Corbin Suddeth takes aim at the pins at Pin Strikes Bowling in this 2016 file photo.If you’re looking for ways to entertain the kids now that school is out, here are two words to add to your summer vocabulary: freebie and cheapie.
Freebie is the favorite, of course, but cheapie will do in a pinch.
Depending on your school district, you’ve got, what, 10 weeks, 12 weeks, to keep the offspring entertained? There are ways to do that without setting them in front of a screen all day – and without hitting up the ATM every time you leave the house.
You know about blue holes, of course, and swimming pools at community centers and state parks. And hiking along the area’s network of trails or the Tennessee Riverwalk.
Here are over a dozen more ideas for banishing boredom without busting the budget over the next couple of months, some surely worthy of a mention in the “What I Did Over Summer Vacation” assignment when they go back to class.