Hours can vary, but usually there's public skate time every day, winter only. U is for utterly confusing your parents on Uncle Tom's Trail. Turn east off the Canyon-Lake road onto South Rim Drive. Stop at Uncle Tom's parking lot, pile out of the car and look for the signs telling where to go. We must warn you, this is a very strenuous walk, so if anybody in your family has a health problem, you'd better skip this one.
V is for Virginia City, Montana.
This is one great old mining town with plenty for kids to do. Play the nickelodeons in the Bale of Hay Saloon. Fish in the kids-only fishing pond at Nevada City. Go to Boot Hill and check out the headstones of the Plummer Gang. Or ride the narrow-gauge railroad from Virginia City to Nevada City 3 miles away.