Time For an Adventure

There are many reasons I wanted to go on a trip across country with my kids in a travel trailer and I am sure many reasons will come to mind along the way. First, I have such great memories of my trips with my parents as a young child. In fact, they are my first memories. Being in Texas watching fireflies – someone caught some in a jar for me and I thought they were magical. I was two. Racing through the desert in the corvette sitting on my parents lap. Seeing the Grand Canyon and watching my dad dangle my baby brother over the side. Of course my mom was horrified. I thought it was amusing. Seeing the desert in bloom. Being together as a family. The trips ended sometime after first grade. My parents divorced and there were no more trips racing across the desert. But I always had those memories of us being together. And I wanted to create the same kind of memories for my children.

Why now? Well, my husband is going on a deployment and is out of state. I am two classes away from starting an internship for my Masters. This is really the last time we would have a big chunk of time available for us to go. And we need as many days as we can get as I am taking the scenic route. No highways for us unless absolutely necessary. I want to see America. I want my kids to see America and get a sense of her depth and breadth and all the different types of people she contains. What could be better than small town America and the life along its scenic byways? Not that I am looking down on big cities (I live in a relatively large one) but there is something special about small towns and the people who inhabit them. So join us and see America by road even if you can't go yourself.