re: Would you do a long road trip vacation?

If was retired I'd probably drive, but our vacations are usually time constrained, and you really can't drive to many desirable spots from South LA other than the beach in a reasonable amount of time.

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Would you do a long road trip vacation?

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Yes.

My family would go on long 2 month road trip vacations when I was a kid. They were so much fun. We would break it up where we would stay in some places for a week, then move on, camp some, stay in hotels some, stay in cabins some. Just great memories. I was able to see all lower 48 states this way as a kid.

It really blows that I cannot give my kids that same experience.

That's prime time family stuff, great adventures, especially when the kids are between 6-12.

Teens are fine too, just have to deal with their moodiness and aversion to having fun

We do 16 hour drives cape san blas, and 18 hour trips to fort meyers. The 9 hour mark kind of wears on passengers and if the dog is with us, she's super antsy.

I love doing them, the wife not so much

i hate the experience of flying so much that i would gladly drive anywhere reachable by car.

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We usually try to do 3 days there, 4 days vacation, 3 days back. In total it is only 6 actual work days taken off.

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So 6 days of driving to only have 4 days of vacation? No way. That's 50% more time driving than actually on vacation.

Road trips are fun, but it is a pain to have to unpack and drive every two days are so. I rather find a place that's close to all the areas of interest and hit everything from a base.

I've always wanted to do the Route 66 trip just to see what's left of it.

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I'd do similar in a heartbeat with just the two of us but I can't really fathom bringing my 5yo and 2yo on such a trip and maintaining my sanity. When they're older maybe.

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Don't let age be a deterrent. We started road tripping with our 12 almost 13 year old when he was 18 months old. He's been across the country 6 or 7 times and to 35 of the 50 states and Washington DC. All but 1 state and DC were by car. Was it hard at times? Yes. But you just have to plan more frequent stops and things of interest to them.

Cool story, were were traveling west and stopped at a Wendy's in Salina, KS late one Sunday PM to get the kid a frosty (treats like that can buy you hours for a days travel time). While we were there, we noticed the "Steam museum" We pulled in as the guy was closing up shop. However, he told us we could walk the grounds as long as we liked. While we were doing that, he came out to us and gave us an handmade wooden tractor. One of the benefactors of the museum who was in his 80's made them for the gift shop there. He said he just wanted us to have it since we were from so far away. That was over 10 years ago and I'm sure than man that made it has passed. We still display it proudly in our family room.

That is just one of many memories we made during our cross country trips. While flying is faster, magic happens when you get behind the wheel of a car and start exploring.

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