I wanted to add that what a joy this trip was to be with my wife and children. No TV, radios, park characters or rides to distract from our conversations and laughter. We looked at trees driving quiet roads, stopped at little neighborhood parks, picked up shells, leaves and tossed stones into the ocean and small streams.
We saved up a year for this trip and still had to keep a pretty tight budget but traveling off season, staying at local inns and with family, going to local sites (instead of tourist trap amusement parks), eating at small local restaurants helped a lot. I worked in my fishing times before the family woke and still got in more fishing than I have had in 6 months. I should have titled this thread: "It can be done!"