touch museum, zoo, and Franklin institute are all good.
Or Philadelphia...the please touch museum, zoo, and Franklin institute are all good.
Anonymous
10/21/2024 21:32
Subject: Weekend getaway with 3 and 5YOs
Anonymous wrote:Strasburg Railroad and the Railroad Museum. You could also do Lancaster stuff and Dutch Wonderland.
+1
Anonymous
10/21/2024 20:02
Subject: Weekend getaway with 3 and 5YOs
Cabin in any state park, lots of outdoor time, big fireplace with smores in the evening. Or, any hotel, anywhere, with a pool
Anonymous
10/21/2024 19:10
Subject: Weekend getaway with 3 and 5YOs
We just stayed at a cabin in Capon Bridge WV. Loved it! Had a huge yard and we had fun fishing, making a fire, sitting on the dock, etc. just being outside all day every day was a great change
Anonymous
10/21/2024 18:52
Subject: Weekend getaway with 3 and 5YOs
Strasburg Railroad and the Railroad Museum. You could also do Lancaster stuff and Dutch Wonderland.
Anonymous
10/21/2024 18:48
Subject: Weekend getaway with 3 and 5YOs
Looking for a 3-4 day weekend getaway with my 2 boys. Been around DC and Virginia a lot so looking for suggestions in other places. Aiming for a maximum 3-3-5hr drive from DC..will stay in an airbnb mostly.