Pete has had a long-standing vacation dream. His dream was
for all four of us to take a family trip, in an RV, across the country before
the kids grew up and moved away. We’ve been talking about the trip seriously
for two years. We began making actual plans on January 1, 2013.
His notion was to travel from our home in New Jersey to the
Grand Canyon and back. We were blessed in that Pete’s brother, Michael and his
family have made this voyage twice. Their first trip was three weeks. Their
second trip was for a whole month. They kept logs in two large binders, which
they shared with us.
As I sat with the binders, I had to break the sad news to
Pete. “Honey, your fantasy requires at least three weeks. You’ve only taken two
weeks of vacation from work. There’s no way we are cramming in this trip into
two weeks,” I explained.
I could imagine the scenario clearly: If we wanted to see
any of the sights that our great country had to offer, the three of us would be required to
stick our heads out of the windows and roof vents like panting dogs while Pete
drove 80 miles per hour in order to reach our destination. THAT is not my idea of a vacation.
Yeah. Um, No. So we changed the destination to Yellowstone
National Park in Wyoming and began planning.
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