For the Pit Stops for Kids family, writing about summer vacations in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, and in particular, Plumas and Sierra counties in California, is quite literally like writing about home. My husband and I both grew up in this alpine area, and love sharing it with other traveling families. Plumas County is located one hour west of Reno, Nevada and 2.5 hours north of … [Read more...]
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Southwest national parks road trip
Touring Great Basin, Arches, Mesa Verde, Grand Canyon national parks. (Links will send you to either official sites or Pit Stops for Kids reviews.) Day 1-2: Drive from Reno NV to Great Basin National Park, NV via Hwy 50: The Loneliest Highway in America (approx. 7 hours). Explore Great Basin! Day 3: Continue on Highway 50 from Great Basin National Park to Moab, Utah (approx. 7 hours). Day … [Read more...]
Sunriver Resort, Oregon
November 8, 2010 By
Located thirty minutes from Bend, Oregon along Hwy 97, Sunriver, Oregon is an outdoors-lover's paradise four seasons out of the year. The Pit Stops for Kids family has visited in winter, spring, and summer, and had so much to do and see each time that we definitely need to go back! Sunriver is a vibrant resort community of vacation homes and a village center of shops and restaurants centered … [Read more...]
Road Trips
Need a selection of tried and true road trips at your fingertips? Below is a sampling of family road trips either Pit Stops for Kids or other travel bloggers have personally tested and approved with their families! Adapt them, shorten them, lengthen them, and suit them to fit your best road trip with kids...then report back on the new road trip stops you'll inevitably find along the … [Read more...]
Travel Essays
Want more than just a review? The following links take you to my own family's experiences and impressions of some of the places we've been. Death Valley National Park: Hidden Lacking When You Run Out of Clean Underwear, it's Time to Come Home Grand Canyon National Park: Wide Angle Mesa Verde National Park: Coming of Age Arches National Park: Variations on a Theme Great … [Read more...]
Gunter Air Force Base
May 25, 2009 By
Gunter Air Force Base Montgomery, Alabama As today is Memorial Day, it seemed fitting to post a pitstop for military families. If that applies to you, and you are driving I-65 in Montgomery, Gunter Air Force Base may be a good (and affordable) overnight option. Lucia at Dim Sum, Bagels, and Crawfish stopped over with her family recently: $46 for two bedrooms separated by a bathroom and fairly … [Read more...]
