What's that they say about the definition of insanity?
It's been 3 (THREE!) long (SHORT!) years since our last blog post chronicling our family's 6000+ mile trek to California and back. We are all a little older, a little wiser, and feeling a lot more adventurous since #2013LWOW so we decided to do it again.
The things we loved and learned on the last few camping and adventure trips have stayed with us and we are ready to put it all into practice again. (Let's just be glad we didn't book any campsites on the ocean. If you were my Facebook friend about a year ago, you may recall the tropical storm that sprung upon our tent when we were camping in the Florida Keys last spring break. As a result, we now have all new camping equipment!) I'll post a few screen shots of that experience for old times' sake...
that view though!! would you just look at that view. nothing could possibly go wrong with a view like that. |
this was the carnage we left behind. easily several hundred dollars worth of camping equipment that couldn't be saved. |
shirtless michael & shirtless john driving for several hours after this was one of the funniest things I've ever seen |
SO...of course the next logical step to take is to do it all again! The definition of insanity might be doing the same thing and expecting different results, but honestly-- we would do it all again. In spite of all the mishaps, the stories and memories we have made on these family adventures are truly priceless.
For some reason the other night, our family happened to be home together (no small feat with a teenager and preteen in the house) and I decided to throw pictures up from past family adventures onto the apple TV and we scrolled through for probably 2 hours. The first time we did this big LWOW trip, they were just tiny humans! Will was only 5 years old; Maddy and John were 9 and 12. John is now the tallest person in our family and may do a little bit of driving on this trip as he is now driving permit-possessing. (And honestly? Kansas? You're flat and straight and long and can you think of a better spot for a new driver to practice? Nope. You've been warned, Kansas!)
So here I sit, just 18 days away from our next adventure. This time, we are going to Estes Park (Rocky Mountain National Park), Yellowstone National Park, Badlands National Park and Mount Rushmore. Last time, we drove over 6000 miles and were gone almost 3 weeks. This time, we are keeping it around 3500 miles and only 10 days. We will be seeing some friends along the way and are doing the bulk of the trip with our good friends from Pasadena, CA.
I had a lot of people (at least 7 or 8-- at least!) enjoy reading the blog as we traveled last time, so I decided to resurrect www.l-wow.blogspot.com. Hope you enjoy and feel free to share.
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