Travel In A Minute: Entertain The Kids For Next To Nothing

As seen on FOX 5 MORE today, Galavantier.com travel expert Zeke Quezada shared ways to entertain the kids for next to nothing.  If you are looking for some additional family friendly travel activities, give a Galavantier.com Travel Advisor a call at 877-425-2826 to help you arrange a perfect day for the family. To view all the Travel In A Minute segments, click HERE.

Is it time to have the kids put the video games down and explore the world around them?  Yes! Here are 5 spots that you can take the kids to that are relatively inexpensive and just a few minutes from you.

• Springs Preserve – Bugs, reptiles, rocks and water. The interactive exhibits will intrigue your kids and the space to run around might get you a nap when you get home.
• Whether you are taking a brisk walk along a streambed or scrambling up some sandstone rock formations there are plenty of options for kids of any age at Red Rock Canyon. The visitors enter has plenty of information to help you choose the right hike for you.
• Have you ever been inside a real gold mine? Yes, it’s a little creepy when they turn the lights off and the darkness overwhelms you but it’s fun way to learn a little history and fantasize about how much gold is still sitting in the hills  at El Dorado Canyon.
• If your kids are a little younger check out the Lied Museum where they’ll be able to touch, squeeze, feel, smell and see the natural and not so natural world around them. Put a time limit on them because they’ll want to stay all day.
• When was the last time you rode a pony or watched a real old west gun fight? Head to Bonnie Springs Ranch to pet some animals, have some lunch or buy yourself a new cowboy hat.