One of my biggest pet peeves is going on a drive somewhere and not having the time/option to stop and explore along the way. I decided to plan a trip with the kids driving toward the coast, and to a beach they'd never been to before... and to take our time. If we saw a park along the way, we could stop. A new campground we'd never driven through? Any place along the way, we would stop. And thus was born, our "adventure". I let the kids spend their allowance and buy treats (usually they don't spend their allowance on sugar or food). And we just drove. We headed down highway 20 toward Yahats and stopped along the way. We visited several campground and beaches and just did whatever we wanted with no real long term plan or destination. It was so fun! We explored and tried a new ice cream place. If the kids had an idea - I said "yes". And we had an adventure!!! I had no idea that this little adventure would start a yearly tradition with the kids. W...