Our Top 10 Family Favorites From our RV Adventure Around the USA
“Where was the favorite place you visited?”
It’s everyone’s first question when talking about our epic adventure around the USA. It’s almost an impossible question to answer as there are so many wonderful parts of our country.
Here are our family’s top 10 adventures, listed in no particular order. Be sure you click on the highlighted city name if you want to read the blog post from the actual time we were in that area.
JACKSON HOLE, WYOMING
Jackson Hole is full of beautiful scenery and things for families to do. Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks are accessible from here. This tram up the Tetons is popular as well as the local Rodeo and Alpine Slide.
GULF SHORES, ALABAMA
Gulf Shores, AL was quite the surprise. The beach is beautiful and clean with gorgeous sunsets. There are tons of fun family-friendly restaurants like this one (The Gulf). There is a lot to keep families busy here. This was one of the kids top picks!
ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
Asheville, NC has been on my list to visit for a while. There is so much to do here and coming here for the October fall foliage was awesome! There are many beautiful places to hike including this one at Chimney Rock State Park. Gorgeous Great Smoky National Park and the famous Blue Ridge Parkway drive is close as well.
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
Ahhh… Seattle. We definitely love our big cities and Seattle is just so beautiful in the summer. Isn’t the skyline perfect at sunset from Alki Beach? Don’t forget to take the kids to the Gum Wall at Pikes Place Market and take a ride on the popular Duck Boat tour.
COEUR D’ALENE, IDAHO
Coeur d’Alene is a beautiful city with lots to do. Hiking and jumping off the rocks at Tubbs Hill was the kids’ favorite!
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
St. Louis was a fun stop. Not only was seeing the famous Gateway Arch beautiful, but the kids loved going to the City Museum as well! Six Flags is here and nearby Johnson’s Shut-ins State Park was one of our trip favorites too.
MYRTLE BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA
Myrtle Beach was the perfect family-friendly coastal town! We loved riding our bikes from the KOA here to everything and the boys loved golfing, while we girls hit the outlet mall. We ate breakfast every day at the restaurant on this pier. There are amusement and water parks here, which were closed when we were in town, so there’s even more to experience when you visit Myrtle in the summer.
QUECHEE, VERMONT
Quechee is on here because it was one of my absolute favorites. It is such a beautiful area and there are several fun things to do! The kids learned to fly fish and loved watching the glassblowers at Simon Pearce, where we enjoyed a wonderful dinner too! We went to Sugarbush Farms to learn how maple syrup is made and went to King Arthur Flour for some yummy baked goods.
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
New Orleans was awesome and full of life and culture. We all loved our first visit to the Big Easy and ate more beignets than we should’ve. Listening to live Zydeco music while bowling at Rock N’Bowl was a blast! Be sure to read the post to see what else kept us busy here.
ZION NATIONAL PARK, UTAH
Zion National Park was one of our very first stops along our cross-country journey. Zion is stunning and filled with amazing family hikes! We were surprised at how gorgeous the state of Utah was and this park in general.
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK
OK, if you’re counting this is actually #11, so I’m cheating. I had to include New York City because any time anyone asks my kids where their favorite place was, they all say the Big Apple. It confuses me, even though I’m a big lover of the city myself. I forgot what Times Square and the hustle and bustle look like through a child’s eyes. Very exciting stuff!
I am obsessed with New England and thought I’d never get to go. But we were blessed to get to go to all of the NE states last September. And we stayed at the Quechee Pine Valley KOA also. We spent more time walking around Woodstock though, but we did go to Sugarbush Farms and loved that. We still have some syrup left but are sad that all our other goodies are gone.
Hi Grace- I know! It’s just gorgeous up there. We loved upstate New York (Lake Placid) and Maine too. The list could go on and on 🙂 Enjoy that syrup and the memories and I’ll do the same!