Jan-31-2016 06:54 PM
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Feb-05-2016 07:14 PM
Feb-05-2016 05:43 PM
PUCampin wrote:
we will never be able to take our kids everywhere I have been, but I hope to get them to some of them, most likely will be this side of the country.
Feb-05-2016 04:50 PM
tragusa3 wrote:
Amen! Our friends seem envious of our trips, but aren't willing to make the sacrifices.
Feb-05-2016 02:41 PM
Feb-05-2016 02:05 PM
PUCampin wrote:
I get a little sad when I think about it. My parents managed to take my brother and I on A LOT of major vacations, driving cross country in our 72VW Westfalia.
I make a good living, but with the incredible cost of living where I do, the economic downturn, and cost of towing a trailer, we will never be able to take our kids everywhere I have been.......
Feb-05-2016 12:15 PM
Feb-05-2016 12:06 PM
Feb-05-2016 11:58 AM
Wadcutter wrote:michigansandzilla wrote:
That's awesome!
When I write it down, my kids have experienced so much, but there's so much more I want them to see. Also, I haven't seen any of these things we're doing and I'd like to experience it all with my kids. They're my family and at some point they'll move on and have their own family or be too busy to hang with us. I want these experiences with them.
If you don't do it now you can't do it later. There is no later with kids. Time is not something you can save, it's only something you can spend. If you don't spend it while they're with you you can't spend it later. There's a very short window of time and then they're off on their own and raising their own families. Time is then gone forever.
Feb-05-2016 07:40 AM
Feb-04-2016 07:01 PM
michigansandzilla wrote:
That's awesome!
When I write it down, my kids have experienced so much, but there's so much more I want them to see. Also, I haven't seen any of these things we're doing and I'd like to experience it all with my kids. They're my family and at some point they'll move on and have their own family or be too busy to hang with us. I want these experiences with them.
Feb-04-2016 06:11 PM
Wadcutter wrote:
Took my kids to every state but Alaska and into Canada and Mexico. Most states more than once. I wanted them to see a bit of the country before they left for college and started their own lives.
They just assumed every family did the same. They learned a lot when traveling. It helped them in school when certain places and events were discussed. Whatever the situation it wasn't just an obscure location on the pages of a book. They had been there and seen it. A lot of families, if they took vacations, usually went to the same place every year, saw the same things and did the same things. My kids really didn't appreciate the benefit of their travels but now that they're older and have their own families they realize they had opportunities most kids didn't.
Feb-04-2016 10:29 AM