Ha I’m the John in our house - this is one of my favorite roadtrip tricks! We have been to some pretty fantastic playgrounds around NC and up and down the east coast as a result - perhaps our dreamiest was a small state park in NY while trekking to visit family in Boston - we picnicked by a lake where a woman was doing giant bubbles on the shore which my kids chased after eating. It was our first big roadtrip as a family of 4 and it was the stuff of dreams!
I tend to plan out a general area I want to stop along the way for trips so I often find a few park options along the way rather than on the spot.
That stop sounds magical! And yes, sometimes we plot out a stop in advance - but with little kids, sometimes you just never know when you're going to need to stop! 🙃
Ha I’m the John in our house - this is one of my favorite roadtrip tricks! We have been to some pretty fantastic playgrounds around NC and up and down the east coast as a result - perhaps our dreamiest was a small state park in NY while trekking to visit family in Boston - we picnicked by a lake where a woman was doing giant bubbles on the shore which my kids chased after eating. It was our first big roadtrip as a family of 4 and it was the stuff of dreams!
I tend to plan out a general area I want to stop along the way for trips so I often find a few park options along the way rather than on the spot.
That stop sounds magical! And yes, sometimes we plot out a stop in advance - but with little kids, sometimes you just never know when you're going to need to stop! 🙃