Sorry to jump in.. I'm not very fit but was able to do most of the hikes that interested us at the Utah parks and I didn't feel like we missed out AT ALL. The NPS has wonderful informational brochures for each park with comprehensive information on the hikes and their level of difficulty. As a family, we did Easy, Moderate, and a few Challenging - some made us work hard and I considered quitting but was able to complete and enjoy the feeling of accomplishment. The hardest part is - Surprise! - the elevation changes, something so obvious and expected for most hikers, but something we just don't experience in Florida. My 10-year old did the hikes as well but my 3 oldest, fit, young sons did more of the challenging ones some of which really pushed them out of their comfort zone. The most important piece of advice is to go very early and later in the afternoon. Midday hiking in the heat is a killer for all ages and fitness levels. This trip was an unexpected 10/10.
I love my Pro Max, I never use my iPad anymore, since I got this big phone 3 years ago.
I figured out the magical amount to spent $200 total. It's not having it be the same amount. But that does make me wonder if I should try other amounts, LOL.
I think she'll be okay. Go! Enjoy it! Someday she'll truly understand, LOL.
I got the same email, only I'm pretty sure I have done this once or twice already. I'm not sure if I should try it again since 20k points aren't worth angering Amex (or is that even a concern with this?)
Thanks for the heads up. There is just too many posts on reddit and I struggle to find the info I need. I appreciate that you share some of what you read over there.
I thought about this for a while. On the one hand, it's not that many points. On the other, how many times can you rebook this trip? As a parent of a young adult, I will say that, barring any special needs, most of them learn how to be capable and independent adults by having to take care of themselves. It's by doing that they learn what they can do, and this often leads to increased confidence and independence.
Since I don’t carry a purse, my phone has to be able to fit in my pants pocket. I don’t think the big ones would!
Same here. I take a purse sometimes but often throw ID and phone in my pocket when chauffeuring DS around or going shopping. Plus I have small hands and couldn't use a big phone with one hand. Honestly I have a 12 mini and miss my SE. Face ID is terrible and I'm always swiping around instead of being able to use the home button.
I'm pretty sure this is something else. The previous promotion (which I did) was for a Kabbage savings account.
I agree with @amcc, the park does a good job listing the trails as easy, moderate, and difficult, and for the most part we found it to be pretty accurate, as well as the time it stated that the hike would take (although we completed all the hikes in less time than stated, but if it was a family with kids then I think those times would be more spot on). One exception was an “easy” hike that we tried at 3pm, full sun, the first day. We got through it but was about to die… and that’s when we decided to heed the advice to hike early and late in the day, lol. We aren’t super “fit”, in fact my DH thinks hiking is “work”, but we were able to get through all of them that we started. I would definitely recommend the trip… and agree that it was a 10/10!
DH and I have the XR, so we are definitely upgrading this round. I think I’ll go with the Pro and DH will get the Pro Max. I love the bigger screen but yeah, if it’s too big for a pocket in my leggings, it’s not going to work
I am voting with the dont cancel your trip group. When I look back on my formative years, I am glad now (wasn’t back then) that my mom didn’t give in to me on a number of things. I actually thanked her that recently.
I'm another agree! I'm definitely not fit, although my DS is. My kids are 12 and 14, and we did several Moderate hikes in several parks - including the Narrows at Zion and Queens Garden/Navajo loop at Bryce. The heat was a factor, but I'm so glad we did them. A bucket list trip for sure!
I feel you. I only booked one way so far and that was 30k pp.Ugh. Booked SW flights to Costa Rica for Spring break. Terrible choices, either 5 am or 7 am. Somehow even though I was refreshing constantly by the time the flights loaded there were no Wanna get away left for the 7 am. Ended up transferring URs and paying 51k points pp for Anytime.
Yes, mine is one way too. I found that AA has a nonstop return flight for cheap and booked that with the last of my AA miles previously. Wish I had another 180k AA miles to get all 3 of us there but alas AA miles are harder to come by.
