4th May, 2007

Hi, its ScoutDown! I got an unrequited travel bug…

I thought I’d start this blog with some personal notes. I’m a dad with a 5 year old boy and a 10 month old baby boy. And a wife that works full time. So we are pretty busy juggling job, schools, activities, etc. Well, I’ve always had a travel bug, which has been curtailed a bit by the responsibilities of being a dad.

Before we had kids, we went to: China, Hong Kong, France, Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands, Belize, Guatemala, Tanzania, and Kenya. Within the US, we traveled to Alaska and hiked around Denali, drove from LA to Boston via Las Vegas, Grand Canyon, Utah, Moab NP, Bryce NP, Zion NP, Canyonlands NP, Colorado, Rocky Mountain NP, Vail, Denver….

Anyway, we haven’t done as much traveling since then. But we are planning on taking our kids to the Bahamas in a few weeks and we need to plan that trip. I thought I’d just blog about the process and highlight some great tips for family vacations and traveling with kids that I find on the Web for other would-be family travelers that have to take the kids along with them. Please comment if there is anything that you’d like to read about!

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Hi Scoutdown,

Looking forward to learning from you trip plan and fun experience there. Which resort are you going to stay in? The Atlantis resort seems to have fun family activity which you can "mix" with dolphins. Here is the photo and report from NYtimes about this summer’s family vacations.

http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/05/13/travel/13heads.html?ref=travel

Have fun!

Thanks for stopping by. I just posted some of the key trip experiences that my wife and I want to do (but they are not exactly the same lol). She wants to horseback ride on the beach and I want to swim with the dolphins.

Nice NYTimes article that you posted. The Atlantis resort is a big one that is definitely a resort destination with everything you can possibly imagine. But it is actually on a different island: Nassau/Paradise Island, not Grand Bahama Island (GBI) where we are staying.

Thanks for the ideas though.

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