Trip Report: The Perfect Family Trip!
EDIT: I wanted to add this link here at the beginning. Ragusa's Summer 2014 Trailer Hello friends! We have been home for two months, but I am just now feeling like getting to the trip repo...
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Part 1: The Drive West
We had planned pretty hard for this trip. As the departure date drew near, it got incredibly difficult to wait. In the last few days, I was checking air pressures several times a day, and was an overall wreck with anticipation. We were completely packed and ready to roll a week ahead of time.
We planned to leave on a Saturday morning, but got home Friday after work and decided to hit the road that night. We drove about 4 hours and stopped at a Sam's club for the night. We had never been "Walmart camping". It was a new experience that we were a bit nervous about (particularly with young kids). We stopped at our first Walmart and the parking lot was loaded with kids hanging out at their cars. Small town Friday night. We laid down and got up 15 minutes later to move down the road to something safer. This Sam's club was about a half hour further, and worked out nicely.
For the entire trip, we spent 6-8 nights in Walmarts, and it was an overall positive experience.
An Eric Church tour bus was at this one too.
Made it out to Petrified Forest in 3 days. Each day was in the neighborhood of 650 miles. Like I said, with so much anticipation, the driving wasn't difficult at all.
Here are a few highlight on the way out. Most along I40.
Getting my kicks on Route 66. I'm sure I'm not the only person to ever pose like this!
An interesting billboard.
This car passed us back and forth many times. I was always a bit nervous when it was close.
Things are starting to look a little different than the east coast!
We had planned pretty hard for this trip. As the departure date drew near, it got incredibly difficult to wait. In the last few days, I was checking air pressures several times a day, and was an overall wreck with anticipation. We were completely packed and ready to roll a week ahead of time.
We planned to leave on a Saturday morning, but got home Friday after work and decided to hit the road that night. We drove about 4 hours and stopped at a Sam's club for the night. We had never been "Walmart camping". It was a new experience that we were a bit nervous about (particularly with young kids). We stopped at our first Walmart and the parking lot was loaded with kids hanging out at their cars. Small town Friday night. We laid down and got up 15 minutes later to move down the road to something safer. This Sam's club was about a half hour further, and worked out nicely.
For the entire trip, we spent 6-8 nights in Walmarts, and it was an overall positive experience.
An Eric Church tour bus was at this one too.
Made it out to Petrified Forest in 3 days. Each day was in the neighborhood of 650 miles. Like I said, with so much anticipation, the driving wasn't difficult at all.
Here are a few highlight on the way out. Most along I40.
Getting my kicks on Route 66. I'm sure I'm not the only person to ever pose like this!
An interesting billboard.
This car passed us back and forth many times. I was always a bit nervous when it was close.
Things are starting to look a little different than the east coast!