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Day Trips
Day trips are the most underrated kind of travel. No hotel to book. No suitcase to pack. No "are we leaving the dog at the kennel" math. Just a cooler, half a tank of gas, and a destination under 200 miles. The posts here cover day trips from Chicago and other Midwest hubs — state parks that earn the drive, small towns worth the lunch stop, lake beaches without the tourist tax. Most posts assume a 7 AM start and dinner-at-home end. The trips are written for adults, but the destinations almost all work with kids too.
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Cheap Road Trips From Chicago That Won't Break the Bank
Groceries are up, rent's up, and a "normal" family vacation now runs close to eight grand. Cheap road trips from Chicago are the workaround, especially since Illinois happens to be one of seven states where state park admission is free. Here's where to point the car.
