Clark Griswold time!

[6th Street 6392]

Jeez that's brutal man. Hope it was a standard sized tire. 

I have a 1 yr old and we drove 1.5 hrs out to the Indiana Dunes yesterday and that was pretty much my limit. Can't imagine a 2 week road trip.

[Hawndoh 2386]

My kids are 6 and 9. I wouldn't have done this even one year ago. 

[Hawndoh 2386]

Made it to our campsite not too far from the sand dunes. Very windy at the moment, hopefully dies down a bit. 

Towing over Wolf Creek Pass was a new experience, but it all went all right. Still snow everywhere. Roads were totally fine though. 

[Hawndoh 2386]

Sand dunes were fun. Crashed the sand sled a few times but got the hang of it. The girls had a blast. 

Then they played in the snow melt creek for a while which was flowing pretty good. 

Other than some very strong winds shaking us around in the middle of the night it was a good time. 

Have two long travel days remaining and a couple of nights at Caprock Canyon back in Texas and it'll wrap up this trip. 

Hopefully get see some of the Bison. 

[Chewbacca 7773]

3 hours ago, Hawndoh said:

Sand dunes were fun. Crashed the sand sled a few times but got the hang of it. The girls had a blast. 

Then they played in the snow melt creek for a while which was flowing pretty good. 

Other than some very strong winds shaking us around in the middle of the night it was a good time. 

Have two long travel days remaining and a couple of nights at Caprock Canyon back in Texas and it'll wrap up this trip. 

Hopefully get see some of the Bison. 

It's always windy down there.  Note the lack of tall trees.  

[Junior Miller 1502]

Did you do the meteor crater in Arizona? I really liked it and got great pics even if $18 a person is ridiculous 

[hacker 184]

Arches NP today.  Delicate Arch hike wiped the kids out but damn, what a view

[Gil Bang 25944]

On 6/10/2019 at 1:48 PM, Hawndoh said:

Made it to our campsite not too far from the sand dunes. Very windy at the moment, hopefully dies down a bit. 

Towing over Wolf Creek Pass was a new experience, but it all went all right. Still snow everywhere. Roads were totally fine though. 

 

[SHOOTER12 8800]

So...is your dog or aunt dead yet?

 

[RPM 26318]

1 hour ago, SHOOTER12 said:

So...is your dog or aunt dead yet?

 

[TTU13 108]

In all seriousness, your kids are going to remember this trip 40 years down the road just like I remember the huge road trips I took with my parents and brothers 40 years ago.  Moose out front shoulda told ya. 

This. I’m 29 and my parents took us on several cross country road trips. Every time I see them, we still talk about those trips and make Griswold jokes. Before each trip, we watched the griswold movies.

My wife never took these trips and it’s something I’ll take her on (and kids if we have them).

Enjoy the trips guys. Definitely worth it.

[dingleberryswitzer 2724]

13 hours ago, hacker said:

Arches NP today.  Delicate Arch hike wiped the kids out but damn, what a view

I sort of wish the park service would reserve like the first 10 minutes of every hour to keep people out from under there.  The pictures would look so much nicer without some random yukyuks from Indiana.

[hacker 184]

Lol. The random yukyuks are my son and I

[Hawndoh 2386]

Caprock Canyon SP is pretty cool, nature wise. The facilities need some TLC. Dump station closed, toilet paper missing in the bathrooms, stuff like that. 

But we did see 25-30 Bison up close including quite a few calves. 

And the Canyon rock formations themselves are pretty good. 

Tons of flies though. 

[Hawndoh 2386]

Well I'm back home. 

15 days. 8 campsites. 4 States. 2788.3 miles. Final tally.

[FigurelliPwC 115]

Well I'm back home. 
15 days. 8 campsites. 4 States. 2788.3 miles. Final tally.

I’m about halfway done...at 2100 miles now.


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[pch 1259]

On 6/12/2019 at 6:28 PM, hacker said:

Arches NP today.  Delicate Arch hike wiped the kids out but damn, what a view

Did this trek today at 11:30.  Not for olds who overheat-will go earlier in the morning next stop at Bryce.  Well worth the experience and for our first trip to Utah, the experience is breathtakingly beautiful.

[SuckitKevin 920]

We did these parks last year, it’s hard to describe the beauty of Bryce. Enjoy.

[hacker 184]

9 hours ago, pch said:

Did this trek today at 11:30.  Not for olds who overheat-will go earlier in the morning next stop at Bryce.  Well worth the experience and for our first trip to Utah, the experience is breathtakingly beautiful.

You'll enjoy the weather in Bryce almost as much as the beauty.  You won't overheat there.  For the olds, walking the Rim Trail from Bryce Point to to Sunset/Sunrise Points isn't difficult at all and provides some spectacular views.  The younger ones (and young at heart) can then venture down on some more adventurous trails.

[Wiler77 1566]

Sounds like a great trip.

We drive to Crested Butte every summer, and this year we're leaving on Aug. 8th.

We don't tow anything, but we are packed in like sardines.  Wife in front, 3 boys (8, 5, 2) in the back seat, and a dog in the way back, along with a rooftop carrier on the Outback makes for a pretty funny picture.

We usually get there are quickly as possible so we can spend 7-8 full days in CB, but one of these years we're going to take a more scenic route and take our time.  The sand dunes, Palo Duro Canyon, Carlsbad Caverns...all things I want the kids to experience.  But not this year.  My kids have iron bladders and we make it to CB in one day with only 3 stops.