RAD Road Trip Tip #7: Look for Camp Grounds Close to Main Attractions! RAD owner and graduated driver training students from Coeur d’Alene and Rathdrum, Idaho lived it at Niagra Falls!

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Ours took us to a beautiful camp ground after watching fireworks over Niagra Falls!

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DAY 4  8/1/2010

KOA Camping, Niagra Falls

• On our way to Niagra Falls, we noticed a KOA next to the highway about 20 minutes from our destination.
• If you chose to camp as we did, you’ll find the KOA just outside of Niagra very nice, with lots to do: recumbent bicycles, paddle boats, fishing pond, trampoline, pool, cabins, tent sites, hot showers, and full hook ups.
• After rolling out of our tents and having hot showers, we enjoyed hot breakfast fresh off the grill adn smoothies, too.  
• For tips on delicious and easy full breakfasts on the road, see post:  Take the Blender and the Grill!

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RAD Road Trip Tip #6 ASK A LOCAL Local Information Boosts Fun! Responsible Alert Driving School owner and graduated Driver Ed Students from Coeur d’Alene and Rathdrum, Idaho lived it at Niagra Falls!

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Ours took us to a great little ice cream shop and a firework show over Niagra Falls!

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DAY 4        8/1/2010

We end up arriving in Niagra at dusk.  Never having been before, we thought we’d missed out opportunity to see the falls.  Then, as I looked up images online, I discovered that the Canadians infuse the falls with colored flood light!  We knew we were in for a treat!

ASK A LOCAL
When you get to a destination, always ask a local about special events, sites, and deals.
When I asked a local--which was easy, since he was at an information counter!--about cheap ice cream and other events, he gave directions to an ice cream stand and pointed out on a map the best vantage points for viewing the FIREWORKS SHOW, scheduled to begin in thirty-five minutes!

NIAGRA FALLS at NIGHT
Using our inside information, we avoided the three-dollar tourist popcicles and headed for the ice cream stand two blocks away.  There we invested the ten dollars saved earlier into ice cream cones for the whole group!  These were so good and fun on our walk through the state park on a warm summer evening.

FIREWORKS
Licking ice cream cones and laughing though the park with water fall mist in the air, we arrived at the falls seven minutes before the fireworks show began!

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RAD serves students--home school, private school, public school students--residing in Kootenai and Bonner counties, Idaho:  Coeur d’Alene, Post Falls, Hauser Lake, Rathdrum, Spirit Lake, Blanchard, Priest River, Athol, and Hayden, Idaho.

RAD Road Trip Tip #5: FREE PARKING! Free Parking May only Take 5 Minutes! RAD owner and graduated Driver Ed Students from Coeur d’Alene and Rathdrum, Idaho lived it at Niagra Falls!

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Ours took us to free parking in Niagra!

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DAY 4     8/1/2010

PARK FOR FREE

• Any time guys are flagging you into a parking lot, BEWARE!  
• After getting waved in, we nearly paid ten dollars for parking.  
• Instead, we went around a few blocks and found a great big free space, across the street from our walk in the park!  
• Better!  We still had ten bucks in pocket to put to better use!

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RAD serves students--home school, private school, public school students--residing in Kootenai and Bonner counties, Idaho: 
Coeur d’Alene, Post Falls, Hauser Lake, Rathdrum, Spirit Lake, Blanchard, Priest River, Athol, and Hayden, Idaho.

RAD Road Trip Tip #3: Honesty Pays! RAD owner and graduated Driver Ed Students from Coeur d’Alene and Rathdrum, Idaho lived it in America’s Heartland!

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DAY 3  7/31/2010

Honesty Pays!

• Last night, we pulled into the Oasis Campground just before midnight with the office closed, set up the tent, and took deliciously long hot showers!
• The next morning, at the camp office, I was surprised to receive a discount!
• The manager said, “I always give a 10% discount as a way of saying thanks when people are honest to pay for their late night arrival.” 
• On the way out, I picked up a bag of ice for $1--best price I’ve seen in a long time!--to surprise the family with fresh smoothies, since I hid the blender under the other packed items!
• See the post, When Mama’s Happy; Everyone’s Happy, to see how well the surprise turns out!

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Responsible Alert Driving School Road Trip Tip #2: Make your Mom Happy; Make the Sweet Memories! RAD owner and graduated Driver Ed Students from Coeur d’Alene and Rathdrum, Idaho did!

Responsible Alert Driving School Road Trip Tip #2:
Make your Mom Happy; Make the Sweet Memories!
RAD owner and graduated Driver Ed Students from Coeur d’Alene and Rathdrum, Idaho did!

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DAY 2  7/30/2010

Mom goes down Memory Lane!

Martha, RAD owner, has fond childhood memories of road trips from Kirkland, Washington through Coeur d’Alene, Idaho to Hurley, South Dakota to visit her grand parents.  Along the way, they would visit many of the tourist attractions.  Actually, they stopped at ALL of them!  So, Mommy had a very special day on memory lane, as quoted below.

• Reptile Gardens--”Look!  This is the bench my mom used to sit on while she waited for us to tour the building where all the snakes and lizards are loose!”
• Mount Rushmore--”Let’s make sure to watch the movie, so the kids can appreciate how Mt. Rushmore was created.”
• Wall Drug--”Woo hooo!  We’re going to have ice cream for dinner!”
• “Could we pleeeeese camp tonight for a good night’s rest?”
• Day 2 ended at the Oasis Camp Ground, Oacoma, South Dakota, with luciously gushing hot showers and a pool just like when Martha was a little girl!

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1st RAD TART ~ DAY 1 ~ Inventing a Road Trip Game! with Driver Training Instructor and graduated Driver Ed Students from Coeur d’Alene and Rathdrum, Idaho.

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DAY 1  7/29/2010

•  12:20  on I-90 from Cd’A 820 Beautiful Blue Skies, Striking White Cumulus Clouds, our Prayed up Pilot, Cruising Speed 65 mph, Full Cargo Hold, Full Seats, Full Hearts, Prayerful with High Expectations of great moments with Christ, the people He’ll use to teach us, and the people we’ll get to touch with His great love!
•  1:21  Lookout Pass, MONTANA, elevation 1480

 1:32  First Fresh Fruit Stop!  Montana CHERRIES!  Becomes a Road Trip Contest! 

• Martha got a mix of varieties picked in Flathead, Montana. 
• The five of us lined up on the fog line of the roadway next to the fruit stand, for a pit spitting contest, to see who could clear the double yellow, the opposite fog line, and eject a pit onto the far gravel road shoulder.  Predictions?! 
• Those of you who have spit with us before guessed it right:  Joy can not be beat for her prodigious spit projectile launching abilities.
• Dad propelling a close second. 
• Josh decided that the cherry pit spitting contest was deliciously PITiful!  What a puny wit!

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What road trip games will you play?

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Coeur d’Alene, Post Falls, Hauser Lake, Rathdrum, Spirit Lake, Blanchard, Priest River, Athol, and Hayden, Idaho.