Family road trips are a time-honored tradition. But they can also be tiring, frustrating, and result in way too many backseat meltdowns. How to keep everyone comfortable, healthy and well-fed on the road? We asked Melanie Haiken, of Health Conscious Travel to give us some tips.

With its 22 weeks of winter, there is arguably nowhere better to welcome the season than in the Saguenay – Lac Saint-Jean area of Northern Quebec, Canada. In this guest post, Ottawa-based travel writer Julie Harrison shares a family-friendly road trip in her neck of the woods.

Meet our geocaching family as we explored Charleston, SC. One of four geocaches maintained by the Parks Conservancy, cache in slash out was the theme of the day.

Cache away the winter blues! Geocaching Journeys, a specialty group travel company, matches like-minded adventure seekers with all-inclusive trip itineraries. Join a group of island-bound geocachers in Hawaii from January 22-29, 2011.

The latest trend in family vacations is geocaching on the road. Road Trips for Families is Still on VaCachen and playing in the nation’s largest high-tech treasure hunt.

Whether you’re eight or eighty, restless or restful, a trip to the ocean is food for the human soul. Unexpected adventures are plentiful all year long at Wild Dunes Resort in Isle of Palms, South Carolina. Come “sea” for yourself.

Private Boardwalk to the Beach

Sometimes a vacation is more than a vacation; it’s a reunion or extended visit with long distance friends and family. Ideal for reunions, retreats, and groups of friends, vacation rentals, villas, and condos offer the comforts of home when you need them the most.

When I have done TV or radio appearances about our trip, one of the most common examples of letting kids just entertain themselves comes from this section of our drive. I tell parents frequently that you never know what your kids understand about the world unless you let them tell you in their own words.

With 9025 logged road trip miles this year alone, we recently spent 2340 of them in a brand new 2011 Chevrolet Traverse. Farm land, traffic jams, mountain ranges, and eventually the beach, I like to think of our trip as the world’s longest test drive.

Kentucky is famous for horse racing, bourbon, and even blue grass. With art, culture, eclectic neighborhoods, and independent businesses thriving in an urban community, Louisville charmed us all.

Lynn’s Paradise Café (Louisville, Kentucky) is a quirky independent restaurant with a national reputation built on great food, wacky décor, and wild events.