We are in a unique situation. Our oldest son was born 3 weeks before I began college (DH was a year ahead of me). We grew up with him! We travelled with him quite a bit, went to Canada, did lots of theme parks all over the eastern US, beach trips, etc.
Our first DD was born when our son was 25 and the youngest was 2 1/2 when I was able to retire. The girls are now 10 and 7 and we have done so much and seen so very many things that they, plus I wanted to see.
We did a 4500 mile, 45 day trip two summers ago. Our first stop was Luray, VA; then on to Hershey, PA (and theme park); then to Maine by way of Mass; then back south to RI where we spent 5 days at a great park that had lots of fishing, canoeing and hiking. Then to went to NYC and stayed at Liberty Harbor for the week prior to July 4th and attended several shows and did the "tourist things". Then we headed to the beach at Hunting Island, SC and met friends/family there for our niece's graduation at Parris Island (Marines).
It was a great trip, we saw lots of new and exciting things. The girls got a close-up view of my claustrophobia dealing with NYC.
We plan our trips with the girls in mind, but we also make sure there are historical, educational, but still fun things in there.
We took a trip to DC the week between Christmas and New Years since all the politics was suspended and traffic was not quite so bad. It was a great trip and there was not any lines or too many people to see the different attractions. It was in the mid 50s during the day, so with jackets, we were quite comfortable. We stayed in a hotel in Alexandria on this trip, so we used the METRO to get around and the price of the hotel was $59/night.
