Helena Koenig saw a need for tours that brought children and their grandparents together, so she started a company called Grandtravel, based in Bethesda, Maryland. Helena's company has been bringing young and old together in the U.S. and abroad for nearly 15 years. I asked her how she got started. Each summer, the Sierra Club sponsors a trip for grandparents with grandkids ages 5 and up. Based at the club's rustic Clair Tappaan Lodge in California's Sierra Nevada mountains, children and grandparents can hike, fish, go horseback riding, and picnic at Donner Lake.
Evenings bring campfire sing-alongs and marshmallow roasts.