Potential summer trip with kids
I have a wife and 2 kids(5,1.5yrs) and was thinking of a 16-17 day trip hitting National parks out west from Columbus, Ohio as a start point. We are absolute newbs to travel trailering(Jayco 284BHSW)(...
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2gypsies wrote:
With a 5 year old and a 1-1/2 year old I think this is way too ambitious. It seems this trip is more for the adults rather than the children.
Those Utah parks in summer will have 100+ degrees. Arches will have ongoing construction all summer so crowds will be large and travel through the park very slow. In that heat you'd want to begin your day no later than 8:00 am and quit touring by 11am. It's just way too hot for those little ones.
Instead, visit with your friends in Colorado and then perhaps move to another spot in Colorado where it's much cooler. Find a place with a lake and beach or a small gentle river for the kids to play in the water - highly supervised, naturally. Find a petting zoo, or regular zoo, a small amusement park geared to the 5 year old and other child-size activities. They really wouldn't appreciate the national parks at that age.
Having a 1-1/2 year old sitting in a car seat for more than 4 hours might be the limit without a lot of fussing, which is understandable.
Perhaps even going up to Michigan along the lakes would be more enjoyable and you'd have a more relaxing vacation, too.
yeah the heat would be a major concern, and I had though about it, thus the number 1 question being the number one question.:) Our number one activity is hiking, and we do a lot of it.(we have carriers for both kids) Gonna do a 4 day trip to Michigan(Northern LP) in July with my extended families and will at some point got to the Smokys as well(main reason we got the camper). My wife frequently has 4-7 day periods off and I'm the owner of my company so I have a little flexibility with scheduling.
