When I was growing up, my folks purchased a cabin and we spent every summer there. I loved going there, was never bored, but always envied the stories my friends told me about their summer vacations to a variety of places. When my daughter was born we owned a pop up camper, and had become accustomed to visiting a variety of state and federal area campgrounds. We never had hookups, and had a great time figuring out how to get things done with little to work with. Our first trip camping with my daughter was when she was 1 month old. We headed to northern MN in May. The first night the temps dipped into the 20's and we ran out of propane. My wife was beside herself thinking that our 1 month old daughter was going to freeze to death. Of course all turned out ok, and 14 years later we have a great story to tell. Until 2 years ago weekend trips to state parks were the norm. We all had a great time semi rustic camping as we moved to a hybrid camper and then to a 32' travel trailer. At the time we purchased the travel trailer we decided my daughter was old enough (13) that we should see some of the country before she stopped camping with us. The past two summers we have visited Mt. Rushmore, Yellowstone, Glacier NP, then Denver and Durango CO, Moab UT including Red Rock State Park and the Arches, and the Grand Canyon. If visiting there do hike a ways below the rim. This summer we are heading east. We have found that more challenging as is takes one day longer to get there and then back from WI. That turns two vacation days into travel days. When you have a max limit of days this cuts into what you can do. We wanted to go to Maine and Massachusetts. We found that we can only do one. Our trip this year will include one day in Sault St Marie MI, two days in Niagara Falls NY, 5 days in MA, and one day in Chicago on the way home. About 3000 miles in 15 days.
