I’ve been saving this post (really because I still haven’t recovered from the absolute horror), but here we go.
Last July I decided that it would be fun to take a road trip with the kids…
to IN…
from central TX….
ALONE!
Here are some of my FB posts from the trip:
Driving Up Day 1: “Didn’t make it as far as we’d wanted on our trek to Indy but decided to finally stop after 2 hrs of “There’s a hotel. Is that our hotel?” and within min of checking in Connor jumped into Evan while jumping on the bed and bled all over! Vacations are fun!”
Driving Up Day 2: “We stop for lunch and they get into a fist fight while I’m ordering!”
Later that Day: “Stopped for dinner almost to the IN state line…no blood shed at this stop!”
Driving Back Day 1: “We’ve been on the road one hour and have already had to stop for the potty and asked “What state are we in?” 16 times! It’s going to be a LONG 1100 miles!”
Later that Day: “I’m DONE! Just dropped my wallet in a dirty potty at a truck stop. Connor spilled his drink and it’s taken 20 min to make 5 cheese sticks while my kids destroy the place! Time to stop!”
Driving Back Day 2: “Reason #112 why I am about to lose my mind….for 100 miles the 4 yr old in the backseat complained about being hungry. I give him 2 snacks and he continues. I stop and try to hand him lunch and he says “I’m not hungry.”
Later that Day: “Sitting on the side of a highway with a 4 yr old with a bloody nose…he is for sale!”
We finally make it home: “I am not lying…we get home, I’m unpacking the car, Dave comes home and opens the garage door while I have the door open bringing in the suitcases and ALL 3 dogs run away!”
Needless to say…it’s almost 1 year later and I have not traveled more than 1.5 hours from the house alone with them.
So…when you think things are going bad…just remember…it could be much worse…you could have to Purell everything in your wallet because you dropped it in a dirty toilet at a truck stop in Arkansas!
Do you have any good travel stories?