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Category: Day Trips

Fun Day Trip locations for the kids that are over an hour away from Raleigh, NC

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Posted on April 27, 2021August 13, 2023

Jump the Moon: Meet the Author & Farm Tour

Did you know we have an award-winning children’s book author located right here near the Triangle!? 📖 Kathy Simmers wrote the endearing book “Jump the…

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  • Day Trips
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Posted on April 21, 2021March 20, 2024

The Outer Banks with Kids

We’re dreaming of beach days and sand between our toes! 🏖️ The Outer Banks is over 3 hours away, but it’s a popular beach vacation…

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Posted on March 25, 2021March 21, 2021

Children’s Museum of Wilmington

Are you headed to the beach for Spring Break? It’s about 2.5 hours away from Raleigh, but if you’re going to be close to Wrightsville…

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Posted on February 11, 2021February 9, 2021

Morehead Planetarium and Science Center

We decided to have an adventure in Chapel Hill this past weekend, so we headed over to the Morehead Planetarium to watch a space program…

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Posted on January 11, 2021January 8, 2021

Imagination Station in Wilson

224 Nash St SE, Wilson, NC Located about an hour east of Raleigh, Imagination Station is both a science and history museum located in the…

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Posted on November 12, 2020August 13, 2023

A.A.F. Tank Museum

3401 US Highway 29 Danville, VA 24540 **The museum permanently closed in 2023** This spot is more for the big kids (A.K.A. the dads) in…

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Posted on August 29, 2020November 4, 2020

Cabin Camping at Carolina Beach State Park

My crazy husband has been begging to go camping for months now, but with three kids under 6 that just sounded like pure torture to…

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Posted on June 25, 2020November 4, 2020

Millstone Creek Orchards

Millstone Creek Orchards in Ramseur is your one stop shop for all the U-pick fruit your heart desires! In the spring they have blackberries and…

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Posted on May 12, 2020November 4, 2020

Aloha Safari Zoo

159 Mini Lane, Cameron NC Aloha Safari Zoo in North Carolina is an experience you won’t want to miss! This is a much smaller zoo…

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Posted on April 27, 2020April 28, 2020

It’s a Zoo Life

I don’t know about you, but with all of this COVID-19 quarantine mess I needed some semblance of normal and just needed to get out…

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