Field trips can help beat the summertime blues

Where do you want to go? Get suggestions from everyone who wants in and make a schedule. Here are some ideas in the Salt Lake area:

• Antelope Island State Park
• Aquatic centers, community pools
• Bowling
• Clark Planetarium (FREE, except shows)
• Days of '47 Float Preview Party
• Discovery Gateway Children's Museum
• Gilgal Garden (FREE)
• Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve (FREE)
• Hiking or nature trails (FREE)
• Hill Aerospace Museum (FREE)
• Hogle Zoo
• Kennecott Copper Mine
• Lagoon Amusement Park
• Libraries
• Living Planet Aquarium
• Natural History Museum of Utah
• Ogden Dinosaur Park
• Ogden Nature Center
• Pioneer Memorial Museum (FREE)
• Red Butte Garden
• Ride Frontrunner or Trax
• Splash pads at City Creek Center, Gateway Mall or a local park (FREE)
• State Capitol Building (FREE)
• Sweet's Candy Company Factory Tour (FREE)
• Temple Square (FREE)
• Thanksgiving Point
• This is the Place Heritage Park
• Tracy Aviary
• Trampoline parks
• Treehouse Museum
• Utah Museum of Fine Art
• Wheeler Farm (FREE)

In a world where so many of our activities and relationships are virtual, plan some real experiences with your children and friends this summer. By the time school starts again, you might wish summer was even longer.

Allison Laypath is the author of the family travel blog tipsforfamilytrips.com. With her family, Allison especially enjoys road trips, national parks and local field trips. E-Mail Allison at funfamilyutah@gmail.com.