Do you like road trips?

I need puppy photos please

After living in small countries my road trip tolerance is shot. Now I’m in Mexico and it is really freaking big. I used to do 14 hour days across the US but I have no tolerance now.

We just back from a major road trip. Started near Winston-Salem, NC, to Greensboro, NC to Raleigh, NC, via car. Then a plane to Sioux Falls, SD via Denver. and a rental car. From there drove to near Cedar Rapids. From there, drove to Custer State Park and Needles Highway. Next day, to Devil's Tower, WY and Deadwood, SD. Next day, drove to Badlands. Next day, just to Crazy Horse. Next day, drove to Madison SD. Next day back to Sioux Falls, and flew to Atlanta, then flew to Raleigh. Had to catch the train at Atlanta airport, so I told DH we had the trifecta, Trains, Planes, and Automobiles on this trip!

But got to see our DS, and such beautiful scenery! And I am tired!

awwwh! very good looking dog!

ROAD TRIP! I have 2 kids that have always been great on road trips. Now that they do the driving I enjoy road trips. I have to sit in the front. However, I would rather take a train. Growing up we took trains all over the USA and Canada. Dh and I recently took a short train trip and it was so much fun. You get to relax and see the country.

Exactly this sounds like my perfect road trip.

I enjoy road trips. If we're going somewhere new to us I love to see new scenery and new places. When we moved from IL to CA when I was 13 we drove and took our time. I don't think we had one hotel reservation made in advance. We just drove and stopped when we wanted and then found a motel or hotel for the night. I still remember that trip vividly and it was over 45 years ago.

When we lived in SoCal and my in-laws were in the Bay Area DH and I drove up to see them most 3 day weekends. We got really used to driving I-5 and knowing where to stop that had decent food and clean bathrooms. The drive probably took us anywhere from 6 1/2 to 8 hours depending on the traffic. Before satellite radio we would borrow books on tape from the library and listen to them during the drive. When we moved to Utah in 1998 DH's parents were still in NorCal and we would do one big road trip a year at Thanksgiving to visit them. By then we had our daughters and we'd would bring our little TV with the built in VCR and bungee cord it to the center console between the front seats so the girls could watch movies. I also made goody bags for the girls with books, crayons, coloring books, little games, etc., and brought snacks that we usually didn't have at home, so the trip was a kind of "event" for the girls. That was very useful for the, "I'm bored - when are we going to be there," times. I would whip out something new from the goodie bag or offer a new snack then, and for the really bad, "we've been in this vehicle forever and we're all about to lose our minds," time closer to the end of the trip there was always a new video I'd bring out in a last ditch effort to keep the peace until we arrived at our destination. When the ILs lived in the Bay Area the trip could take anywhere from 9 1/2 to 11 hours. When they retired and moved to the Sierra foothills it shaved a good 2 hours or so off the ride, which was nice. Those trips weren't exactly fun and the ride was pretty boring most of the way (there is essentially nothing interesting to see out of the windows as anyone who has driven on I-80 through Nevada probably knows) but we made them into a fun tradition.

Our other road trips were family camping trips in the summer. Every year we'd head up to Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks for vacation (except for the one year we went to Glacier National Park instead.) Those trips were only about 5-6 hours (so "short" compared to driving to the ILs house) but they were fun events as well. Not as big a "production" as driving to California at Thanksgiving but there were still little surprises along the way to keep the kids entertained. Before satellite radio we'd bring cassettes tapes or CDs to listen to, and once we got satellite radio we would listen to old-time radio shows on what is now SiriusXM Radio Classics. If we got tired of those there were tons of music channels and several family-friendly comedy channels we could listen to during the drive. Since these road trips were "vacation" they were part of the fun that comes with vacation time.

Those annual road trips became part of our family traditions and have made so many memories for us over the years that I look back on them as fun times. Now our DD's are married and it's just DH and I at home. MY ILs moved from California to live near us a few years ago so we don't do the long Thanksgiving road trip to their house anymore. DH and I still do road trips for camping though. It's a little different now that we don't have our DDs with us but we have our "new" traditions. We must have peanut butter M&Ms and Haribo Gold Gummy Bears to snack on one piece at a time to help the driver stay alert. A tube of Pringles helps satisfy any salty snack cravings and we don't have to worry about chips being crushed or spilling out of the bag. The cooler holds water bottles, Diet Coke and Diet A&W root beer, along with grapes and cheese sticks. We still listen to Radio Classics on Sirius XM. We stop at our favorite places along the way on the familiar trips and enjoy finding new places to stop when we venture somewhere we haven't been before.

Just typing this all out I realize the road trips are part of each experience to me. There are other road trips I haven't written about that weren't for holidays or vacations. But my memory of the reason for those road trips also includes the driving portions. I guess the journey isn't just about the destination to me.

Thank you to those of you who have made it this far! I didn't intend to write such a lengthy post when I started. I guess I'm feeling nostalgic for the, "good old days," of my past as I get older.

I LOVE road trips but ours are done in our class B camper van....we have our own bathroom, kitchen and bed so all the comforts of home. We also like to take the road less traveled whenever possible vs. the interstate.

I don't mind them, but I Luke to drive. I'd drive at least 4 hours before switching. Sometimes more

I enjoyed them when I was younger. But now, I cannot ride for more than 2 hours at a time and even that is a stretch. My bladder won't hold and my legs cramp up. Those stops really add time to the trip if it a "mission" like moving and they never line up to be anything touristy I might want to see.