Family Vacation locations?

[Lucania]

I thought of 2 other places we have visited(we love historical sites so you can have fun & learn something,too!):
Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia. There is also a Busch Gardens nearby & the beach is not too far.
Charleston, South Carolina where Fort Sumter is located. There are nice beaches there, too.

 

[bluerose]

What about the Grand Canyon? Is it hard for seniors? Especially ones who prefer comfort?

The best part about Grand Canyon is that there is a shuttle bus that makes the trip from the visitor’s center to Hermit’s rest and makes about 6 or 7 stops along the way where you can get different vantage points of the canyon. And it’s FREE! The shuttles come along every 15 to 20 minutes, so if you miss one or want to stay at that particular spot longer, no problem!

The campgrounds at Grand Canyon are great, but there are also hotels (lodges–the Bright Angel and Maswik, to name a couple) would probably appeal to the less hearty souls in your group.

San Antonio–can’t go wrong!

Estes Park–wanna go again!

Carlsbad–besides the caverns, there’s Living Desert zoo and Brantley Lake State Park

Northern New Mexico/Albuquerque/Santa Fe–Indian pueblos, a zoo, an amusement park, historic sites, Rancho de las Golondrinas (a living history museum), Cumbres & Toltec narrow gauge railroad (Chama), and some of the most beautiful scenery on earth!

 

[mholoth]

What about the Grand Canyon? Is it hard for seniors? Especially ones who prefer comfort?

We drove the south rim and stopped at every spot (told yous I was a nerd) in our minivan, but did see a lot of people in RV’s doing that (I can’t imagine doing that myself-narrow roads & curvy.) You don’t have to walk down into the canyon, the stops on the rim are kinda like a pull off and you can walk as far as you want (until you see a railing or a sign that says don’t).

We stayed at a KOA about 30-40 minutes south of the canyon in a rt66 town, they had pool (indoor), hot tub, a mule that my girls loved and my miniature dauschund thought she could take on (that is a great memory it itself!!), they had mule rides for a few dollars for the girls, they also had cookouts and breakfasts that were fairly reasonable, but we did out own cooking most of the time. I am thinking that we had to use our campstove as there was a open fire resriction due to high fire warning? Maybe that was another place on the trip though.

Happy vacationing!

 

[Brenda_V]

The best part about Grand Canyon is that there is a shuttle bus that makes the trip from the visitor’s center to Hermit’s rest and makes about 6 or 7 stops along the way where you can get different vantage points of the canyon. And it’s FREE! The shuttles come along every 15 to 20 minutes, so if you miss one or want to stay at that particular spot longer, no problem!

The campgrounds at Grand Canyon are great, but there are also hotels (lodges–the Bright Angel and Maswik, to name a couple) would probably appeal to the less hearty souls in your group.

San Antonio–can’t go wrong!

Estes Park–wanna go again!

Carlsbad–besides the caverns, there’s Living Desert zoo and Brantley Lake State Park

Northern New Mexico/Albuquerque/Santa Fe–Indian pueblos, a zoo, an amusement park, historic sites, Rancho de las Golondrinas (a living history museum), Cumbres & Toltec narrow gauge railroad (Chama), and some of the most beautiful scenery on earth!

I have to totally agree! The scenery is awesome!

Brenda V.