Last year for Christmas we did something really different, we went to Sunriver, which is in Central Oregon. It was perfect for Christmas with all the snow and lights and full moon.
Well it turns out we have 4 free airfare tickets that are going to expire in October. So the hunt began as to where we might fly. The bummer is during the summer months pretty much all of June, July and August are blackout dates. All except the last week of August. We started looking around at different parks, because as you know, that's what we do.
The other thing that we do is we all wear good running shoes. Yes, that right, if you want to keep up with our family you need to be in shape (somewhat) and willing to run. Not only for the tons of running, but we usually spend the whole day there and you need to have great support. You can read on about my 13 year old daughter that decided to wear her “cute” shoes. Ask her what she is wearing this next time we go.
When we first started we had very little money in order to make this happen. Unfortunately for our family my husband traveled to the Bay Area a lot. Fortunately for our family we had lots of frequent flier miles.
We live in Portland, Oregon. So for starters we try to hit all the parks that are on the West Coast. Airfare money saver tip: Airfare is the more affordable traveling the west coast for us, than flying across country. And because of the short flights we get the most out of our days. If we leave in the morning, there is a great chance we will hit the park that afternoon or evening, adding one more visit to our trip. Let me back up a few years and let you know how we have done this, and mostly why, we continue to do this.
We are a Roller Coaster family. We didn’t start out that way or even intend to become that, but what started out as cheap getaway has become a family tradition. As a matter of fact it all started out as Roller Coaster weekends and after 6 years in a row we upgraded to a full Roller Coaster week. We even throw in vacations that aren’t even about Roller Coasters, but we never skip our yearly roller coaster trip.
