Camping really??? My idea of camping is staying in a cabin at the very least. I love roasting hot dogs and marshmallows then heading indoors about the time the mosquitoes start biting.

We went camping when we were first married. It was all really fun until it got dark and we got in the tent. Then I just knew there were things moving around in the dark outside and I didn’t trust the tent material to protect us. I felt like bait. I jumped and said “what was that” every couple minutes. I was terrified. About 2 o’clock in the morning my husband gave up, packed up and we went home. I think we only went camping in a tent a couple of times after that.

Have you ever wondered what it was like to take a tour on a bus? Traveling by bus with a tour company allows you to see the country side as you travel place to place. There are things to know and take with you that makes the trip more enjoyable.

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One of the great joys in my life is my grandkids. Of course like yours they are the cutest in the whole world. I have grandma & grandpa camp each summer. They get to come and stay with grandma without their parents and we cook, do crafts, go on field trips, go hiking, play games and build a lifelong close relationship with them. That is the upside the downside is some of them live so far away that getting them here is an issue. The ones that are far away I either fly out and then drive their van with them across the country and then their parents fly in at the end and pick them up and drive them home or I fly out get them and then fly back with them. There is no grandma and grandkid airline discount. Why is that? Some are still too small to fly alone. We have travel games that we play and we get a hotel half way with a pool. I have a map for them with things to find on the way; 10 cows, 5 blue cars, a broken down car, a semi that will honk, a Mc Donald’s sign (ice cream,) a park with swings (we stop,) a dog, 5 sheep, etc. We sing songs and talk about them. I have to say it, I love the movies in the car. Bless whom ever came up with that one. At least the proverbial are we there yet only comes at the end of the movie not every 10 mins. It also cuts down on the “he hit me, she hit me” sessions. They stay 2-3 weeks. This is a really special time for all of us. They start packing their bags months in advance. We have to keep reminding them when it really is. Isn’t that cute. Some of our favorite times is at the beach. We love building sand castles. They try to build them like the sculpted ones that I show in my videos.

Heed the travel warning flags to avoid a disastrous vacation. Know what the flags mean. How does weather awareness affect your couple travel? This quick travel tips on weather will improve your chances to fully enjoy your beach vacation.

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Rafting in Alaska is the place to receive a glacier facial or so the guide told us. Ride along with us in this episode of Boomer & Senior Travel TV and experience the glacial runoff and glacial silt up close and personal for the thrill of a lifetime. Rafting the river was the beginning of our Denali Park Tour. A mamma Grizzly and her babies two played on a river bank for our entertainment along with a variety of wildlife we saw riding the bus through Denali Park. Our tour ends with a demonstration on sled dogging, seeing the dogs run and panning for gold.

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