Led Zeppelin, Moody Blues rides at new Hard Rock Park in SC
The Led Zeppelin classic Whole Lotta Love throbs from the 1,200-watt sound system as the slick silver and white roller coaster nears the top of its serpentine track.
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Led Zeppelin, Moody Blues rides at new Hard Rock Park in SC
The Led Zeppelin classic Whole Lotta Love throbs from the 1,200-watt sound system as the slick silver and white roller coaster nears the top of its serpentine track.
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City family finds outdoor fun with Oregon adventures
It was a good thing nobody warned me about all those hills and the cars zooming by. Because if I'd known beforehand what the ride from the bike shop in Hood River to a nearby trailhead was going to be like, I might not have tried it. Especially not with my 9-year-old son, whose biking experience consisted of a loop in a mostly flat city park where cars are banned.
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MASSACHUSETTS
Old Cape Cod's so New Englandy
There's plenty here for family travel: tours of the sand dunes, bicycling, the home of a fanciful children's writer, an old-fashioned carousel and baseball.
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TAKING THE KIDS
No neon or rides -- but no boredom either
Far from the crush (and the cost) of Orlando and South Beach, Florida's southwest coast offers cheap diversions for the young ones.
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When kids itch to explore, Destin has much more than a beach
Three days into the vacation, and the kids are bored with the all-day beach routine. Or are those just my kids? During a family break to Destin, a popular getaway, there are plenty of activities beyond boogie boarding and building sand cities.
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WHAT'S NEW
Summer promises some cool events
Take your choice among hundreds of new or special events on tap nationwide.
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TAKING THE KIDS
Taking the kids to Washington, D.C.
Encourage kids to help plan a trip to Washington, D.C. You'll be surprised where they take you. And they'll be too busy having fun to realize how much they're learning.
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NATIONAL PARKS
Beat the crowds at the parks
Even in summer, you can find uncrowded vistas, trails and campgrounds if you're willing to forgo the most popular parks.
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Leaving on a jet plane ... with kids
Now, I never do this. Because I'm not an expert on anything. But I'm gonna give you some tips for flying on an airplane with kids. I just did it, and I think I got it figured out.
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Kid-friendly Las Vegas
Cheap hotels, every kind of food you can imagine. Plenty of sizzle, spectacle, first-rate theatrical productions, giant red rocks for climbing and water playgrounds.
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Teaching the kids to think like a fish -- with help from a Maine expert
''I see it!'' said my 8-year-old son, Nathaniel. His eyes and finger followed a barely perceptible ripple in the water. There was a fish out there, and he and his 13-year-old brother Danny were after it. Under the guidance of our fishing guru, Chip Gray, they were learning to cast off, reel in and how to ''read'' the waves, interpreting patterns on the water's surface to figure out where the fish were.
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IDAHO
Rafting the Snake with family and friends
It looked like Survivor, the family version. But the sunburned stragglers stranded on the beach beside Idaho's Snake River were only waiting for lunch.
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CRUISING WITH KIDS
Shipping out with the teens
It was one of those rare, perfect moments: My husband, Paul, and I were stretched out in lounge chairs on the ship's deck, holding hands under a star-lit sky, a bag of popcorn between us. (Well, maybe our hands were touching while in the popcorn bag, but still!)
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What's hot for tots on the seven seas
In 1998, I took my first cruise with an 18-month-old in tow and discovered cruising was not as family-friendly as I thought -- at least not when traveling with a toddler.
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Whistler Kids gets the little ones skiing
For those of us who took last-minute ski trips on the cheap before we became parents -- sigh! -- it's not easy to get back on the black-diamond slopes.
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TAKING THE KIDS
Barcelona's a draw even for jaded youngsters
We don't know where to look first. The massive pillars, looking like tree trunks, stone chameleons, tortoises and turtles, help support the columns. The sheer size of the place is amazing. Some of the towers soar more than 500 feet. Even jaded teens, like my 13-year-old niece, Erica Fieldman, can't help but be impressed.
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ON THE ISLAND
Two Cancuns: Including the kids at an all-inclusive
We're normally independent travelers. So how did we end up at an all-inclusive resort in Cancun, a town void of culture and created for tourists? One where we never converted our dollars to pesos? Where the biggest culinary decision was which room to sit in for our buffet meal? One word: kids.
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