planning trip out west,

[mike wilson]

we are foolish and invited 4 grand kids to tag along, but their great kids and we feel will benefit from the experience and none of them been much out of state yet so be a great experience for them,since i enjoy getting out little more then wife, will be nice to have someone to talk too when i get lost , and them being smaller, the buzzards will go for them first,lol

[mike wilson]

lol, that would be hard to explain , we definetely will have a buddy sytem and lots of rules for them,

[John "T" Nordhoff]

When we traveled with kids, some things that helped were a few basic ground rules and CHORES each had to do each day such as take trash or help fill with water or stock the drinks in coolers etc etc and when we entered a camp they had to know our campsite and loop number etc BEFORE they ran off to play and finally use the buddy system so no one was ever alone. Once in Colorado we stopped at a rest area and I took off driving thinking the wife was in the bathroom, we drove down the road and I asked the son to check but he came back saying SHES NOT IN THERE OOPSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS LOL

  Its fun with the kids but each having a job and responsibility helped all of us maintain our sanity

  John T