Return of the Pack Mule

I'm done.

I was reasonably early this year in the big summer trip plans, although not early enough to get the 25,000 tickets on Northwest - doh!

However, I cashed in my miles, points and the usual web surfing to get our flights, hotel in Boston and a decent rental car all set up. Some tips to pass on:

• Book a YEAR in advance to get the 25k miles tickets, otherwise you're paying 50,000.
• National Car Rental has a free deal on their Emerald Club. Rather than the usual one time $50 fee. That gets you straight to your SUV/Minivan, no paperwork. Nice.
• Check out WhereKids - pretty cool site to check out fun things to do.

For us, we're hitting the Freedom Trail, the Museum of Science and a bit of Boston sightseeing before heading out to Cape Cod in July. This year we still have one baby seat and one booster, but . . . we have an additional Zune.