Why You Should Vacation With Your Grandkids Take them places their parents wouldn’t and leave their folks behind
Martha Winters Gilliland -2015-2016 Fellow. This piece was first published in NextAvenue. “In the past 12 years, I have taken one or more of my six grandchildren on 25 trips, mostly adventure trips — river rafting…
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