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Answer: Sweaty Pumpkins and Sandy Kids

Question: What do you get when you take a family trip to the pumpkin patch on a sunny and muggy 88-degree day? No, we weren’t in Hawaii visiting my parents. (F.Y.I. There is only one pumpkin patch in the entire state of Hawaii and it’s not located on the island my parents reside.) We were picking pumpkins in Wisconsin. You know, the place where temps this time of year hover around 50 degrees. It was a record breaking warm day and a picking adventure I won’t soon forget. (Sound familiar?) Rather than regal you with a litany of anecdotes about … Continue reading →

Traveling With Children—Fall Lessons Learned

Most people tend to review what they have accomplished in the course of a month on the last day of the month. Typically, I follow the same rule. However, the last day of October was a rather busy one for me so I held off on the internal review until today. Looking back, my family traveled quite a bit this month. Most of our trips centered on Halloween related activities. I blogged about several of our adventures, but neglected to write about our trip(s) to various pumpkin patches. The prime pumpkin-picking season is over, but the lessons learned can be … Continue reading →

Fun Fall Family Travel Destinations—Part 5: Farms and Festivals

Today we continue our series Fun Fall Family Travel Destinations. We are up to Part 5: Farms and Festivals. If you are just joining us, this blog will provide you with family friendly travel recommendations-ways to take advantage of all of those spectacular autumn activities. So far, we’ve covered corn mazes and haunted houses, and hiking trails, and train rides. Now we are moving on to some of the most popular fall travel destinations: Farms and Festivals. FARMS On a sun-filled, brisk autumn day there is no better place to spend an afternoon than at a pumpkin patch/apple orchard. Most … Continue reading →