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Adventuring With Children: An Inspirational Guide to World Travel and the Outdoors (Avalon House Travel Series) (Paperback) by Nan Jeffrey (Author)
"Kevin and I have been adventuring with our children for many years, yet each new times still involves the same series of preparatory steps: making..." From Independent Publisher
How many husbands and wives, no matter how resilient, haven't looked at each other after weeks of wrestling with the issue of The Family Vacation and concluded "not this year?" The pitfalls are too many, the variables unknown, and the anticipated rewards too few and far between. Adventuring witb Children, Nan Jeffrey's manual for traveling with children to known and many unknown remote destinations, should give us all courage and confidence. It can be done. She has done it many times. And it can be done with resounding success. Her book chimes with the pleasure and personal growth of shared experiences. Jeffrey maintains that "enjoying a trip is to a large degree dependent on how prepared you are even before you leave." And she prepares the reader well, with gentle do's and do not's, and with very helpful lists: what equipment the adults should take, what children's clothing to include, which of their toys, and how many books. She tells us what she has gleaned while camping, hiking, bicycling, sailing, and canoeing with children from young toddlers, even to teenagers on four continents. All of it is instructive. While the Jeffreys' idea of adventure travel may not be everyone's fantasy of what to do for your summer vacation, their beliefs of what can be experienced adventuring as a family are inspiring.
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