🦅 Air Force Academy (Colorado Springs, CO)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🏜️ Garden of the Gods — Colorado Springs, CO

🦒 Cheyenne Mountain Zoo — Colorado Springs, CO

🚀 U.S. Air Force Academy Visitor Center — Colorado Springs, CO

🧗 The North Pole - Santa’s Workshop — Cascade, CO

🪨 Seven Falls — Colorado Springs, CO

🎨 Space Foundation Discovery Center — Colorado Springs, CO

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 The Skirted Heifer — Colorado Springs, CO

🍕 Slice 420 — Colorado Springs, CO

🍝 Paravicini’s Italian Bistro — Colorado Springs, CO

🍦 Josh & John’s Ice Cream — Colorado Springs, CO

🌯 Amanda’s Fonda — Colorado Springs, CO

🐴 Boise State University (Boise, ID)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🌊 Boise River Greenbelt — Boise, ID

🦁 Zoo Boise — Boise, ID

🧪 Discovery Center of Idaho — Boise, ID

🏈 Albertsons Stadium Tour — Boise, ID

🍂 Idaho Botanical Garden — Boise, ID

🚴 Camel’s Back Park & Playground — Boise, ID

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍕 The Wylder — Boise, ID

🍔 Boise Fry Co. — Boise, ID

🍦 Goody’s Soda Fountain — Boise, ID

🍝 Fork — Boise, ID

🌮 Madre - Boutique Taqueria — Boise, ID

🐏 Colorado State University (Fort Collins, CO)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🏞️ Horsetooth Reservoir — Fort Collins, CO

🦋 The Gardens on Spring Creek & Butterfly House — Fort Collins, CO

🎮 Fort Fun — Fort Collins, CO

🌳 City Park Playground — Fort Collins, CO

👨‍🔬 CSU Environmental Learning Center — Fort Collins, CO

🧪 Fort Collins Museum of Discovery — Fort Collins, CO

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Stuft Burger Bar — Fort Collins, CO

🍕 Beau Jo’s Colorado Pizza — Fort Collins, CO

🍨 Walrus Ice Cream — Fort Collins, CO

🍗 Big Al’s Burgers and Dogs — Fort Collins, CO

🥞 The Silver Grill Café — Fort Collins, CO

🐾 Fresno State University (Fresno, CA)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🦒 Fresno Chaffee Zoo — Fresno, CA

🌸 Blossom Trail (seasonal) — Fresno County, CA

🎠 Storyland & Playland — Roeding Park, Fresno, CA

🌿 Shinzen Japanese Garden — Fresno, CA

🍇 Fresno State Farm (ice cream & cheese) — Fresno, CA

🚜 Simonian Farms — Fresno, CA

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍕 Me-N-Ed’s Pizzeria — Fresno, CA

🍝 The Annex Kitchen — Fresno, CA

🍔 Bobby Salazar’s Mexican Restaurant — Fresno, CA

🍦 Ampersand Ice Cream — Fresno, CA

🌮 Casa de Tamales — Fresno, CA

🐺 University of Nevada, Reno (Reno, NV)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🦁 Animal Ark Wildlife Sanctuary — Reno, NV

🔬 The Discovery Museum — Reno, NV

🛝 Idlewild Park & Playground — Reno, NV

🚂 Nevada State Railroad Museum — Carson City, NV

🌲 Rancho San Rafael Regional Park — Reno, NV

🏞️ Lake Tahoe (Kings Beach) — 40 mins

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍕 Sup — Reno, NV

🍔 Archie’s Giant Hamburgers & Breakfast — Reno, NV

🍦 Rolled Mountain Creamery — Reno, NV

🍩 DoughBoys Donuts — Reno, NV

🍗 Liberty Food & Wine Exchange — Reno, NV

🏜️ University of Nevada, Las Vegas (Las Vegas, NV)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🧠 Discovery Children’s Museum — Las Vegas, NV

🌳 Springs Preserve — Las Vegas, NV

🎢 Adventuredome Theme Park — Las Vegas, NV

🎨 Bellagio Conservatory & Botanical Gardens — Las Vegas, NV

🦈 Shark Reef Aquarium at Mandalay Bay — Las Vegas, NV

🛹 Downtown Container Park — Las Vegas, NV

🧩 FlyOver Las Vegas — Las Vegas, NV

🎢 The Big Apple Roller Coaster — Las Vegas, NV

💥 Ethel M Chocolate Factory & Cactus Garden

🧟 Twilight Zone Mini Golf — Las Vegas, NV

🎭 Tournament of Kings Dinner Show — Excalibur, Las Vegas

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Shake Shack — Las Vegas, NV

🍕 Metro Pizza — Las Vegas, NV

🍦 Black Tap Burgers & Shakes — Las Vegas, NV

🌮 Tacos El Gordo — Las Vegas, NV

🍗 Crack Shack — Las Vegas, NV

🍝 Buddy V’s Ristorante — Las Vegas, NV

🥞 Hash House A Go Go — Las Vegas, NV

🍦 Serendipity 3 — Las Vegas, NV

🌮 Nacho Daddy — Las Vegas, NV

🧁 Sprinkles Cupcakes ATM — Las Vegas, NV

🍭 Sugar Factory — Las Vegas, NV

🐺 University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🦁 ABQ BioPark Zoo & Aquarium — Albuquerque, NM

⛰️ Sandia Peak Tramway — Albuquerque, NM

🌵 Petroglyph National Monument — Albuquerque, NM

🔬 Explora Science Center — Albuquerque, NM

🎠 Old Town Plaza & Rides — Albuquerque, NM

🚂 New Mexico Steam Locomotive Museum — Albuquerque, NM

Family-Friendly Eats:

🌮 Frontier Restaurant — Albuquerque, NM

🍕 Dion’s Pizza — Albuquerque, NM

🍔 Holy Burger — Albuquerque, NM

🍦 La Michoacana Delight — Albuquerque, NM

🌯 Garcia’s Kitchen — Albuquerque, NM

🐗 San Diego State University (San Diego, CA)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🦓 San Diego Zoo — Balboa Park, San Diego, CA

🐠 Birch Aquarium — La Jolla, CA

🏖️ Coronado Beach — Coronado Island

🛳️ USS Midway Museum — San Diego, CA

🎨 Balboa Park Museums — San Diego, CA

🛝 Waterfront Park Splash Pad — San Diego, CA

Family-Friendly Eats:

🌮 Puesto — San Diego, CA

🍕 Pizza Port — Ocean Beach, San Diego, CA

🍦 Hammond’s Gourmet Ice Cream — San Diego, CA

🍔 The Crack Shack — Little Italy, San Diego, CA

🥞 Broken Yolk Café — San Diego, CA

🛡️ San José State University (San José, CA)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🧪 The Tech Interactive — San José, CA

🦏 Happy Hollow Park & Zoo — San José, CA

🎭 Children’s Discovery Museum — San José, CA

🌳 Kelley Park — San José, CA

🧩 Winchester Mystery House — San José, CA

🚂 History Park — San José, CA

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 The Table — San José, CA

🍕 Pizza Antica — San José, CA

🍦 Treat Ice Cream — San José, CA

🌮 Luna Mexican Kitchen — San José, CA

🍝 Maggiano’s Little Italy — San José, CA

🐂 Utah State University (Logan, UT)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🏞️ Logan Canyon Scenic Byway — Logan, UT

🦌 Zootah at Willow Park — Logan, UT

🍨 Aggie Creamery — Logan, UT

🚜 American West Heritage Center — Wellsville, UT

🌿 First Dam Park — Logan, UT

🏊 Bear Lake (summer) — Garden City, UT

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Angie's Restaurant — Logan, UT

🍕 Firehouse Pizzeria — Logan, UT

🍦 Charlie’s Ice Cream — Logan, UT

🌮 Café Sabor — Logan, UT

🍝 Jack’s Wood-Fired Oven — Logan, UT

🦬 University of Wyoming (Laramie, WY)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🦴 UW Geological Museum — Laramie, WY

🏛️ Wyoming Territorial Prison State Historic Site — Laramie, WY

🏞️ Vedauwoo Recreation Area — Buford, WY

🌲 Medicine Bow National Forest — Laramie, WY

🛹 Washington Park — Laramie, WY

🚗 Snowy Range Scenic Byway — Centennial, WY

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍕 Crowbar & Grill — Laramie, WY

🍔 Altitude Chophouse & Brewery — Laramie, WY

🍦 Big Dipper Ice Cream — Laramie, WY

🥞 J’s Prairie Rose Café — Laramie, WY

🌮 Corona Village — Laramie, WY