I recently wrote and article for Backpacker magazine called "Top 3 Glow-in-the-Dark Trips".

I mention it here because all three of these trips would be really fun for kids. I've said before that having a goal or a hook or something to draw kids in can get kids motivated to get outside and stay outside.

These trips are all searches for bioluminescence--creatures that create their own light.

Follow up:

In one, I suggest kayaking through the waters in the Puget Sound looking for bioluminescent plankton.

Another trip is a hunt for fireflies in Big South Fork National Park in Kentucky and Tennessee.

The third trip seeks firefox, or glowing fungi, in the Porcupine Mountains of Michigan.

They are all cool trips, even if you don't seeing bioluminescence.

Check out the article and plan a trip of your own.