Redterpos3 wrote:
Not the ending we expected, but still vacation all the way!! Attitude attitude attitude!!
No truer words.
We never made it to our destination on our very first big family trip. We were headed to Lake Superior. I've lived in Michigan my entire life and had never been to Lake Superior. Our children had never been to the UP. I was anticipating the trip greatly.
2 hours into the trip, our truck broke down. Through a series of fortunate coincidences, we got a ride off of the expressway to a nearby cottage a family member owns but was not using. We ended up with a house on the lake with a pontoon, a car to drive while ours was being repaired, and friends to visit with to pass the time.
The truck was fixed the day that our vacation ended. We never made it to our planned destination that year, but still had a great vacation.
BTW-the next year we DID make it to Lake Superior. Something about that postponed anticipation made it so much sweeter. We had to work hard to get there, but finally made it. To this day, if I had to pick a favorite family vacation, that would be it.
For that trip, it was 300 miles and we had a two year old with us. I believe it took us 9 hours to get there! ;) Toddlers + long travel = not fun. As the baby has gotten older, the trips have gotten longer!
Our biggest driving stretch was last April. 650 miles in 12 hours. We considered stopping for the night a few hours prior, but it was pouring rain so we figured we'd just motor on.
This year, our trip is 1800 miles in 16 days with our return home being 640 miles in one day.
Next year, we're going to Yellowstone, 3600 miles in 16 days and at least 2 consecutive days of 600+ miles. Not looking forward to that but it's a necessary evil.
Happy trails everyone!
