Road Trip! Best family spring-break getaways
"I earned big points with my kids, taking them to the sanctuary of Big Cat," said Nate's father, Bruce Levinson.
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Ten million families have taken trips with children in April 2010, according to John Packer, vice president, TNS Custom Research, as well as improving the economy, this number will increase in 2011.
"The kids were blown away by the amazing rock formations and folded ridges below," said Simpson, "and watching the birds fly at eye level with us."
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Of course, some families want to continue the fun of winter sports – but with a twist of warm weather. Kid-friendly Mammoth Mountain in Mammoth Lakes, Calif., adapts them, after heavy snow in winter, as 2010-2011, elevators, is expected to work through the Fourth of July.
"It just does not get any better than skiing in t-shirt," says Joe Marca, 46, of California, Riverside's son Mark in, Quintin, 12, agreed – although he likes to spring sledding, too.
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