Future Van Travel will be mostly in the Spring or Fall...
Future Van Destinations will be east of the Mississippi...
Marlita should carefully watch tree branches when directing Bill in parking...
Maximum of 5 hours on the road daily or meltdowns will occur....
Leave by 6 am when a long day is anticipated....
Put more time in the schedule for backroads and spontaneous stops....
Make family portrait shots for 18 people more spontaneous ??!?..... 😏 (suggested by my family)
Laugh more with the grandkids...
Cry right in front of everyone when you say good-bye....
Great posts mom! Wish I did a better job reading along the way, but glad to finally catch up. Love your writing
ReplyDeleteThanks Honey! with your busy life - I feel honored that you caught up!
DeleteI love your list of lessons learned from your trip. I particularly share some like keeping travel in little campers to east of the Mississippi and travel days to less than 5 hours. Saying goodbye to the kids and grands is tough. Al and I just recently had ours at the cottage for 5 days, said goodbye, and now the last couple days have felt as Al put it, "Like the air has all gone out of our balloon." Good to know your spirit is back in Michigan. See you soon.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Karen - I know you understand this long distance grandparenting. I just keep asking God to show me some extra creativity in this. It is good to be home!
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