Spring break with kids
We're starting to pipe dream about spring break the first week of ApriL and I'm looking for suggestions for locations. We're in Michigan and I'd prefer to limit driving to 1200 miles away. We've con...
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russkerri wrote:
St. Louis is a great city in the Midwest. The zoo is one of the top-ranked zoos in the nation, and it has free admission. The art museum and science museum are great--and free! I think it's like a mini-Chicago where all of the great museums are free.
Our favorite thing in St. Louis is the City Museum, which is not a museum at all. Your kids would love it! It's a crazy indoor play area designed by super creative artists. It's like nothing we've ever seen. Check it out here.
You could head south from there and see a scenic park of the state with a visit to Johnson's Shut Ins and Elephant Rocks, both of which have really unique natural rock formations.
WOW! City Museum looks amazing.
We had decided to go to the New Orleans area for spring break.
I was considering stopping in St Louis on the way home to go visit the arch. We'd only have a couple of hours to visit in the area which would not be sufficient for the City Museum.
We might have to make another trip out to experience that separately, or revise the current trip plans. My kids would like that, even the older ones.
