Driving Across Country with 3 kids = hell

MacroGuru · 08-13-2008, 02:44 PM

Yeah....with the cost of airfare going through the roof and having to buy 5 tickets to fly the family I thought I would be smart and save about $1000 and drive back to Utah for the family reunion.

The trip from Buffalo to Utah took us two days (32 hours total drive time), the kids were great and it was a happy time as it was so easy.

Que the week of family activities, and it was hectic. Then our drive home...Wife ended up getting sick, stopping almost every hour on the 2nd day out...turned a 2 1/2 day drive into 3 with us driving almost 24 hours straight so it would not turn into 4.

My 3 year old was a trooper though, up until he got sick of the car seat, then it was a constant cry and whine session....the 8 year old...different story and my 11 year old was a blessing for us.

Needless to say, I won't be doing this again....

jeheinz72 · 08-13-2008, 02:50 PM

In other news, water is wet.

In seriousness though, I feel your pain. We drive up and down most of California bi-monthly, I could only imagine cross-country.

M GO BLUE!!! · 08-13-2008, 03:03 PM

Well, at least you got to spend some quality time with those you love most.

Did your mother-in-law die on the trip, and you put her on her son's deck with a note?

clemsonfan · 08-13-2008, 03:32 PM

He also tied the dog to his bumper.

MacroGuru · 08-13-2008, 03:52 PM

LOL!

Naw, I flirted with a supermodel while driving though!

The wife and I talked about the movie though when an Audi with two hot girls drove by..

CamEdwards · 08-13-2008, 03:53 PM

My wife did the trip from VA to OK every summer for three years. I, thankfully, managed to avoid the trip... because that was with FIVE kids.

JeeberD · 08-14-2008, 09:44 AM

Drove from Muscatine, Iowa to Denton in a 17 foot UHaul Tuesday. No fun, no fun at all. I can only imagine what you had to be going through...

Cringer · 08-14-2008, 09:49 AM

I need to start a business where I drive people across country. Crap, a 32 hour drive should be just that, 32 hours. No more, no exceptions, I can get that done.

johnnyshaka · 08-14-2008, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Cringer

I need to start a business where I drive people across country. Crap, a 32 hour drive should be just that, 32 hours. No more, no exceptions, I can get that done.

You could probably do pretty well at it...just advertise outside of Greyhound stations.

Cringer · 08-14-2008, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by johnnyshaka

You could probably do pretty well at it...just advertise outside of Greyhound stations.

Hey, don't knock it. No one is getting beheaded at my fictional company like Greyhound, and you don't have to worry about some weirdo trying to feel you up. Unless you piss me off or tell me it's ok to feel up your wife. Plus it's in a car, we can go more places then a bus.

MacroGuru · 08-14-2008, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Cringer

Hey, don't knock it. No one is getting beheaded at my fictional company like Greyhound, and you don't have to worry about some weirdo trying to feel you up. Unless you piss me off or tell me it's ok to feel up your wife. Plus it's in a car, we can go more places then a bus.

Actually, you would probably be one of the only ones I would feel comfortable driving me across the country (I think you have before!) but my wife in your presence....I don't know...

Cringer · 08-14-2008, 02:01 PM

I said nothing happens unless I am given permission. If I get arrested then I am out of business.

Lorena · 10-10-2008, 02:06 PM

Not really across country, but we're gonna drive to So. Cal for Thanksgiving so we'll be on the road for a total of about 40 hours, as it's a 20 hour trip each way.

When we lived in Phoenix, we'd drive 6 hours to So.Cal all the time and the kids were used to it, but this is gonna be an extra 4 hours.. should be interesting. I love me some roadtrips though.

MikeVic · 10-10-2008, 02:09 PM

Have fun! Send me some cornbread and pumpkin pie.

Bobble · 10-10-2008, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Cringer

If I get arrested then I am out of business.

Not mention...you know...arrested.

Alan T · 10-10-2008, 02:49 PM

I have a tough enough time driving with three kids 5 hours to see my sister who lives in Canada.. I can't imagine going longer drives then that. I think I would lose my mind.

MikeVic · 10-10-2008, 03:02 PM

Go Canada!

Butter · 10-10-2008, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Lorena

Not really across country, but we're gonna drive to So. Cal for Thanksgiving so we'll be on the road for a total of about 40 hours, as it's a 20 hour trip each way.

When we lived in Phoenix, we'd drive 6 hours to So.Cal all the time and the kids were used to it, but this is gonna be an extra 4 hours.. should be interesting. I love me some roadtrips though.

Uh....

Apathetic Lurker · 10-10-2008, 03:27 PM

And now you all know what school bus drivers go thru every day..but with 50 instead of 3

Lorena · 10-10-2008, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Butter_of_69

Uh....

Haha, oops.

We'll be driving for 10 hours, stop in Las Cruces, NM for the night and finish the rest of the 10 hours the following day. I don't think we can do 20 hours straight, that would be crazy.

stevew · 10-10-2008, 06:13 PM

Driving across town with two kids is hell enough for me

JeeberD · 10-10-2008, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Lorena

Haha, oops.

We'll be driving for 10 hours, stop in Las Cruces, NM for the night and finish the rest of the 10 hours the following day. I don't think we can do 20 hours straight, that would be crazy.

Cruces? Gross...stay in El Paso!!!

tarcone · 10-11-2008, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by JeeberD

Drove from Muscatine, Iowa to Denton in a 17 foot UHaul Tuesday. No fun, no fun at all. I can only imagine what you had to be going through...

Why were you in Muscatine?
Wait you are from Texas which borders Mexico and you were in a 17 foot UHaul and Muscatine is home to Heinz where there a lot of tomatoes to be picked. Jeeber you are not trasporting illegal things are you?

MacroGuru · 10-11-2008, 08:46 AM

Ha!

My sister in now bugging me to make the 15 hour drive from where we live to Memphis for Thanksgiving.......I'm tempted so we are near family, but I am not to sure yet.

JeeberD · 10-12-2008, 07:39 AM

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Originally Posted by tarcone

Why were you in Muscatine?
Wait you are from Texas which borders Mexico and you were in a 17 foot UHaul and Muscatine is home to Heinz where there a lot of tomatoes to be picked. Jeeber you are not trasporting illegal things are you?

Heh, no. My grandparents lived in Muscatine. After my grandfather passed away July, we moved my grandmother back down to Texas so she could be close to family...

Cringer · 10-12-2008, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Lorena

Haha, oops.

We'll be driving for 10 hours, stop in Las Cruces, NM for the night and finish the rest of the 10 hours the following day. I don't think we can do 20 hours straight, that would be crazy.

Crazy? That's not crazy, that is how it is supposed to be done!

You don't have 'The Man' breathing down your neck in a car, you drive 48 straight hours when given the chance. My wife and I have driven from here to Spokane, WA and back, straight through the way there which is about 40 hours. (Straight through that long can include a short 1 hour stop for a nap once you get over the 24 hour period if needed by the driver, but only once.)

On the way back we took a longer route, so we could go through Reno and see family so we did stop in Reno for two days and drive straight through from there.

When I was 19 I drove straight through from Tucson to here with no changing of drivers as the wife wouldn't drive my '62 Wilys Jeep Wagon with a great dane in the front seat with us.

Driving non-stop is the only way to do things.

Lorena · 10-12-2008, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Cringer

Crazy? That's not crazy, that is how it is supposed to be done!

You don't have 'The Man' breathing down your neck in a car, you drive 48 straight hours when given the chance. My wife and I have driven from here to Spokane, WA and back, straight through the way there which is about 40 hours. (Straight through that long can include a short 1 hour stop for a nap once you get over the 24 hour period if needed by the driver, but only once.)

On the way back we took a longer route, so we could go through Reno and see family so we did stop in Reno for two days and drive straight through from there.

When I was 19 I drove straight through from Tucson to here with no changing of drivers as the wife wouldn't drive my '62 Wilys Jeep Wagon with a great dane in the front seat with us.

Driving non-stop is the only way to do things.

Damn, that's a hell of a lot of stamina!

08-13-2008, 03:52 PM	#5
MacroGuru Coordinator Join Date: May 2003 Location: Utah	LOL! Naw, I flirted with a supermodel while driving though! The wife and I talked about the movie though when an Audi with two hot girls drove by.. __________________ "forgetting what is in the past, I strive for the future"

08-13-2008, 03:53 PM	#6
CamEdwards Stadium Announcer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Burke, VA	My wife did the trip from VA to OK every summer for three years. I, thankfully, managed to avoid the trip... because that was with FIVE kids. __________________ I don't want the world. I just want your half.

08-14-2008, 09:44 AM	#7
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	Drove from Muscatine, Iowa to Denton in a 17 foot UHaul Tuesday. No fun, no fun at all. I can only imagine what you had to be going through... __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO

08-14-2008, 09:49 AM	#8
Cringer Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Edinburg,TX	I need to start a business where I drive people across country. Crap, a 32 hour drive should be just that, 32 hours. No more, no exceptions, I can get that done. __________________ You Stole Fizzy Lifting drinks! You bumped into the ceiling which now has to be washed and steralized, so you get NOTHING! You lose!

08-14-2008, 02:01 PM	#12
Cringer Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Edinburg,TX	I said nothing happens unless I am given permission. If I get arrested then I am out of business. __________________ You Stole Fizzy Lifting drinks! You bumped into the ceiling which now has to be washed and steralized, so you get NOTHING! You lose!

08-13-2008, 03:03 PM	#3
M GO BLUE!!! Pro Starter Join Date: Sep 2005	Well, at least you got to spend some quality time with those you love most. Did your mother-in-law die on the trip, and you put her on her son's deck with a note?

08-13-2008, 03:32 PM	#4
clemsonfan High School JV Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Dayton, OH	He also tied the dog to his bumper.

10-10-2008, 02:06 PM	#13
Lorena Unregistered Join Date: May 2004	Not really across country, but we're gonna drive to So. Cal for Thanksgiving so we'll be on the road for a total of about 40 hours, as it's a 20 hour trip each way. When we lived in Phoenix, we'd drive 6 hours to So.Cal all the time and the kids were used to it, but this is gonna be an extra 4 hours.. should be interesting. I love me some roadtrips though.

10-10-2008, 02:09 PM	#14
MikeVic Head Coach Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Hometown of Canada	Have fun! Send me some cornbread and pumpkin pie.

10-10-2008, 02:49 PM	#16
Alan T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mass.	I have a tough enough time driving with three kids 5 hours to see my sister who lives in Canada.. I can't imagine going longer drives then that. I think I would lose my mind. __________________ Couch to ??k - From the couch to a Marathon in roughly 18 months.

10-10-2008, 03:02 PM	#17
MikeVic Head Coach Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Hometown of Canada	Go Canada!

10-10-2008, 03:27 PM	#19
Apathetic Lurker College Prospect Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Buffalo,NY	And now you all know what school bus drivers go thru every day..but with 50 instead of 3

10-10-2008, 06:13 PM	#21
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	Driving across town with two kids is hell enough for me

10-11-2008, 08:46 AM	#24
MacroGuru Coordinator Join Date: May 2003 Location: Utah	Ha! My sister in now bugging me to make the 15 hour drive from where we live to Memphis for Thanksgiving.......I'm tempted so we are near family, but I am not to sure yet. __________________ "forgetting what is in the past, I strive for the future"

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