To Toll or not to Toll

exhaustipated wrote:

hikerdmb wrote:
Zion will always be there. Your daughter will only be six once. Sometimes you have to take one for the team (daughter). Good dad. Take the toll road.

X2 - This sums it up nicely.

This is the great advice I believe in, as a parent too. My kids grew up on National Parks and still doing it, as adults. But, a trip to Disneyland/World, Universal and a host of Roller Coaster parks around the country just cements the fact you are a terrific dad that can think about what your kids might enjoy too. It is always good to find out what the group wants to do, once in a while too. While we did a family Backpack trip every year, from when they were first born through high school, I know that they enjoyed the Amusement parks and stopping in for a pool or stream to swim in, along the way.

I vote, take the shortest and easiest route. I am sure you don't have all the time in the world, like I do now, so if you can save time traveling, do so. One thing I always recommend with young kids on long road trips. Keep a surprise package to give them each day, along the route.

Have a great time and tell, Mickey Hi for me, too!


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Plus, I have gotten huge miles out of the photo posted below, that I took of my son at Disneyland more than 20 years ago. (I used it as the cover photo for the invitations for his college graduation party, too.) Right after he learned he couldn't go on a ride with his older sister. He was just too young. In two weeks, he is off to Nicaragua. So he and my daughter didn't get too ruined missing a National Park, once in a while. Go make memories! You never know what you might find useful for black mail in the future.