I have only been on vacation once without my girls, and the whole time I would look around and think, "Boy the girls would love this park!"..."This would be a great place to picnic with the girls"...if I come back, I have to make sure I come "here" with the girls. I would watch people walking their dogs and almost cry because I missed my girls so much. I decided then and there that there would be NO more vacations without the girls...I do have plans for a special birthday trip...but I have a couple of years to prepare myself for that one!