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Category: Travel and Places
 Recently I picked up a great little book for my grandsons. I's called "101 Place You Gotta See Before You're 12!" by Joanne O'Sullivan. It's 144 pages and comes with stickers for the kids to use with the book. The stickers come with sayings such as - Wish List - - No Way! - Top 20 - Absolute Favorite, Loved it! - Yawn Fest! - This Rocks - Awesome Adventure! - Been There! and Way Strange. I looked through the book and found myself saying "I've done that", "I've been there", "I'd love to go there", etc.
I started making notes of places I'd been and things I'd done.And then I had a wonderful time going on the internet finding the web sites of these places. It was a wonderful, fulfilling afternoon. I saw photos of familiar sights, and it was very much like going down memory lane.I'm sharing my links, which I'm sure I'll be adding to often.I thought it'd be a wonderful way for the children to follow up after they'd been to visit some of the places where they go. They can take pictures and include them with their souvenirs and their thoughts. It'd be great for them to do a scrapbook or even a web site or a document that they keep for the rest of their lives.
When my middle son was seven, I decided we needed an adventure. My grandmother lived in Florida and had just been diagnosed with cancer. I didn't like flying so I decided to take my son and drive there from California. I made sure that we stopped at all the fun things there are to stop and look at since my dad had always just driven by the largest ball of string or a huge dinosaur.We visited with my aunt and grandmother for a few days and then decided we didn't want to go back the way we came.
We went to AAA for new maps and headed off to Washington D.C. - then on to Milwaukee, Las Vegas and then home. Recently I asked my now grown son something about his memories from the trip, and he said he didn't remember any of it. I thought that was sad and even though we'd collected brochures, souvenirs and maps on the way home - we didn't discuss it enough over the years so he could keep those memories close.
This book lists lots for kids to do that aren't really far from home. Little trips around your area will be a wonderful learning experience for your child. And check my list to see if you and I have been to the same places! Make your own list and when you go to find the link for different places, it'll be like revisiting a special place.These are some of the places I've visited. I'm sure I've missed some, but the internet is truly a wonderful way to revisit some of the places where you've been. Have you been to some of the same ones that I have? Where have you been that you think I may want to go? |
Akaka Falls - Oahu
The AlamoAngel Stadium
Arlington Cemetery
Atlantic City
Carlsbad Caverns (NM)
Catalina Island
Chicago
Davis Dam
Disneyland
Dodger Stadium
Edwards AFB
Ensenada
Featherdale Park
Geneva, IL
Golden Gate Bridge
Hawaii
Hollywood Blvd.
Hollywood Bowl
Hollywood Park
Hoover Dam
Houston
Jeopardy Studio to take the test
Knott's Berry Farm
Las Vegas, NV
Laughlin, NV
Let's Make a Deal
Lincoln's birthplace (KY)
Lincoln Memorial
Los Angeles/Hollywood
Los Angeles Restaurant History
Los Angeles Zoo
Magic Mountain
Mazatlan
Melbourne |
Milwaukee
Mt. Fuji
Mt. Vernon
New Orleans
New York City
Oahu
Olvera Street - L.A.
Pearl Harbor
Pioneer Village (NE)
Port Phillip Bay
Puerto Vallarta
Regis & Kathie Lee
Route 66
San Francisco
Santa Barbara Courthouse
Santa Monica
Shambala
Solvang
Space Shuttle Landing Edwards AFB - sts-4 Columbia 7/04/82
St. Charles, IL
S.S. Lurline
Statue of Liberty
Sydney
Sydney Opera House
Tampa, FL
The Joey Bishop Show
The Tonight Show (Johnny Carson)
The Woody Woodbury Show
Tokyo Zoo
Trees of Mystery - Klamath, CA
Volcanoes
Union Station - L.A.
Universal Studios
Washington D.C.
Watsons Bay |
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