Well...we are only 2 days away fom our big Road Trip and we still have quite a lot of planning to do before we leave on Monday. Preparing for 25 days on the road with 6 people really does take a lot of work! We have made significant progress, and even had the time to look at a couple of interesting travel sites where we found tips for planning a drive across America and travel for kids. The good news is that our checklists covered the items found on these checklists so we are on the right track.
I also noticed another couple of family road trip websites that gave us some ideas: the first is a family that is travelling for 100 days and trying to make their trip carbon neutral by planting one tree for every 1000 miles they travel. I really liked this idea and am thinking about copying it or coming up with another idea to make our trip "carbon neutral." Suggestions are welcomed! The second interesting site I found was titled "All Across America 2007," a video of a small family as they travelled across America. The video was put to some great music and was really a sweet story -- hopefully we will be able to take some video footage that is fun and sweet and shareable with our friends and family.
Good news: the Stowaway2 Max Swingaway cargo box was finally completely installed today. This unit really is a practical way to store items for a long trip! As the name denotes, the unit actually "swings away" from the car on its metal arm and locks into place so it is *really* easy to put gear in and get gear out. And it locks in two places -- on the hitch itself so the entire unit can't be stolen and the lid locks. I am really impressed with the entire unit. My only complaint so far is I had to drill the holes for the license plate holder. I plan to give the company feedback about this one negative point. Very happy with this product so far -- we'll see once we hit the road!
Jill spent much of the day cleaning all of the kids rooms (with them) and packing at the same time. She is *such* a hard worker! We also picked up many of the things we needed for the trip, including memory sticks for our cameras, a Dynex external USB memory card reader for the PC, a micro tripod (useful for Nick's Lego movies), and tons of books on tape. We are estimating that with the 5,300 miles we are going to be driving on this trip, we will be in the car approximately 90 hours...lots of time for listening to audio books! We also picked up a number of nice used DVDs for the the trip and of course everyone has their stack of books to read.
And to wrap up the day, Jake's baseball team did well today in San Bruno, winning their game 16-4. They finished 2-1 in pool play (see LA/MV) and get to move on into the quarterfinals tomorrow. They are seeded 6th out of 16 teams which isn't too bad. They are playing the 3rd seeded Foster City Giants (championship bracket) which will be a tough team to beat...but they can do it if they play their very best game. In any case, the 2008 baseball season ends tomorrow win or lose. One more day of baseball and then its ON THE ROAD AGAIN!
Until tomorrow,
Brian
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Suggestion for remaining carbon neutral for your trip: don't sequester carbon dioxide into your car. You will all get very sleepy. You'll thank me later.
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