Showing posts with label great lakes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label great lakes. Show all posts

Thursday, December 14, 2023

TWO AMAZING VEHICLES TO BUY FOR ENDLESS FAMILY FUN

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When your kids are young, you’ll do anything to ensure they’re entertained. Weekends are planned in advance and you frantically scour the web looking for ideas during school breaks. It can be stressful for most parents, but what if there was a way to guarantee endless family fun for years to come? 

This sounds like you’re about to be sold a timeshare or some magic beans! It’s nothing like that at all - instead, you should consider buying one of these two vehicles to give your family years of exciting trips and days out. Source 

A Boat 

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Do you live near the sea? If so, a boat is a wonderful purchase for your family. It provides you with hours of fun on sunny days as you can set out to sea and enjoy the ocean views and gorgeous weather. 

You can do so much with a boat; it’s a water vehicle that’s primed for fishing, diving, swimming, or just roaming around on the sea and having fun. There are also many types of boats you may consider buying for your family depending on where you live. You could opt for a small speedboat, a large yacht, or possibly even a canal boat! 

No matter which option you choose, be sure you know what you’re getting into. Boat life can be complicated, but there are great resources from sites like BoatingWorld to help out. Understanding how to look after your boat and maintain high levels of safety at all times. Your kids will have loads of fun and they’ll constantly be asking when they can go out on the boat again. 

An RV 

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Alternatively, if you prefer land-based family adventures, an RV is more to your tastes. This pretty much gives your family a home on wheels. You get to drive anywhere in the country and have a safe place to rest and sleep every night. 

It’s the perfect vehicle for family camping trips or road trips across the state. You legitimately have endless years of fun in one package here. You’ll never have to worry about school breaks again; book a few days off and then go camping in the RV with your kids. 

Some of you may be worried by the idea of spending days with your kids in a small space. It can get hectic and stressful, which is why you need to make regular stops for fun activities. This can be as simple as walking through a great National Park or pulling up at a campsite so they can play with other kids. Regardless, an RV is an awesome way to strengthen your family’s connection as you can make these trips a regular occurrence. Everyone will look forward to them in the holidays, creating a lovely family tradition. 

Why are both of these vehicles great ideas for families? Because they provide elongated fun over years, decades even. As your kids grow up, they’ll still have fun on the boat or during your RV camping trips. Then, when you enter your twilight years and they become adults, you can pass down the vehicle to them and their families. It’s a lovely way to ensure a tradition lives on through generations of your family.

Thursday, November 6, 2014

Sea Creatures are coming to the Great Lakes

We took a back-to-school shopping trip recently to Great Lakes Crossing Outlet Mall and I noticed an area under construction near the Rain Forest Cafe restaurant.  The space being worked on had a sign posted in front of it saying "Coming Soon: SEA LIFE Michigan."  I was excited to find out that this new addition to Great Lakes Crossing will be a 35,000-square-foot indoor aquarium featuring a wide array of aquatic life for visitors to enjoy observing.

Photo from SEA LIFE Arizona

SEA LIFE Michigan will be bringing ocean creatures to the Great Lakes with this brand new aquatic center located in Auburn Hills, Michigan (a half hour drive north of downtown Detroit on Interstate 75) when it opens in the Spring of 2015.  Visitors will have face-to-face access to 5,000 sea creatures from a diverse 250 species in interactive, engaging themed environments.  Also based upon its unique location within the Great Lakes State, this new aquarium will feature a custom designed Fresh Water exhibit area showcasing creatures native to Michigan's waterways.

Photo from SEA LIFE Arizona


The highlight of a visit to SEA LIFE Michigan will be its variety of displays showing creatures from the sea.  Themed exhibits will include Shark Shipwreck (A display featuring sharks, puffer fish, other tropical sea creatures), Coral Reef, Stingray Bay, and Seahorse Mangrove.  There will also be touchpools for hands on experiences, an ocean tank, a life-like harbor and other fun educational and entertaining features.


Photo from SEA LIFE Arizona

SEA LIFE Michigan is operated by UK-based Merlin Entertainments and will be the company's 7th SEA LIFE center within the United States.  In addition to entertaining visitors, the company also hopes people will take away an appreciation of sea creatures and understanding of the harmful impact humans can have on aquatic environments.  The SEA LIFE centers work to assist with conservation through its "Breed Rescue Protect" branding and programs.


Photo from SEA LIFE Arizona

Whether you live in the Metro Detroit area or are coming into town for a family visit, vacation or business trip, SEA LIFE Michigan looks to be a not to be missed experience coming to the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada.  Our family will absolutely be going when this new facility opens up in 2015!

Photo from SEA LIFE Arizona
For more information, visit: www.visitsealife.com/michigan

DISCLAIMER:  A Geek Daddy Blog received a press release and photographs from SEA LIFE Michigan promoting the opening of this new aquarium utilized in this blog post.