I love games! It gives me a break from work and helps relax me. Usually I play Mahjong or Tetris like games, but I have found a new place to play–Bid4Prizes. Bid4Prizes is a rewards site that features a combination of gaming, auction and sweepstakes action.

Join Bid4Prizes free. Take a look at all the great prizes like the Montague Paratrooper folding bicycle, Nintendo Wii, Playstation 3 game system, and a BMW3 car. Find a prize you want and bid 10 cents via cell phone or online. You are notified by text or email if your bid is either low, high, unique or duplicate. Using game tips that are sent to you by Bid4Prizes and that you may find on site, you try to place the lowest bid.

If you bid the lowest unique amount, you win the prize. A unique bid is a bid that only one player has bid and can be any amount from one cent or more. If you win, you pay nothing except for taxes due to the IRS.

I am bidding on the Montague Paratrooper. My husband has one of these folding bikes. It is so old we cannot find parts to fix the gear shifter. It would be really cool to surprise him with a brand new bike.

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National Geographic has a wonderful article online about family vacations. Sixteen adventure vacations that work your kids into the action—no matter what their ages. Text by Kimberly Brown Seely. Photograph by Vern Clevenger,

Babes in Adventure Land (Ages 6 months and up) >> read online
Splash Down in the Selkirks: Priest Lake, Idaho
Run Free in the Cape: Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts
Explore a Rugged Playground: Kauai, Hawaii

Trips for Tykes (Ages 5 years and up) >> read online
Playing the Upper Keys: Islamorada, Florida
Saddling Up in the Big Sky Country: Gallatin Gateway, Montana
Navigating the North Woods: Ely, Minnesota

Junior Explorers Club (Ages 9 Years and up) >> read online
Cruising Yampa White Water: Vernal, Utah
Cutting Loose in the Foothills: Santa Fe, New Mexico
Scrambling Secret Slots: Grand Staircase-Escalante, Utah

Teen Awakenings (Ages 13 Years and up) >> read online
Wave Riding in Paradise: Sayulita, Mexico
Multisporting in the Cascades: Columbia Gorge, Oregon
Going Deep in the Tropics: St. Lucia, Caribbean

Tags: family travel, family fun, traveling with children, escape with your kids

13th Annual Republic of Texas Biker Rally

May 31-June 3 Republic of Texas Biker Rally Travis County Exposition Center 7311 Decker Lane Austin, Texas 512-854-4900

Over 200,000 spectators will line Congress Avenue in anticipation of the Republic of Texas Parade on Friday. Thousands of bikers will join in the parade from the Expo center to Congress Avenue. Leading the parade is the Moving Vietnam Wall (arriving Congress 7 pm), the Budweiser Clysdales (arriving Congress 730 pm) and the motorcycles (arriving Congress 745 pm). The rally kicks off at 8 pm and then it is party until ? on Congress Avenue, which is shutdown for this event.

See the Republic of Texas Motorcycle Rally Schedule.

Do you remember Grand Funk Railroad? How about Guess Who? If so, this rally is for YOU.

Motosphere

Team X brings the Motosphere which features 2-4 riders in open throttle action inside an 18-foot steel globe. The M.O.B. FMX show features the hottest new stars of Freestyle Motocross. The riders perform dozens of crazy aerial tricks over a 70 foot distance between portable ramps.

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