Postcards Top 10

Summertime Family Fun

• LEARN TO SAIL on Boston’s Charles River: Head for one of the oldest public boating sites in America, near Harvard University. Lessons are nominally priced.

1. SHOP at the Mall of America: Hop a plane, train or auto and charge into Bloomington, Minnesota, for a day at America’s largest mall, complete with shopping and an incredible indoor amusement park.
   
    
2. HELICOPTER over Hawaii’s volcanoes: Board a chopper bound for Hawaii’s volcanic sights, which are plentiful, especially on the Big Island where you’ll dip and dive into unique lava canyons.
   
    
3. RIVER-RAFT in the Grand Canyon: You’ve hiked, biked and now it’s time to ride the rapids in this great outdoor reserve where you’ll laugh with every splash.
   
    
4. WATCH a surfing contest: Join youngsters and oldsters who flock to this summertime mecca to watch big and short boarders ply the waters of picture-perfect San Diego, California.
   
    
5. VISIT MONUMENTS in Washington, D.C.: Check out the soon-to-be refurbed Washington Monument that’s wrapped in a shroud of cellophane to be shed in time for the millennium.
   
    
6. ATTEND a TV show in Hollywood: Watch your favorite sitcom being taped in this wacky, wonderful media town.
   
    
7. VISIT THE MUMMIES at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts: Can’t get to Egypt? Then this is the next best place to see fascinating ancient mummies.
   
    
8. ATTEND a major-league baseball game: What’s your pleasure? Chicago Cubs, Minnesota Twins or San Diego Padres?
   
    
9. RIDE THE ROLLER COASTER at New York New York in Las Vegas: If you’re a betting person, put your money on the ride that zooms around the hotel’s perimeter at breakneck speeds.