Family getaways

Over on one of my other sites, Geeky Traveller, I wrote about a new service for traveling that sort of pins down the road trip.

Although we’re not struggling to put food on the table, we certainly aren’t rich either. A distant vacation is out of the question. I can’t cross the border to go to the U.S. because it’s just too far, too much gas, too expensive. However, we’re refusing to have a boring summer.

So far we went camping for four days with friends, and that was great. The guy who has the cabin is the same guy my husband works with. He’s heading off on his own family vacation (more camping) in late July so my husband will be off as well. We’ve planned a few fun things, like driving to Ottawa to visit some of their museums (there’s one with dinosaurs which will make both my kids happy), plus we can go walk along the Rideau canal. At some point during those two weeks, I also want to take them to Chinatown and the Old Port right here in Montreal, and another day trip we’d like to do is to go to a big water park with plenty of slides for all ages, a wave pool, and a little beach. Another option is to go to the Santa Claus village not far from here.

We may not be able to head far out for our vacation time but we’re doing our best to give the kids good summer memories (a lot of my own best childhood memories revolve around summer vacations!) and to give our oldest some fun stuff to tell her friends about when she heads back to school in the Fall.

What is your family planning this summer?