Summer Staycation

Checking In?

Bring new meaning to the term, "staying in."  Reserve a luxury suite in a beautiful hotel in your city (the one you would recommend to an out-of-town guest).  Relegate yourself to your room, bathing in the huge tub, ordering room service, and catch up on the new releases that you missed in the theatres.  Have breakfast in bed in the morning, sip a daiquiri pool-side, enjoy a shower to freshen up before checking out and heading home.  Ahhh...

Camping Out

Pack up the gang and head to where there is still no cell service and enjoy the freedom from the rest of the world.  Not much of a camper?  Do your research, there are campsites with modern day facilities while still being at one with nature.  Go horseback riding, floating, hiking, swim in a river and be brave enough to catch crawdads.  Not recommended for more than 48 hours but your family will cherish the memories forever.  

KOA - Campsites for the U.S. and Canada

Brushy Creek - We recommend this campsite for those in the St. Louis area.  If you have a question regarding this campsite please feel free to ask--we experienced it first-hand this summer. 

Send 'Em Packin'

Pick a family friend or a classmate and schedule a child swap.  You take their child/children one weekend and they take yours another.  The rewards are two-fold: your child will get two weekends full of sleepovers, play, and entertainment, and you will get one peaceful adult-only weekend to do all the things that you did before you had kids (if you can even remember).  If you don't have children, we suggest picking a weekend and clearing your calendar, hiding your to-do-list, and spend two full nights and days doing whatever you want. A vacation from obligation, routine, or expectation.

Tour Your Town

We love this idea.  Make a list of all the places in your city where you send a friend visiting from out of town. The best your city has to offer in the way of restaurants, unique attractions or fascinating historical sites and tours.  Include family as well as adult activities.  Print it  and work your way down the list throughout the rest of the summer.  You'll rediscover all the places you love and probably haven't been in a really long time, while renewing your appreciation for the best place on Earth, home.

Summer Concert

Purchase lawn seats, pack a blanket, and take the family to see a summer concert.  Enjoy the outdoors while listening to some great tunes and the BEST people watching.  Click here for tour schedules in your city. (John Mayer, Colbie Callait, Tom Petty, Modest Mouse, Sheryl Crow, and  Dylan, are just a few on tour this summer.)