Same four nights for all three, Saturday the 1st through Wednesday the 5th. Here's what each one is, where we'd stay, and what Quinn and Paige would actually do with their days. Pick the one that sounds like our week.
This is the city trip. We stay downtown, cover it on foot and by bike, and let the kids each pick their own San Francisco.
Right in SOMA, a flat walk to the Embarcadero, the Ferry Building, and the Exploratorium.
The Ferry Building food hall to graze, Union Square to browse at her own pace, and boba in Chinatown a few blocks over.
The Exploratorium's 600-plus hands-on exhibits, and a bike ride across the Golden Gate into Sausalito with a ferry back.
On Union Square itself, with the shops and Chinatown a block or two from the lobby.
The shopping is out the front door, the Ferry Building food hall is a short walk, and Chinatown for boba is right next door.
The Exploratorium's 600-plus hands-on exhibits, and a bike ride across the Golden Gate into Sausalito with a ferry back.
The lake trip. Thirty miles of water, a theme park up the road, and a downtown you can walk to for ice cream.
A studio suite in the Riverstone shopping district, a few minutes from the lake and downtown.
The floating boardwalk around the marina with an ice-cream stop, then the toy store and sweet shops downtown on Sherman Avenue. A 90-minute lake cruise if she wants to sit and watch the water.
A full day at Silverwood and its Boulder Beach water park, kayaking and cliff-jumping along the shoreline, and ziplining through the forest canopy at Timberline.
A roomy king suite on the quieter Post Falls side, a straight run north to Silverwood.
The floating boardwalk around the marina with an ice-cream stop, then the toy store and sweet shops downtown on Sherman Avenue. A 90-minute lake cruise if she wants to sit and watch the water.
A full day at Silverwood and its Boulder Beach water park, kayaking and cliff-jumping along the shoreline, and ziplining through the forest canopy at Timberline.
The mountain-lake trip. We're a short walk from the marina and the Heavenly gondola, with Emerald Bay a paddle away.
A one-bedroom steps from Ski Run Marina and a short hop to the Heavenly gondola.
A beach day at Pope or Baldwin, paddleboarding near the shore, and the gondola ride up for the view without the climb. Ski Run Marina is a short walk for ice cream.
A clear-bottom kayak out toward Emerald Bay and Fannette Island, the ropes courses and climbing wall up at Adventure Peak, and the short Eagle Falls hike down to the Vikingsholm castle.