Fodor's Family Adventures, 3rd Edition [Paperback]

Christine Loomis (Author)

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Publication Date: May 9, 2000 | Series: Fodor's Family Adventures

Fodor's Family Adventures 3rd ed.Want to trek with llamas in Oregon? Bicycle along the Maine coast? Houseboat on the Erie Canal or the mighty Mississippi?

This complete guide to family adventure travel lists more than 200 family-friendly outfitters who make it easy to travel safely and comfortably with even the youngest children.  There are terrific trips for everyone from infants to teens and for any time of year . You'll find options throughout the United States and Canada (and some farther afield). Each chapter focuses on one of 22 great activities and is packed with the best trips:Archaeology AdventuresBikingCanoeingCattle DrivesCovered Wagon AdventuresCross-Country SkiingDigging for Dinosaur Bones and Other FossilsDogsleddingFishingHiking and BackpackingHorse PackingHouseboatingKayakingNative American ExperiencesRaftingRanchesRock ClimbingRV AdventuresSailingSnorkeling and DivingTrekking with Llamas and BurrosWildlife Encounters
Family Adventures gives parents -- and grandparents -- on-targetadvice for selecting the perfect trip. Icons show the youngest age each outfitter accepts. An appendix lists sports, activities, and outfitters in each state.

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Fodor's Family Adventures 3rd ed.Want to trek with llamas in Oregon? Bicycle along the Maine coast? Houseboat on the Erie Canal or the mighty Mississippi?

This complete guide to family adventure travel lists more than 200 family-friendly outfitters who make it easy to travel safely and comfortably with even the youngest children.  There are terrific trips for everyone from infants to teens and for any time of year . You'll find options throughout the United States and Canada (and some farther afield). Each chapter focuses on one of 22 great activities and is packed with the best trips:Archaeology AdventuresBikingCanoeingCattle DrivesCovered Wagon AdventuresCross-Country SkiingDigging for Dinosaur Bones and Other FossilsDogsleddingFishingHiking and BackpackingHorse PackingHouseboatingKayakingNative American ExperiencesRaftingRanchesRock ClimbingRV AdventuresSailingSnorkeling and DivingTrekking with Llamas and BurrosWildlife Encounters
Family Adventures gives parents -- and grandparents -- on-targetadvice for selecting the perfect trip. Icons show the youngest age each outfitter accepts. An appendix lists sports, activities, and outfitters in each state.

About the Author

Christine Loornis is the travel editor of Family Life magazine in the USA and former travel editor of Parenting magazine there. She is also the mother of three children, with whom she's experienced adventures all over the globe. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Fodor's; 3rd edition (May 9, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0679004262
• ISBN-13: 978-0679004264
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,099,593 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The BEST, January 25, 2005

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L. Farhangi (upstate NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fodor's Family Adventures, 4th Edition: More Than 700 Great Trips For You and Your Kids of All Ages (Special-Interest Titles) (Paperback)

Recently I went a little crazy on Amazon, buying a mini-library of travelling-with-kids books. Of all of them this one is THE BEST!! It is full of once-in-a-lifetime experiences that I either had no idea about or only dimly thought of. For example, it suggests taking a covered wagon train camping trip. Or overnight llama trekking in Maine at a turn of the century lodge. Or dinosaur digs for kids. I could go on and on -- these are only the ideas that caught my eye (I skipped whole sections on sailing and water trips).

The information is comprehensive and concise. They give great age guidelines and managed to find, for example, a dinosaur dig that takes young kids (only for a few hours) -- most seem to be geared toward teens, but I have a dinosaur-crazy six year old.

Also, I liked that there was a range of price -- with most trips falling somewhere in the middle, as do I suspect most families. I've read books where you pretty much backpack through Europe with your kids and that is a little too rough for us. On the other hand I get annoyed with books that include vacations where the cost is something like $4000 a *day* (See, Little St. Simon's Island in Georgia!) If we had a vacation budget like that we wouldn't need books like these!

This book is great for sparking ideas and for the actual planning of a trip once you decide. I was also very happy with how many suggestions are included. I have no doubt there really are 700. If you buy just one family travel book this is definitely the one.