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If you get to Muir Woods early enough, you can enter the park for free - while avoiding the crowded parking lot and/or the crowd in general. My daughter and I had the 1 mile trail to ourselves until we reached the beginning of the loop when it was hard to walk because the trails were so packed. The parking lot and overflow parking lots were packed when we left. When we left Muir Woods, we took a right and drove over the range to spend time on Muir Beach. Your boys would probably love to explore the area with a private beach feel, tidal pool area, and a wetlands area. I think there was also a hiking trail nearby. http://www.nps.gov/safr/planyourvisit/the-visitor-center.htm - this visitor's center has a nice little museum, plus clean restrooms! We took a free walking tour with a ranger that was one of the highlights of our trip since we got to go under the bleachers on the waterfront (not many people get to ever see that area). There were only 5 adults on the tour, so the ranger shared a wealth of information on the history of the fort and maritime area, but I don't think younger children would appreciate the 90 minute walking tour. If you think you will take a cable car ride, you can buy your tickets anytime to avoid standing in a long line just to buy the ticket and then another long line for a ride. You can go early to avoid the long line (if you are starting at the park across from the visitor center in the above link. Since our hotel was just off the Fisherman's Wharf, we took a cheap trolley car ride back after the cable car ride.
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Wow, this is a first for me.....teen not home yet, past curfew-ish time.
Swimtaxi234 replied to Tap's topic in The Chat Board
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fsp.android.friendlocator&hl=en Everyone in our family has this app on their phones. It would have been handy for you to have tried to located her and offer help since it would have picked up on her last known location. Just a thought about for the future. My son needed to be picked up recently and used the app to find out who was closer to his location. -
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Broken leg and bored. Help with entertainment ideas.
Swimtaxi234 replied to lexi's topic in The Chat Board
Do you have a friend you could borrow a hand-held Nintendo DS console and a few games? Animal Crossing would keep her busy. -
My 14-year-old son and I flew on Southwest Airlines last weekend and he had to have an ID to get a boarding pass AND to get through the security section. Thankfully he has a military ID that he used.
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I am flying into LAX later this week and I have a question about the best driving route in that area. Please send me a private message. THANKS!
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Our two homeschooled children play club water polo year round, plus they are able to play on local high school water polo teams in the spring. I thought it was exciting to read about an all homeschool team playing in the high school league and wanted to pass along the info: http://blueribbonnews.com/2015/01/water-polo-earns-recognition-as-home-school-high-school-sport/
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Travel ideas for Albequerque NM and Amarillo TX?
Swimtaxi234 replied to Ottakee's topic in The Chat Board
This is an easy 4 hour drive. You get on I-40 in ABQ and don't get off on the drive east until you reach Amarillo. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillac_Ranch - we stop here every time we drive through Amarillo. We have been luck enough to find paint cans so we can leave an art signature, etc., but you could always bring your own and leave it for others if you have left over paint in the can. -
http://swimtaxi234.blogspot.com/2012/10/baked-creamy-chicken-taquitos.html This is a family favorite that I am going to doctor for tonight's meal using leftover turkey. I have made this with doctored rotisserie chicken, so fingers crossed that it works tonight since I will be serving it to a bunch of teens. EDIT: Huge success - I made 20 taquitos and they are all gone.
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help us with a discipline issue...we don't want to over react
Swimtaxi234 replied to kfeusse's topic in The Chat Board
The topic of this thread is about electronics (or lack thereof) and somewhere in this thread you also mentioned that your husband has an ipod and ipad - two super fun toys to keep away from your children. Interesting! :glare: Our children each have a cell phone (data plan), tablet, and laptop, plus our son has the xbox and I only have a phone and laptop. -
help us with a discipline issue...we don't want to over react
Swimtaxi234 replied to kfeusse's topic in The Chat Board
This is the biggest issue for me. The husband has a fun toy that he gets to play. If you want the children to have ZERO electronics, the husband needs to give up his toys (cell phones included) because it is creating a "do as I say, not as I do" issue. We had to face that issue. We were a ZERO electronics family and I was completely against getting our son an xbox until a dear friend pointed out that children who only get to watch TV, watch passively compared with playing video games like Minecraft, etc.. A few of the studies she gave me showed that lot of the games I was against were actually proving limited use to be good for children because of the cognitive benefits (logic to determine the next actions, etc.). Plus it is fun to play video games. It is all about the balance in our family. Our son works hard in school, does his chores, is in the water 16-17 hours a weeks (becoming an elite athlete in two sports), enjoys reading, and gets to play xbox on the weekends when he is home. Since he has xbox live, it also gives him some social time with friends around town that he rarely gets to talk to because of his sports. -
Doctor Hive: DH in severe pain: Degenerative Disc Disease
Swimtaxi234 replied to Garga's topic in The Chat Board
Since I started using this Empi Tens Unit in 2010, my liver has thanked me a thousand times because I get relief from the pain without needing to take meds (95% of the time).