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 5 Tips for Surviving a Long Road Trip
5 Tips for Surviving a Long Road Trip
Driving 1,000 miles in 17 hours calls for planning and patience.

A tank full of gas and a tightly packed minivan? Check. Our dog-eared copy of Drive I-95, heavily highlighted? Check. Three excited children — my 11-year-old son, my 5-y ... read more
 Hot Wheels
Hot Wheels
Grab a map, pick a route, and hit the open road for an experience your grandchild could never forget.

Miles revs his dirt bike's whiny engine to life and whizzes by patches of verdant trees. Joel rides a safe distance behind, giving his grandson room to experiment and gain con ... read more
 Roots: The Chattahoochee Valley
Roots: The Chattahoochee Valley
Take your grandkids back in time along the river.

History isn’t an easy sell to the iPhone generation, but dress it up with Indian wars, ladies in hoop skirts and villages where cornbread bakes over a wood fire, and you ... read more
 Finding History on the Open Road
Finding History on the Open Road

Brown signs dot highways all over the United States, alerting travelers to nearby historical sites. The sites might be famous, like the Alamo, or obscure who-knew-this-place-e ... read more
 Old-Fashioned Fun in Philly
Old-Fashioned Fun in Philly

The crowd was getting increasingly unruly. Someone called out, "Burn down their house!" Another British supporter shouted, “Traitors!” Then, the shadowy figure of ... read more
 Tailgating With a Toddler
Tailgating With a Toddler
Why eating out of the trunk of your car works best

The biggest mistake I ever made when traveling with our toddler grandson was stopping at a restaurant for lunch on a five-hour drive from Maine to Albany, N.Y. After two hours ... read more
 Take the Grandchildren RVing
Take the Grandchildren RVing
Motor across the country, grandkids in tow.

Recreation vehicles take folks to family reunions, cook-offs, historic sites, and folk festivals. Some families plan all their RV travels around NASCAR races or ball games. Yo ... read more
 San Francisco Fun for Grands
San Francisco Fun for Grands
Fire engines, grizzly bears, boat rides — oh my!

San Francisco is a wonderland of spectacular scenery and visitor attractions. It's no secret that many are enjoyed best without childrent — think sophisticated museums, ... read more
 Exploring Americas
Exploring America's Byways
5 great road trips across the great land

Fifteen days on the road — with a 15-year-old teenager. While the mere idea might scare less hardy souls, Dorothy Thomas reports that her recent tour along the Lewis and ... read more
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