During the 16 years DH and I have been together weve been on MANY Road-trips. I dont know the exact number, but its safe to say at least 14. Flying is so expensive these days especially with all the baggage and hidden fees, plus it absolutely terrifies me.
The only time I fly is if I find an amazing deal, I have a short vacation, or theres an emergency.
DH and I took our first road trip back in 1996 during my senior year of high school for Spring Break. We had just started dating and were going to Augusta Georgia with my best friend to visit another friend of ours that was stationed in the army there. The three of us drove in an 85 Honda Accord hatchback ((Small Car))
and drove straight through. I think we stayed the night at a rest stop one night, which wasnt comfortable to say the least but it was quite an adventure for 3 teenagers. What I find really interesting is that gas was only 95 cents a gallon. (Could you imagine) Wow, I feel old.
And our latest Road trip was only 8 months ago when we drove to Vegas, SanDiego, and Anaheim.
Reya is 6 years old and has been on 6 road trips. Jayden is 2 ½ and has been on 2 road trips.
Luckily we have an amazing new 2012 Honda Odysey, so this should be a nice smooth trip. ((I hope))
Just for fun I thought I would post some pictures of our past Disney Road-Trips
Hope you enjoy.. Disney photos will be coming soon.
**Reya right before her 1st road trip to Disney World. We were packing up the car and she was super excited to leave while wearing her 1st pair of mickey ears she got from DLR.
**will and Reya stretching their legs at a rest stop (2007)
**will and Reya crashed out in our hotel room (2007)
**Playing on a teeter totter at a rest stop in Metropolis Ill.
**Stopping to eat at a Cracker barrel for the first time somewhere in Tenn.
**Arriving in Florida (2007)
These are a few pictures of the Grand Canyon on our way to
Disneyland
**I really miss my kids being small enough to fit into these little jump-a-roos. They were so nice to take to the hotels to keep the kids busy and out of the way.
**Stopping to smell some flowers at a rest stop in Georgia.
**One of my favorite pictures of Reya... Took at a rest stop in Wyoming
**Doing some shopping at a Rest stop in Wyoming
**During all of our road trips we make sure to take a 10 minute walk every time we stop to rest. Sitting in a car all day can be hard sometimes.
**mickey enjoying his ride home.