Yes, I understand. I never traveled much when I was a kid except to see cousins in west Texas. We camped lake trips with our kids, but when the were jr high age we took a 2 week trip to DC and then then when they were in high school we did Yellowstone, Mt Rushmore , etc trip. We all had a great time and we knew once they graduated from high school it would be harder to do trips together. They would also get busy & may never do those trips so we wanted to do them. Wish there had been more big trips but I was surprised when our DD after she married stated that she had grown up camping & I never thought of it like that. She still enjoys going with us. Her husband came back to our campsite once when they were camping with us in SE. Oklahoma & said he'd found a trail that was just like heaven! Of course, with him growing up in south Texas , we knew why it seemed so special to him. We're booked for a 2 week trip with them next summer to go to Yellowstone..it's time to take the DGD! So I guess we still have a bucket list as grandparents, too!
