vacation w/ Kids

"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
ups.com...
My boys are seasoned Mooney travelers. This year I'm considering adding
a trip to either Victoria Island or Catalina Island. My boys are 9 and
10 so I'm not sure if either of these could actually be made
interesting. We've done so many trips, I'm having a harder time trying
new things. Last summer we went to Vancouver and the boys had a great
time canoeing and seeing the sites. Last March we went down to Mexico
again and got to pet baby grey whales. Last week we went to D.C. to see
the capitol. Would Victoria or Catalina Island offer anything
interesting to boys of this age?

-Robert


Geez, when I was that age I was excited to set the tent up in the back yard.

We actually attend 3 boy scout camps per year. At least one of them is
"Residence Camp" which means the boys get to do archery, BB gun
shooting (with NRA/BSA certified instructors) canoeing, fishing, etc. I
want to give my guys the best little-boy experiences I can. The funny
thing is that my boys think they are deprived because we don't allow
them to have video game systems and we restrict their T.V. access. We
also live in a town where they aren't the only kids in their class that
take lots of vacations per year.

-Robert

("Brad Zeigler" wrote)
Geez, when I was that age I was excited to set the tent up in the back
yard.


Tent? We put an old canvas tarp over the picnic table (and) benches. The
benches gave your 'fort' that bump-out feel. g

And you hoped like heck the flashlight wouldn't conk out before you did.


Montblack
"Sleeping out," listening to the distant trains all night - good times.

Montblack wrote:

Tent? We put an old canvas tarp over the picnic table (and) benches.
The
benches gave your 'fort' that bump-out feel. g


You had tarp? I, we, had to steal trash bags from the local Mickey Ds
(by going into the bathrooms, lifted the bag out of the trashcans and
getting unused bags that they stored below the used bag).

We'd slit them open, spread them out, taped them together strung them
up and Voila' We had a tent. We even gathered up enough bottles to
return and bought hotdogs to roast on the fire we built in the nearby
bird sanctuary.

Boy! That reminds me, we stumbled on five Ganja trees one summer in the
Sanctuary. We were only about ten years old and didn't even smoked
cigarettes yet.

Bryan "The Monk" Chaisone