If you're a bigger than average family, the thought of travelling long distances can seem overwhelming. We just returned from a week long trip visiting family 1000 miles away. I thought I would share some of our travelling philosophies in hopes they'll help someone else.
1. Try not to plan too far in advance. Spur of the moment, last minute trips leave less time for stressing about things. 48 hours notice should be sufficient.
2. Make sure you spend the day before leaving in town all day doing errands, getting the oil changed and tires rotated, etc. Then you won't have to worry about how messy your house is right before you leave.
3. If you're lucky, your husband will call on your way back home from being in town all day and say he'd like to leave that night, moving your deadline up by 12 hours. Again, this leaves less time for stressing about things.
4. Make sure to take plenty of towels that way when the baby gets car sick, you'll be able to use the gas station restroom to wet down the towels and clean up the car seat. Make sure to leave one dry so the baby will have a dry seat to sit on. Always be prepared!
5. Be sure you have the baby's favorite Veggie Tales CD. It's all he's going to want to listen to.
6. Remember your older kids have an important meeting the evening you're going to get back. That way you can allow just enough time to push all the stuff and the rest of the people out of the car when you get back. You don't want to leave all that stuff in the car!
7. Oh, one more thing. Plan it so there's just enough dog food to last until the day of your return. You really do want to HAVE to go into town because you're out of dog food.
Now I realize these tips probably won't help many people, but there may be someone out there who gets some good perspective from them! Let me know what tips you have!
TTFN
1 comment:
I think these tips are fabulous!! hahahaha... We were so glad you were able to come and visit! We are going to have to plan a trip to come down to you next!
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