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How to Make Your Family Vacation the Best Ever

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Going on a Vacation Near or Far? You Can Learn A Lot from Squidoo Lensmasters

Most people look forward to their family vacations for weeks or months before they begin. Since vacations are so precious, everyone in the family wants the vacation to be fun. That can be a challenge! You can learn a lot from Squidoo Lensmasters including how to have a fun vacation.

You'll find featured lenses and lensmasters here with their tips and tricks for making your vacation memorable. Whether your going by car or plane, camping or not, taking kids or grand children, you'll find something here that will let you bring smiles back from your vacation.

What You'll Find Here

  1. If You're Planning A Trip and You Want to Know About a City or a State
  2. Plan Well and....
  3. Sample Tools for Planning a Vacation
  4. What Others Say Makes a Vacations Fun
  5. Places to Stay in Traverse City, Michigan?
  6. Camping in Traverse City
  7. Photo Gear for Your Family Vacation
  8. Ten Necessities for a Fun Family Camping Trip
  9. Summer Scenes in Traverse City
  10. What's Up in Traverse City, Michigan
  11. What's Traverse City Like?
  12. How to Get to Traverse City State Park
  13. What's the Weather Like at Traverse City State Park?
  14. Historic Interlochen State Park
  15. Have You Got a Favorite Park, Museum, or Festival?
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Check Out These Lensmasters

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If you're interested in a particular city, you may want to take a look at BigJim's Lens Master Group: http://www.squidoo.com/groups/cities. There you'll find lenses about cities in the U.S. and elsewhere around the world.

If you've got a lens you'd like to see featured on this lens, one that will make traveling for vacation more enjoyable, add it to the Lens Plexo further down the page.
Important!

Plan Well and....

You Can Be Spontaneous!

Sample Tools for Planning a Vacation

For Example: You Can Plan a Vacation in Traverse City, Michigan

Plan a trip to Traverse City by learning about:

What Others Say Makes a Vacation Fun,
Places to Stay,
Summer Scenes in Traverse City,
Camping in Traverse City,
What's Up in Traverse City,
What Traverse City is Like,
How to Get to Traverse City State Park,
What the Weather is Like in Traverse City, and
nearby Historic Interlochen State Park.

What Others Say Makes a Vacations Fun

These Tips Work Anywhere You Go!!

KiwisOutback< shares great ideas for preparing for your trip.
GrannyAnn has tips for keeping the kids occupied during a long car drive.
Spitfire70 has good advice about traveling with pets.
Spuds makes recommendations for the backpacker.
Luvmyludwig provides tips for beginning campers.

Visit their lenses and learn how you can make your summer vacation enjoyable.
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Places to Stay in Traverse City, Michigan?

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Old Mission Inn
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Grand Traverse Resort & Spa

Camping in Traverse City 

Photo Gear for Your Family Vacation

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Canon VIXIA HF10 Flash Memory High Definition Camcorder with 16 GB Internal Flash Memory and 12x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom + Accessory Kit

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Canon PowerShot SD1100IS 8MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Blue)

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Kodak EasyShare C913 9.2MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom (Silver)

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Vtech - Kidizoom Digital Camera - Blue

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Ten Necessities for a Fun Family Camping Trip

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Canon PowerShot SD1100IS 8MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Blue)

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Bushnell Natureview 8x40 Porro Prism Birding Binocular

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Off! Deep Woods Insect Repellent V Spray, Unscented - 23.8% DEET - 6 oz

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Super-Bright 9 LED Heavy-Duty Compact Aluminum Flashlight - Cool Blue

Super-Bright 9 LED Heavy-Duty Compact Aluminum Flashlight - Cool Blue

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Wenzel Highland 30-Degree Sleeping Bag (Blue, Black, Blue Plaid)

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Summer Scenes in Traverse City

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Great Wolf Lodge Water Park in Traverse City, Michigan

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Traverse City, Michigan

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What's Up in Traverse City, Michigan

Here's what Yelpers have to say about Active Life in 49684

Great Wolf Lodge (Traverse City)  
"I just spent the last 3 nights at the Great Wolf Lodge for a conference, and I have to say, I was pretty impressed. My coworkers and I all got our own..." more
TART Trails (Traverse City)  
"I miss the TART trails in the winter when they aren't plowed! In the summer, the TART is my best friend. I love biking, rollerblading, etc. and the TART..." more
McLain Cycle & Fitness (Traverse City)  
"Great customer service! My dad and I just rented two fabulous road bikes for $25/day and they even threw in free lights so we'd be safer riding at dusk...." more
Traverse City State Park (Traverse City)  
"We really enjoyed TCSP this summer. The lots are several different sizes. I was impressed with the clean bathrooms and showers. I can't wait to return..." more
Bay Meadows Golf Course (Traverse City)  
"Great for taking lessons and the short game practice area is perfect for working on your game. Jeff Dean is a great instructor who uses video to break down..." more
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What's Traverse City Like?

The population of 49684 is 35,141.

That's #1891 out of all 42,305 zip codes.

96% of the population is white, which is 22 points more than the national average.

The average household income in 49684 is $44,677, which is $14,979 more than the typical average.

This contributes to the average house being worth $134,400. When the survey was done in 2000, that represented a difference of 71% from the typical value.

Men make up 48% of the population, and the typical age in this part of MI is 37.2.

Stats about: Traverse City, MI

Population: 35,141
Number of Households: 15,096
Average House Value: $134,400
Average Income per Household: $44,677
Elevation: 599 ft

Population Breakdown:

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How to Get to Traverse City State Park

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What's the Weather Like at Traverse City State Park?

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Historic Interlochen State Park

The First State Park in Michigan

Nearby Traverse City, the Interlochen State Park has two beaches, two boat launches, cabins for rent, sites for those with RV's, full amenities, and a rustic camping area as well.

Have You Got a Favorite Park, Museum, or Festival?

Tell me what you think of this lens. Or if you've got a favorite Park, Museum, or Festival, let me know what it is. I'd like to hear from you.

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    KathyT May 20, 2011 @ 3:03 pm | delete
    One of my absolute favorite festivals is actually a fair in Maine called "The Common Ground Fair." It's primarily a fair to showcase Made in Maine goods and foods - mostly organic. No rides or junky foods either. It's just wonderful! Usually the 3rd weekend after Labor Day. It's put on by the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association. DEFINITELY worth the trip! (It's in Unity, ME).
    :) Hugs, Kath
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    BigGirlBlue Jan 4, 2011 @ 9:06 pm | delete
    One of the things I always hate afterward is the lack of down time during the vacation to just kind of veg and take things in. We always seem to be in a constant rush to get in as much as possible. One of my favorite parks is Jasper National -- highly recommend.
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    Oct 13, 2010 @ 6:42 pm | delete
    This is a great idea for family that wants to spend their vacation with full of memories and great fun. A place to reminisce and every member of the family can chat with more fun!
    The SEO Sydney is a a great way that should be saved in your browser
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    digitalnotes May 21, 2010 @ 8:35 am | delete
    need to add the sleeping bag to the car and just go to get out of town and away from the rat race.. any place is good down rectangular sleeping bags
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    projectmgnt Apr 2, 2010 @ 11:35 am | delete
    Great lens. On vacation, I like to go a picnic with all my family. Really a great joy of it.

    Thanks for sharing by comment.
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