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Originally Posted by FC (Post 523883)

I'm sure it will be tiring, but they grew up on road trips to Canada (dozens) and we've gone to Quebec City and also to DC (both 400+ miles in one shot) with no complaints.

Hopefully the scenery and the M3 will be bearable.

Lucky man ... very excited for you :thumbup:

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Originally Posted by rumatt (Post 523889)

I hated road trips as a kid. I was always car sick and miserable.

I must have been really fun to have as a kid. :lol:

:ack:

:D

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Originally Posted by FC (Post 523884)

July 2nd. It will be during the 2nd half of the World cup. Not sure if that's good or bad. I'm hoping good since people will want to watch the games.

Nice. Still missing something, though. ;)

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Originally Posted by lip277 (Post 523880)

Guess that is why, to this day - I often take 400 mile drives on a Saturday or Sunday - just to get out of the house.
Here is one I do a couple of times each year.... https://goo.gl/maps/uSW4KrXdovm
Leave in the morning and have lunch in Leavenworth or Winthrop and do some looking around... then head home.

That is worthy of jealousy.

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Originally Posted by lip277 (Post 523890)

Some kids (adults) are not able to do the 'road trip' thing....
My manager at work - he doesn't even like driving 40 minutes each morning to get to work. He doesn't like it to the point he is in a carpool (with his wife) and he has never driven when she is available.
He just smiles and shakes his head when he hears of my trips to Monterey where I drive 900 miles straight through without stopping.

My kids (16 and 14 next month), have always traveled very well by trains, planes, and automobiles. 900 miles straight shots between DC and Orlando, just stopping for food, gas and bathroom, whirlwind weeklong jaunts through the desert with many hours in the car every day, they just go. They complain more now that they're teenagers, but they're teenagers. Hoping we can squeeze out a Seattle to San Diego drive this summer, but thinking it'll wind up a week in SF with a few day trips.

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Originally Posted by clyde (Post 523903)

That is worthy of jealousy.

My kids (16 and 14 next month), have always traveled very well by trains, planes, and automobiles. 900 miles straight shots between DC and Orlando, just stopping for food, gas and bathroom, whirlwind weeklong jaunts through the desert with many hours in the car every day, they just go. They complain more now that they're teenagers, but they're teenagers. Hoping we can squeeze out a Seattle to San Diego drive this summer, but thinking it'll wind up a week in SF with a few day trips.

Mine are a PIA in the car when they were young ... 3 hour trips felt like 6 hours :ack:

On planes they are totally fine ...

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Originally Posted by clyde (Post 523902)

Nice. Still missing something, though. ;)

OK. I'm lost. What am I missing?

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Originally Posted by FC (Post 523909)

OK. I'm lost. What am I missing?

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Originally Posted by JST (Post 523910)

Nurburgring?

Yes.

Ah, well, no chance of that. It's in the wrong direction and my wife would not want me to drag her or the kids to that.

Yeah, in the wrong direction, but I’d do that before Rothenburg, which I remember being a little kitschy and touristy.

And aren’t there kids attractions/theme park stuff at the Nurburgring these days?