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We rented a house in the Outer Banks in September two years ago. It was a wonderful family vacation! It was on the beach with a pool but it was starting to cool off so it wasnt the hot summertime beach vacation. We collected shells, built sandcastles and did a little swimming on the warmer days. Being in a house I made breakfast and dinner every day and we went into the towns during lunch time to shop, site see and have a nice lunch out. There was mini golf, wildlife, fishing. And because it was off season we had the place to ourselves! (and much, much cheaper!)

We also did a San Deigo trip that was a lot of fun. One day at the famous zoo. One day at SeaWorld. A day at Balboa park and a few days town hopping up and down the coast - La Jolla, Del Mar, Laguna, etc. We had a great time on this trip too.

We did New York for a few days. Central park, riding the subway, the Statue of Liberty. They loved the zoo. We had a car so we were there for a few days and then drove down to the New Jersey coast and did some fishing and playing in the sand (it was October so not swim weather but it was a lot of fun. Again at the beach off season for us non-tanners is a good thing!) Then we drove into Bucks County for a day and hung out there.

This year we are going to Yellowstone. Its our first time there with the kids but we've been many times together before kids. We just have to have realistic expectations with them as they are too young to do any back country hikes and we are big hikers. So it will be a very different experience for us there.