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The Best of Canyonlands National Park with Kids

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Our tips for visiting Canyonlands National Park with kids.

Canyonlands National Park with Kids

Canyonlands has 3 distinct areas, all of which have their own entrance roads and are, well…not close to each other.  We debated seeing the Needles section, which is accessed south of Moab, but instead chose Island in the Sky.  Island in the Sky is the most visited section, and we were not disappointed.  Island in the Sky is an easy section of Canyonlands National Park with kids as far as hikes are concerned because there really aren’t that many. The hikes they do have are either fairly short or too long or steep to consider doing with kids.

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The Best of Arches National Park with Kids

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Our best advice for hiking and viewing Arches National Park with kids.

Arches National Park with Kids

We recently returned home from a Spring Break trip to all of Utah’s National Parks – “The Mighty 5.”  It was an amazing trip, though a bit exhausting to try to fit it all into one week.  The kids were troopers as usual though!  We flew into Las Vegas and drove to the furthest parks first, which happened to be Arches and Canyonlands in the Moab area.  We spent our first day of hiking in Arches National Park because we were eager to get out and stretch the legs, and since Arches was closer it meant less car-time.

Whenever we travel west we like to try to stay on our home time-schedule to take advantage of getting to the parks early.  We drove straight to the hike we knew we wanted to do which was the famous Delicate Arch trail.  There are 2 different viewpoints for this arch (Lower Delicate Arch Viewpoint, 100 yard walk, and Upper Delicate Arch Viewpoint, 0.5 mi. walk with stairs) as well as a longer hike right up to the arch.  We chose to do the longer hike right up to the arch and were glad we did!  

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The Great Washington Road Trip – Days 9-14, North Cascades NP

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This post is the continuation of our great WA road trip, if you missed Days 1-4 and Days 5-8 catch up here and here.  This post contains our North Cascades National Park road trip Itinerary.

WA Road Trip Itinerary, North Cascades National Park road trip Itinerary. adventuringbeyond.com

Day 9 saw us headed to North Cascades National Park, staying in Mazama.  Following is our North Cascades National Park road trip itinerary.

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The Great Washington Road Trip – Days 5-8, Olympic National Park Road Trip Itinerary

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The adventure continues in our great WA road trip with days 5-8, if you missed days 1-4 catch up here. This post contains our Olympic National Park road trip itinerary. Post contains affiliate links.

WA Road Trip Itinerary, Olympic National Park. adventuringbeyond.comDay 5 saw us headed to Olympic National Park with a stay in La Push and later in Port Angeles. Olympic National Park is large and spread out, with many different areas to explore, so we felt it best to split our stay in this park into two different locations.

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The Great Washington Road Trip – Days 1-4, Mount Rainier Road Trip Itinerary

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This will be a series of posts containing our road trip itineraries for each park we visited in Washington state – Mount Rainier, Olympic, and North Cascades National Parks.  This post contains our Mount Rainier road trip itinerary.  Don’t miss days 5-8 in Olympic here and days 9-14 in North Cascades here. This post contains affiliate links.

Washington National Parks road trip itinerary

Washington State is one of the most diverse and beautiful states for adventurers.  From waterfalls to mountains, rainforests to tide pools, cities to wilderness, you see so much variety that you are all but guaranteed to find something to love!

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Expert Road Trip Packing Tips for Families

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Our top road trip packing tips for families.

Road trip packing tips for families. 15+ things you don't want to leave home without. adventuringbeyond.com

When we head out on a road trip, I inevitably overpack (especially with food!).  Driving isn’t like flying, I don’t have to be as choosy about what I bring, which is both good and bad…  I have gotten better over the years about figuring out what we actually end up using on our trip and what stuff I don’t necessarily need to bring along.  Here I have compiled a list of top 16 road trip packing tips for families in hopes that my road trip packing experience will help someone else.  These are things I consider essentials when traveling with kids on a road trip.

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Best Family Podcasts for Road Trips

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Our family’s picks for the top family podcasts for road trips.

Best podcasts for families. adventuringbeyond.com

(Updated: Summer 2020) Family podcasts are something we hadn’t explored much before our road trip to Washington, the summer of 2017.  I thought it may be a good way to mix things up between audiobooks and music so I researched some options before we left.  The following are the ones we ended up enjoying….

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Best Audiobooks for Family Road Trips

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Best audiobooks for family road trips. adventuringbeyond.com

Long road trips require lots of activities that will help pass time.  We don’t want our kids watching movies the whole time so we have tried many different audiobooks over the course of the last few years.  We’ve found that with audiobooks, the voice of the narrator makes a huge difference in whether or not we really enjoy listening.  It could be an awesome book, but if the narrator has a boring or irritating voice, forget about it, my kids (and us parents) will lose interest.  Following are some of the best audiobooks for family road trips.

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12 Best Non-Technology Road Trip Activities for Kids

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The best non-technology road trip activities for kids. Note: This post contains affiliate links.

Long road trip ahead? Try these 12 non-technology road trip activities for kids next time you have to spend a lot of time in the car. adventuringbeyond.com

We inevitably have a lot of long days in the car on our trips and we don’t like our kids to be on the iPad or watching movies the entire time.  Over the years we have found quite a few other activities to keep them (and us) entertained and occupied on those long days.

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