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sunseeker
Citizen
Username: Sunseeker
Post Number: 2
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, January 31, 2004 - 1:57 pm: |     |
hi
We are new to Maplewood (and the US) and would love to hear ideas for great day trips or weekends away. We have 2 small kids. Thanks |
NCJanow(akaLibraryLady)
Citizen
Username: Librarylady
Post Number: 1188
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, January 31, 2004 - 2:19 pm: | |
Welcome sunseeker. The library has a great book called "52 Great Day Trips in New Jersey" or something like that. Come take a look.
NCJ aka LibraryLady
On a coffee break..or something like it. |
jem
Citizen
Username: Jem
Post Number: 890
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, January 31, 2004 - 3:48 pm: | |
Welcome to Maplewood, and to the States.
Lancaster County, in Pennsylvania, is nice for a family weekend trip. Here's a link that'll give you some information about the area. |
naborly
Citizen
Username: Naborly
Post Number: 287
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, January 31, 2004 - 4:41 pm: | |
Near here : Turtle Back Zoo, ice skating at S. Mt. Arena or Mennen Arena, roller skating, bowling, sledding in Memorial Park, Great Swamp nature area, Liberty Science Museum,Newark Mueum (check for family programs), Edison Labs in W. Orange.
NYC : NY Aquarium in Coney Island, Staten Island Zoo, Bronx Zoo, Empire State Bldg, Central Park, Museum of Natural History.
Farther away : Stokes State Forest and Tillman's Ravine, Cape May, boardwalk amusement rides in Pt. Pleasant or Seaside Heights or Wildwood, Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, the Finger Lakes region in New York State.
Here's some links. Definitely check the library, too. And WELCOME!!
http://www.njskylands.com/pkstokes.htm
http://capemay.com/
http://www.fieldtrip.com/nj/index_nj.htm
http://www.geocities.com/oorgacki/index.html
http://www.newarkmuseum.org/pages/toc2.html
http://www.nps.gov/edis/
http://www.bbg.org/
http://www.nyaquarium.com/
http://www.nyaquarium.com/
http://www.visitfingerlakes.com/index.asp |
soresident
Citizen
Username: Soresident
Post Number: 108
Registered: 10-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, February 1, 2004 - 12:17 pm: | |
more weekends away: Mystic Connecticut (historical village and ships at the Seaport [www.mysticseaport.org], wonderful Aquarium, as well as Mystic Pizza); Sesame Place (www.sesameplace.com; Langhorne, Pa).
Philadelphia is less than 2 hours away and great for kids - there's a Please Touch Museum for kids 1-7 (www.pleasetouchmuseum.org), a duck tour of the city from spring - fall (amphibious land and water sightseeing that is really fun), plus all the great historical attractions like the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, and a fabulous new National Constitution Center.
Norwalk, Connecticut (2+ hours away) has a delightful maritime museum/aquarium, and a charming downtown with funky restaurants.
Crayola Factory in Easton, Pa. - doable for a day trip - you watch crayons being made.
And of course there's Baltimore, Maryland (again a fabulous aquarium) about 3 hours away, Washington DC (4 hours) or Boston, Massachusetts (4 hours) |
Curt Wayne
Citizen
Username: Cswayne
Post Number: 90
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, February 1, 2004 - 12:31 pm: | |
Waterloo Village.
http://www.cswayne.com/waterloo
Not far, take I-80 west.
Curt |
wharfrat
Citizen
Username: Wharfrat
Post Number: 947
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, February 1, 2004 - 3:07 pm: | |
Lambertville/New Hope, Frenchtown and Doylestown, along the Delaware River are all within 70 miles or so. |
Dave
Citizen
Username: Dave
Post Number: 6278
Registered: 4-1998
| | Posted on Sunday, February 1, 2004 - 3:26 pm: | |
Museum of Natural History in NYC is easy. Midtown Direct train to Penn Station then C Train uptown to 81st Street. Enter museum through subway exit directly (good in this weather). |
sunseeker
Citizen
Username: Sunseeker
Post Number: 4
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, February 1, 2004 - 9:45 pm: | |
Thank you everyone for all your great suggestions. We should be busy for a while! |
clkelley
Citizen
Username: Clkelley
Post Number: 72
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Monday, February 2, 2004 - 12:46 pm: | |
The last few times we were at the Nat. History Museum the direct entrance from the subway was closed for security reasons. No big deal though - just walk around outside and get in.
It's a great trip and very easy to do. Or get off at the same stop, walk across Central Park and go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, if your kids are into that kind of thing. Mine is, so we go there a lot.
Also the Liberty Science Museum in Liberty State Park is fun, but probably won't take a whole day to "do". Supplement it with an afternoon of kite-flying in the park. On second thought, wait until spring for that one!
If you go to Philadelphia, also try the Franklin Museum. It's another science museum and I understand it's great fun - my husband and daughter have been several times, somehow I have managed to miss those visits. |
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