[wendymom]

One summer my friend and I and our 5 (3 of them under the age of 8) kids took an RV up the east coast. It was a blast. I highly recommend it. I know they suck gas but you make up for it with the loss of hotel costs plus you can cook your own meals. We got a Good Sam card which gave us discounts at RV parks. The only reservations we made were in Hilton Head SC and just outside of DC. The rest of the time we would call the wherever we decided to go the night before and see if they had room, If they didn't ....we went someplace else.

We saw a plantation in Charleston SC, spent several days on the outerbanks, saw Kitty Hawk, Jockeys Ridge (largest sand dunes on the east coast), Rode roller coasters at Busch Gardens, Williamsburg and Hersey Park in Penn. Went to Jamestown and a bunch of Smithsonians. I think we spent 3 weeks on the road.

The younger kids don't really remember much but the pictures but the older kids and the adults have a great lifetime memory.

Do it now while you can.