Kids These Days!: Top 5 Summer Trips for Families – In State and Out

Tuesday, April 19 at 2pm and 7pm

SUMMER FAMILY TRAVEL

It’s getting warmer and school will be out soon which means many families in Alaska are preparing for their summer trips. Host Shana Sheehy speaks with two local travel gurus who will each count down their Top Five summer family vacation destinationsErin Kirkland shares her Top 5 family trips inside Alaska, and Scott McMurren tells us his Top 5 for out-of-state travel. From choo-choo trains to trolleys, beaches to jet boats, camping to car trips and museums to memorials – today’s KTD! has great ideas to get your family vacation planning in high gear!

Featured stories this hour: A very special dispatch from our contributor in Oregon where she’s on vacation with her family; we’ll hear family-friendly suggested itineraries from the National Park Service and the Alaska Ferry; and teens talk about why traveling solo rocks!

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