Taken a trip over 1500 miles in a van with 7 people?
This is my first attempt at free writing so I will do my best around staying on topic and making it meaningful. The trip mentioned was when as a family we visited relatives that at the time lived in North Carolina. At the time we took the trip we was living in North Dakota. The seven people mentioned was the following my wife Patty, son Levi, mother in law Sandy, father in law Dave, sister in law Katie, brother in law Danny.
It was in the year of 2005 sometime in the summer time. We had planned to travel together and surprise my other brother in law that was stationed in Marines in North Carolina. The kids was between the ages of 3 and 12. That of course made us decide to travel at night the first part of the trip. In fact we went for 24 hours straight and then rested in West Virginia someplace. The next day finished the rest of the trip and spent some really good quality family time visiting her family. We was there to see my niece turn one.
During the trip we did not get out much as it was a short visit only being about 4 days long. We did make it to the beach on one of the days. We went to a beach near there and had a great time. I remember doing some body surfing from the waves of the ocean and building sand castles with the kids. The family enjoyed burying me in the sand. Good thing water is nearby and washed off afterwards because sand does not feel good in places like your ears.
The return trip in the vehicle was probably what seemed to be the worst if I remember. The time it took for sure seemed to take longer then the trip there. Again we traveled at night and made it almost 24 hours before stopping in Minnesota. Word to the wise if you travel with that many people make sure you have a bigger van with more room and plenty for the people to do to stay busy.
This is my first attempt at free writing so I will do my best around staying on topic and making it meaningful. The trip mentioned was when as a family we visited relatives that at the time lived in North Carolina. At the time we took the trip we was living in North Dakota. The seven people mentioned was the following my wife Patty, son Levi, mother in law Sandy, father in law Dave, sister in law Katie, brother in law Danny.
It was in the year of 2005 sometime in the summer time. We had planned to travel together and surprise my other brother in law that was stationed in Marines in North Carolina. The kids was between the ages of 3 and 12. That of course made us decide to travel at night the first part of the trip. In fact we went for 24 hours straight and then rested in West Virginia someplace. The next day finished the rest of the trip and spent some really good quality family time visiting her family. We was there to see my niece turn one.
During the trip we did not get out much as it was a short visit only being about 4 days long. We did make it to the beach on one of the days. We went to a beach near there and had a great time. I remember doing some body surfing from the waves of the ocean and building sand castles with the kids. The family enjoyed burying me in the sand. Good thing water is nearby and washed off afterwards because sand does not feel good in places like your ears.
The return trip in the vehicle was probably what seemed to be the worst if I remember. The time it took for sure seemed to take longer then the trip there. Again we traveled at night and made it almost 24 hours before stopping in Minnesota. Word to the wise if you travel with that many people make sure you have a bigger van with more room and plenty for the people to do to stay busy.
I have always wanted to go to North Carolina and just never ended up going. I have been on many road trips though and can't imagine one with 7 people. I wonder, are the beaches in North Carolina like Flordia? I think it sounds fun the different states you must of seen though.
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