USAKidZone! A Family Travel Guide
Your Guide To Family Travel, Family Vacations, Family Fun And More
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Step back in time at Conner Prairie. Conner Prairie is a living history museum located in Fishers, Indiana. I first visited this wonderful place when I was in third grade and let’s just say that was quite a while ago. I felt like I had stepped into my favorite Little House on the Prairie books. [...]
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My wife’s parents are coming over for the holidays and staying for a few days. We were looking at an air mattress or possibly a futon mattress bed. We opted for the air mattress but are thinking about getting the futon for their next visit. They live in another state and do come to visit [...]
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If there were any kind of lamps that kids love more than any other, it’s touch lamps. The only thing that comes close are lamps that you can turn on and off with the clapper. Those are fun too. On and off…on and off. When I’ve seen kids playing with these things it’s hilarious. It’s [...]
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Although winter is around the corner here in Indiana, I was looking around the house at projects that I could do next year. One of the things that I noticed was that the patio was hardly used this year. The main reason was because it was so hot out there. So, what I am thinking [...]
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Hey everyone. With Christmas right around the corner, our little guy is making out his Christmas list. Over this past weekend, we put up our tree and decorated it with Christmas tree ornaments that we have purchased over the years. We originally started with a set of Victorian ornaments but when we had our son, [...]
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I went to the mall the other day and was doing some Christmas shopping. Once we got passed the girls with the perfume samples, we went to the IMAX movie, A Christmas Carol. Speaking of perfume, I never know the difference between perfume and cologne other than cologne is more expensive. In the movie, Jim [...]
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I came across a super travel site today by a travel blogger. He is traveling the world and has entered a contest to win a free trip to Antarctica. He needs your support by getting your vote. You can find more information about his blog and the contest by visiting his travel blog. I somehow [...]
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Part One of our 2008 family vacation was to spend a day and a half and Hershey Park. I had heard lots of good things about Hershey Park Pa. It was also right on the way to my next article called New York vacations which was Part Two of our vacation. The “Big Apple” is [...]
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Welcome to USAKidZone! A Family Travel Guide to America. Our goal is to show our son as much of our country as we can before he goes off to college. We try to travel as a family a few times a year. Once is always a big vacation and then we take smaller excursions periodically. [...]
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Assembly: Challenging with 648 pieces Durability: Good Overall Grade: B Number: 8894 This set is not played with as much as the Star Wars, Indiana Jones, etc. Perhaps it’s because the story is unfamiliar. Piraka characters (the bad guys) enter the stronghold through the mouth of a giant face/mask. Teeth form bars over the entrance. [...]
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Assembly: Moderate with 396 pieces Durability: Good Overall Grade: B Number: 7259 Relive your favorite inter-galactic adventures as you build this awesome Clone Fighter. The ARC 170 Clone Fighter comes with Astromech Droid and three Clone Pilots. The ARC-170 features wings that open into attack position and “bombs” that drop.Mini figure included are 3 Clone [...]
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Assembly: Challenging with 974 pieces Durability: Superb Overall Grade: A+ Number: 7094 Here’s another one that’s not available through LEGO or at its original price. I see it is now available for $270. I’m not sure that it is really worth that much. It has stayed together well, but it has not been played with [...]
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Assembly: Moderate with 399 pieces Durability: Superb Overall Grade: a Number: 7093 This is a really cool set when purchased at the original price LEGO offered it for. Now I am seeing it is available from a third party for $260. I don’t think it is worth that much. That being said if you can [...]
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Assembly: Difficult Durability: Good Overall Grade: B Number: 7029 This set is no longer available from LEGO. You can pay big bucks for it through a third party. It think I saw it going for $265. It is not worth that much. It is a nice little set for kids into castles/pirates and the ship [...]
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Assembly: Moderate with 235 pieces Durability: Good Overall Grade: A Number: 8960 These new original lines LEGO keeps cranking out are awesome. These new lines allow LEGO to create its own stories and it lets kids use their imaginations to add to those stories. The Power Miners story says the rugged Thunder Driller is the [...]
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Assembly: Moderate with 353 pieces Durability: Good Overall Grade: B Number: 8061 Another new and original theme from LEGO. I realize Atlantis is not a new idea, but it is a new theme and it also does not have the added price the licensed products have. This line is especially cool with underwater creatures and [...]
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Assembly: Challenging with 825 pieces Durability: Superb Overall Grade: A+ Number: 5974 This set is the possibly the best yet. First of all, you don’t have to pay for the Star Wars or Indiana Jones name. Don’t get me wrong — all of those sets are great. This one is perhaps even better and more [...]
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Assembly: Easy with 420 pieces Durability: Superb Overall Grade: a Number: 7197 Our 8-year-old son put this set together quite easily. He was also happy to find this one as it is one of two he has from The Last Crusade. It includes two boats and four mini figures — Elsa, Indy and two Grail [...]
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Assembly: Moderate with 376 pieces Durability: Fair Overall Grade: B Number: 7683 This plane is definitely not as well designed or constructed as the plane from the Peril in Peru set. The materials are not as solid. It does not hold together well. That aside, it is a very cool set with which you can [...]
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Assembly: Moderate with 244 pieces Durability: Good Overall Grade: A Number: 7682 Now young Indy fans can reenact the initial chase scene from The Temple of Doom. Race with Indy, Willie and Short Round through the streets of Shanghai with Lao Che’s gun-toting thugs hot on their tail. These two vehicles are well constructed and [...]
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