Old 08-23-08, 03:39 PM
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Suggestions on touring with a 5 year old?

Well I have been thinking about it for a while and I think my oldest son will be up for it by next year (when he will be 5)

He has a trail-a-bike that he would be riding, which believe it or not has rack mounts so I will be loading his bike as well as mine (just ordered my LHT, although they are on back-order and I won't get it until October )

I want to do a couple during the summer, for the first I think we will likely do a pretty tame tour, likely Niagara Falls from Toronto, camp a night and then back to Toronto, about 130km each way (+/-80 miles). After that it would probably be to the Bruce Peninsula National Park which is about 300km from Toronto.

Anyone here do a tour like this with their kids? Tips? I have done Toronto->Montreal years ago and have done Niagara Falls at least a dozen times. I know that my camping has gone from parking and hiking 10k to parking the car and setting up a giant crappy tire tent so cycling is going to be different too.

Thanks in advance.
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