My kids have become professional road trippers. We have always done a lot of driving in our family. That's what happens when you live in the middle of nowhere I guess. We've done trips to Utah a lot. But also Yellowstone, Mt Rushmore, New York City, Niagara Falls, Washington DC, Southern California, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Colorado, Arizona, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Kansas. Some years we have crossed the US two or three times.
This past month we have traveled more than 5000 miles. Here's that we've done so far:
400 miles Pflugerville to Mustang Island and back
626 miles Lawrence, KS to Nauvoo, IL and back to KS (Toby and Aspen at Youth Conference)
687 miles Lawrence, KS back to Texas
770 miles Pflugerville to South Padre Island and back
1310 miles Pflugerville to MN (the day after getting back from SPI) for Toby to go to Scout Camp at Boundary Waters
1259 miles Pflugerville to Aspen Grove Family Camp for a Brunner family reunion
That's a total of 5052 miles.
We'll log another 1300 miles to get back to Texas. That'll be 6300 miles.
The long miles are sometimes a bit daunting, especially since I do most of the driving by myself. But it is always worth the fun memories, being together, seeing new places, and visiting with all our family. There are still a lot of places on the list to visit. Maybe next year we'll get to some of the places we haven't been before. (Seattle, Chicago, Redwoods, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, most of the monuments and national parks in Utah).
