When my "caboose" child (a daughter) was young we would vacation together. My husband would go fishing and we would just go. We'd drive until we found a motel close to what we might like to do - zoo, lake (boat trips) - stuff like that. The one requisite was a swimming pool. We would do the touristy stuff if we felt like it - otherwise I would sit by the pool with my books or needlework (cross stitching, needlepoint or knitting) and she would swim. Made for the most relaxing vacations.