As a child we didn’t really travel much except for an occasional trip to see my Aunt in Virginia and we never traveled during the holidays. It was a 13 hour car ride from our house to hers and we often drove it at night so “the kids would sleep.” The trips were long and boring and “are we there yet?” could be heard about every 3 minutes by 3 different children. It must have drove my mom batty.
When I was around 6 my parent took us on a road trip to Colorado. I don’t remember the trip, but I have photos as proof. We made the drive from Michigan and drove through South Dakota so we could stop at Mount Rushmore. Somewhere along the way we had a flat tire and mom decided to capture the moment of us standing in front of the car with Dad changing the tire.
This photo crack Em up…she love’s the 70′s outfit I’m wearing. She’s like “Mom, where’s your shirt??” Hey, it’s the 70′s that’s how it was done. Actually, I probably got hot and since my baby sister didn’t have to wear a shirt I wasn’t going to wear one either. I was a sassy kid like that.
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My favorite road tripe story was when my family when to the lake for a few weeks out of the summer. We had a fun long drive and an even better time swimming and whatnot when we arrived at the lake.
When I was in the 5th grade I took a road trip with a friend, her mom and her mom’s boyfriend. We went all over TN and to the smokey mountains.. This was the first trip I ever tried coffee, and didn’t like it. ha. I also lost a tooth in the backseat of their car. I will never forget that trip, we had a lot of fun.
My mom, my DH, my sis and my 2 kids (and me) drove from Cali to the Grand Canyon.
I’m not sure if it was a “favorite” but in October we drove from Iowa to Florida. I say not favorite as we drove with a 5 year old, 4 year old, and twins under 1 LOL. But we saw so many amazing things and watching the kids experience things for the first times is what made the long insane drive worth it!
This past May we took the kids to Florida on a road trip. It was so fun to watch them experience seeing the states and stopping at different places for them to try.
On the way home from SC a few years back I had to entertain my son with barn yard animal noises. He thought it was fun, I didn’t really after 11 hours :/ lol
My favorite road trip was taking the boys to Disneyland via every tourist trap on the Oregon coast. Great memories!
We always went to North Carolina every summer to see my kin. Nicest people ever!! Very fond memories of baking and sun tea!
My husband and I drove down the east coast and we stopped and took pictures at all the welcome to signs we safely could!
My parents took me out of school for a week to drive cross-country and see historical landmarks – I remember it 20 years later
Love the photos.
My father was in the military, we lived all over the world. We saw and did thing that no one esle will ever be able to see or do again. I have been battling cancer for almost 5 years now. My disease taking a drastic turn. Questions like this 1 have been circling in my mind since my recent bad news update. I would love to take my family and my brother’s family to Disney World not for our sake but to see the magic through their eyes and let them have their own unforgettable experience. Who knows what life has in store, don’t waste a moment.
Ack, I remember driving from Michigan to Florida and getting sick in the car. I just rolled around the back of the station wagon feeling awful for the rest of the trip!
When I was very small my family took a road trip to see my grandparents. When we finally got there everyone was super excited and piled out of the van. I was the last one and before I could get out my grandparents ‘pet’ cow stuck her head in the door. I was petrified and neither one of us moved for what seemed like hours. Finally, they realized that I’d been missing for quite awhile and came looking for me. Of course my siblings thought it was hilarious that I’d been held hostage by a cow.
My favorite memory was we traveled with my grandparents and cousins in Europe. It was fun to meet up with family from different cities and then headed to the final destination-Provence.
when we took my grandson to see the beach and ocean for the first time, he was mismerized by it all and we had the best time
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My favorite road trip was visiting my grandparents in Europe
My favorite road trip was when my husband and I drove across country for two weeks stopping and taking tin the sites.
My favorite road trip was when we drove to the Poconos for our honeymoon. It was a 10 hr road trip but it was in the fall and we had the most beautiful scenery with the fall colors. Especially driving by the mountains.
We drove from NY to CO when I was 12. I loved stopping in most of the states and seeing all the sites.
As a kid I remember taking a road trip to Amish Country in PA and finding it so fascinating.
when i was a child i loved to the beach with mu grandma!
My fave road trip was to Paris. I was 6 years old and insisted to travel ALONE. LOL. All got packed, I got taken to the train to Paris (6h), the conductor got informed, I had a sign around my neck stating the address and my mother waved good bye. I was sitting in the corner and watched the world fly by. Wanting to be even more a big girl. I took off my sign and ordered cacao. I arrived in Paris not one ounce afraid. But proud to the bone. years later I learned that my two adult brothers were strategically placed in both adjoining compartments ensuring my safety. Boosted my confidence and made me believe I can achieve all I set my heart on!Even today I feel excitement stepping of the train in Paris awaited y my uncle.
I loved going down to my aunt’s for Thanksgiving, because it meant we were going to stop at Subway & DQ at the halfway point of our trip — one of the rare times we got to eat there!
We went to grand canyon with my Grandparents. Best road trip ever
traveling all the way across the US from SC to Arizona to see family we haven’t seen in ages. It was a LONG trip but so much fun!
It was a very curvy road trip to see Ecuador but it was worthed to get to the monument where the middle of the world is at.
we used to have family reunions when I was a kid. There was probably about 40 of us kids running around having a great time. I’ll never forget those days at the cape
We took a road to Stone Mountain so my daughter could see snow. We live in Florida. It didn’t snow for a couple of days until a few days later. My daughter and I had a friendly snow ball fight. It was so much fun.
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we drove from NJ to NH with two vehicles and used the 2 way walkie talkies to keep in touch – this was years ago – we didn’t have a cell phone and the kids thought it was great
My husband has one where his parents having 6 kids left him at the gas station in the bathroom he walked out and they were gone but about 15 min up the road they turned around and came back he was a teenager so not too much damage LOL
my friends and I rented a lake house one summer so the trip up was really fun!
When my family took a road trip to Disneyland.
my road trip story is driving from NJ to Wisconsin and back in a manner of 72 hours….not fun!!
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My favorite road trip was when we drove down to Disneyland with our five kids without them ever knowing where we were going until we got there. We all had a great time!
I remember traveling from the west coast to east coast as a kid and seeing snow for the first time there.
driving up the coast with my family when I was a kid in a motor home.
my favorite and most memoral road trip was to Grand Forks, BC…
Great time camping and exploring the area, but our trip was cut short when a forest fire started and we had to get out without even packing up, just took ourselves, our son and the propane tank …heheh…
When I was 10 my family drove down to Disneyland.
We would drive from California to Utah every summer and we would stop in Vegas for lunch. Always my favorite place to stop and still is, maybe more so no that i’m older!!
I was at the 1st Woodstock Festival in 1969 and didn’t even know it but “I” did ejoy it!!!I was around 11yrs old we were on our way home from a trip to New York City(an 8 hour trip turned into ,Litterally,2 days)when we reached the poconos,it was 4 lanes of bumper to bumper ,stand still traffic,where Dad turned of the engine for hours to turn it back on to move inches!!!!!!!MY brother and I got to get out and play on the four lane highway and listen to rock and roll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My husband and I took a trip without the kids. We went Geocaching in Florida and found a hidden garden. It was beautiful.
we once drove from OH to Orlando without telling the kids where we were going. We made various stops along the way and they had no clue until we were about a half hour away.
Every year I take a road trip with my girlfriends to the beach. We talk and laugh all the way there and back.
When we lived in California, we took trips to the mountains to camp all the time as a family. One time, as we started up the winding mountain road we heard a strange sound. Thinking it was something wrong with the engine we stopped and Dad took a look. There was a kitten hidden in the engine! It must have fallen asleep there enjoying the warmth and then woke up as we started the mountain road and got scared. That kitten lived a long and healthy life after that.
One time we went to Glen Rose, Texas to visit Fossil Rim Wildlife. And after we were done, we weren’t ready to go home. So we decided to drive another 2 hours to Dublin, TX and get some cane sugar Dr Pepper! Only thing, they didn’t have cans, only bottles that had a cap you needed bottle openers for. So we drove around another 30 minutes looks for a store that had bottle openers!
My favorite memory is when we were kids, we drove with my parents to Flordia from NJ. We made it a long trip with many stops to visit attractions and had a wonderful time.
I went from Houston to New Braunfels one time and I apparently went a little too fast. When I stopped for gas, the overflow tank for my radiator was actually melting a little.
My favorite road trip was going from PA, to Boston, to Killington Vermont. It was all in a week and we did a ton of sight seeing. Such a pretty drive and love all of those places!
One time I was supposed to fly from Oklahoma to Fort Lauderdale but got iced out so we had to drive to make a cruise leaving. We never get to take a big trip like that ever so we decided to drive it and drove 24 hours straight. Not the best idea, haha!
My (now) favorite road trip story happened when I took my children to Northern Michigan. About an hour down the road, I thought we had a car issue. I backtracked a bit to the airport, to rent a car and continue. When transferring things from our car, I realized I’d forgotten our luggage!!
Traveling in the summer as a kid from California to Ohio. Lived here ever since.
getting stuck halway across the country and running out of gas!
I went with a group of girls after college for a road trip from Jersey to Florida. The car broke down on the way back, etc etc-it was a great trip
we drove to the grand cayon. what a site!
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My favorite road trip was 2 years ago when we took the kids to Disneyland for the first time!
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my husband and I used to take roadtrips to nearby places (chicago, toronto, niagara falls) and had a lot of fun making up silly songs together
When I was married to my ex he would call me sometimes and ask me if I wanted to ride with him…he hauled heavy equipment. We went somewhere in SC the one time and I had to help him unload and then we stopped at a small cafe and had a really good lunch. It was a really nice day and a fun one as well!
I was 6 years old and sick with the stomach flu when my family moved from Connecticut to Minnesota. 4 people and a fish stuffed into a car for that drive is an unforgettable experience. And the fish made it the whole way!
My husband, daughter, niece and I took a road trip from Ohio to Florida to visit my dad. We stopped at Disney World for a day before traveling back to Ohio. We had a blast in the car playing games, talking and laughing.
My favorite roadtrip was taking my son off to college. It was a mixture of so many things, happiness, sadness, excitement, loss, gain. You name it, I felt it that day.
At the last minute a friend and I decided to drive to South Dakota.
We share so many memories & lots to see there.
Especially love the Black Hills & Mt Rushmore.
I think it was so much fun because it was spur of the moment.
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When I was a kid and my dad driving at night, I would put a blanket over my head and use a flashlight to read. Loved doing that.
When i went to newyork
When I was 16 my family took a roadtrip across the United States! It was amazing seeing all the sites!
We had gone down to one of the Carolinas, and on our way home we got lost. Well, sort of lost. We accidentally got off the NJ Turnpike, and we could SEE it at times, we just couldn’t figure out how to get there. It took a few stops asking folks how to get there before we got back on our way.
My entire family (all 10 of us) took a Winnebago from MN to Florida in 1974 for Christmas. I saw the Oscar Meyer Wienermoble traveling down the freeway.
My favorite was traveling to see the 13 colonies and the history involved as a teenager with my family in a RV. Very fun and educational.
Going to myrtle beach with my parents growing up and talking to my cousins in their cars on walkie talkies
My favorite road trip memory is driving through Arizona to the Superstition Mountains.
our road trips with my family to the beach are always fun!
My mom and I were going to TN, and we had car trouble. A sexy police officer came over to our rescue. Lol
We took so many road trips when I was a kid but I think my favorites were when we drove to the ocean.
A trip to Canada and our car broke down. All the men spoke French and we didn’t understand them. On that same trip racoons got in our tent.
went to Niagra falls with relatives
My favorite road trip was traveling to another state to adopt a bunny.
We road tripped to Florida once. Nothing exciting happened.
My favorite road trip is actually a series in which we spent almost every week taking a road trip from Central CA to Northern CA. Such good memories with my favorite friends and being young! Love & miss it so much. (Miss CA coast so much!)
My best road trip was when the whole family went to Yellowstone National Park. I was a little girl and I remember so many things. It was a very long road trip but so much fun. I think I learned then that the best road trips are not rushed but enjoyed. I saw so many wild animals and experienced it with my family. Yellowstone is so beautiful. I hoped to go back one day very soon.
taking road trips every summer to memphis to visit family
going to a houston dog show with my wife. drove all night and won breed the next day. very fun.
Driving all the way to Yellowstone in late May and then realizing it still snows at that time and we didn’t bring winter stuff!
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One of the last, but real ones that I remember was traveling down to DC for the museums and such. 
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our first trip driving to michigan to visit the in-laws
My friends and I went to Virginia beach just us girls together for a few days
every summer growing up, we would drive for 3 days to my grandparents house and us kids would stay all summer!
The first time I took my kids to a Florida Vacation!! That was the best!!
From the time I was 13 to 21, I took an annual trip with my parents and siblings from NY to Reno, Nevada. One of my best memories was when we stopped at a rest area and had a picnic and got to play at the park. We must have been whining in the car and they must have decided we needed our exercise since there were children ranging from 6 to 17. I think traveling across the country is a bonding times for families.
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I loved taking road trips with my parents in our brown Chevy Beauville van. We had a porta-potty so we didn’t have to stop at rest areas. It was kinda gross, but that was my dad for you… lol
In 1998 my Mom and I were driving with a carload of my things (I was moving from one state to another) and we hit something. It was dark so we couldn’t see what it was. We pulled over and some nice truck drivers helped us get going again. We stayed at a hotel, then drove on the next day, and a tire blew out, probably from whatever we hit the night before. A gas station was within several yards and we made it there. A man came out of the gas station and said he would change the tire for us. We didn’t realize until he refused payment that he didn’t work there – he was a customer! God and a few of his angels here on earth were looking out for us that trip!
We only went on one family road trip, and it was to Yellowstone! It was amazing, from what I can remember. But I do recall stepping in moose poop in my new shoes!
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Driving from CA to IL and stopping at national parks all along the way
i never went on road trips as a kid:( but i hope to make many road trip memories with my kids!
Our family took a roadtrip to see my daughter’s favorite singer-when she was young.
My best friend & I took off from STL to Omaha to see our favorite band at the time (we were only 17!). Before the show, we ended up meeting the band’s road manager and gave him a little something to give the band. When the show started our little memento was on the drum kit in the center of the stage. We were on cloud 9 for the drive home…though we did run over a massive deer which had been struck by a previous car. We were quite adventurous!
My favorite road trip was driving from Miami to the Florida Keys when I was growing up.
Taking a Greyhound bus a few hundred miles but it took almost 20 hours to do it. Hell on earth
My husband and I took our boys out west to see the Grand Canyon. We also toured Antelope Canyon, Zion, Las Vegas and Sedona. It was a great trip.
We were travelling from michigan to ohio and it started to rain. Right during the downpour the windowblade busted. We tied a boot string to the other windowwiper so we could get down the highway.
my favorite road trip was when i was a child and the family went to vermont
with all my friends to one of their cabins.
On my way to Pennsylvania one Christmas, I hit a pothole and got a flat tire. (only about 2 miles from my destination) It wasn’t funny at the time, but we laugh about it now.
when we traveled from nebraska to walt disney world in florida it was a long trip but worth it
Not my fav but driving from Alabama to Virginia in a moving van and being 7 months pregnant and cramped. Not fun at all.
Last summer going up to the cabin. I was 7 months pregnant with twins =) And my son was so excited to get to the cabin I swear the 4 hour ride always feels like eternity!! =)
Our 10 hr. drive to the beach. It was long but very worth it. thank you!
I always loved going on road trip with my dad b/c we lived in the country and it was always a pretty drive.
I drove all the way from Philadelphia to San Francisco. It was insane!
Our road trip to “Tela” an Ceiba while we were in Honduras! It was an awesome experience! My kids loved the mountains and the beaches.
When I was in the 5th grade my mom took my sister and I on a summer train trip cross country from Florida to Arizona and the Washington state to visit our relatives. It was a lot of fun and we got to see a lot of different attractions along the way.
My favorite road trip story is one where we took our 6 your old son (now 23) to the beach for the first time. We stopped at all the attractions on the 8 hour trip and it was so awesome to see things again through HIS eyes!
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19 years ago my friend, my baby daughter and I flew to chicago, met my sister, rented a car and drove to South Dakota to meet my brother and his wife who had driven in from L.A. We had a blast camping and going to Deadwood!
My favorite was roadtripping to Florida with my mom, dad and sisters to meet the rest of my family for the first time!
When we were little, we drove from Los Angeles to Costa Rica. We crossed Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona. It was such an adveture
My favorite roadtrip was to Maine. There was so much beautiful scenery. I loved it.
I have SO many – we traveled a lot when I was growing up! There was one time where my dad decided, at the beginning of the trip, to get an energy drink (he’d never had one before). Being stuck in a car with him for several hours while he jabber jabber jabbered was hilarious!
going to the beach in savannah with my dad
We went to see Mt Rushmore one year – unfortunately, we didn’t know it was right in the middle of Sturgis
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My favorite road trip was when my 3 teenage kids and I traveled 2000 miles across country to visit family.
driving to atlanta with my bestie
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I’ve never been on a road trip, but I’d like to someday.
When our car broke down on the way to Disneyland. We ended making lifelong friends.
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double flats in death valley with the grandkids which are grown now
we drive to florida – disney – every year for christmas – its always a hoot
I have a couple of favorites but the one that taught me a HUGE lesson in life was a trip with my mom. She was a “single” mom of NINE, divorced and went back to school at age 43. She decided to take us 4 youngest kids to Chicago one summer. Scared to death and confidence shaken, lived on a farm in the ‘boonies” all her life, we headed out to drive to my Aunt and Uncles house in the heart of Chicago. We got LOST in an area called “the Loop”. Now even at MY age I don’t even know what that means. It meant the FEAR OF GOD to her though. And then, The car just QUIT, in the middle of an inner city area. No cell phones then. No “manly man” to help us. So, we flagged help. Got to a station somehow…I am not sure even how because the radiator was steaming out what i THOUGHT was smoke. I was so frightened. But, after 3 hours in a service station enjoying a few sodas, we got a ride with my uncle to their house. We had such a wonderful time swimming in my aunt and uncle’s pool and just letting go of the stress that mom and we ALL had going through this time in our life. We got that OLD Oldsmobile going again and headed home after four days of fun! I learned that my mom is a strong woman, that she is our protector (still at 80 years old) and that nothing is too hard in life. (I’ve had to learn that a LOT;) I learned how to take care of myself and my kids when I also got divorced many years later, and learned how to change my own oil and other minor car care jobs. I went to work for a company as an adult and several times had to drive to Chicago to work there. And guess what? I got LOST! I just remembered that long ago trip with my mom and got out of it all alone. Proceeded to drive home in a BLIZZARD and could not wait to get home. Traveling is fun, but truly, there IS no place like home and no one on this Earth that can teach you more than good old MOM!
My favorite road trip was when we drove to Ohio. We went through a drive thru zoo.
Definitely not my most favorite because I was SO tired, but it was fun! Driving my sister to move to Manhattan from Missouri. We drove 2 days straight. We were so tired. I could barely keep my eyes open!
We drove to Fl once. My baby could just reach his hand out and grab the end of a grocery bag. The crinkle sound kept him content the whole 24 hour ride.
We went to Alabama when we were kids. I thought it was so neat because they had Red Dirt.. hahhaha and we had brown.. little things in life to smile about!
Had to relieve myself. In the desert. At night. I had just cut my foot, so I was wearing a bandage. Scared a scorpion, who was BETWEEN MY FEET.
I’ve never been on a road trip, so my story is that I want to go on one!!!
the best road trip was after senior year of highschool my best friend and I drove across the country visiting family and friends. the trip was over 2 months long and amazing!!
We were going to Disney World and our Explorer blew up on the side of the interstate!! No kidding! We had to take a taxi to the closest airport to rent a car!! All in all tho, it was a good experience!!
driving to the lake on weekends, knowing we would swim and play all weekend
Driving from Ohio to Georgia with my boyfriend at the time. We had such a blast that I knew he was a keeper. Just a few days later, we said “I love you” for the first time!
My favorite roadtrip was when I was younger to Disneyworld with my parents. We usually drove and I always loved sitting in the back with treats and dolls.
Me and my 3 girls, my lab and my dad just drove from NY to FL
Family trip – 3 weeks from Colorado to Canada. Beautiful scenery, geysers, glaciers, mountains.
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MY favorite story is the time my husband and I were driving to Lancaster PA from Charlotte NC and I asked him to pull in at the next rest area.
I fell asleep and woke up about to die 2 hours later. When I asked why he ahdn’t found a rest area yet he said he had passed at least one but since I was asleep figured I didn’t need to go very much.
Needless to say I was very uncomfortable and he found a rest area pronto!
drove down to florida in a rain storm
Car broke down and me and my friends walked 3 days to get back home just for fun. Great time. We stopped at all night diners and slept in booths.
My fave road trip so far was when we drove from FL to Washington DC with the kids, then to Philly and back to WI and home. Was a long trip but we had a lot of fun and saw a lot of new things. My kids had a blast!
Over 5 hour ride with NO rest stop when I was young, they all knew I suffered from Car Sickness after prolonged trips. I had been begging to make a stop and everyone ignored me and told me to just wait until we go there, They opened the door of the car and I projectile hurled so hard I almost thought I’d choke! Not a pretty picture!
My favorite road trips were as a kid going camping in the summer and packing up the car with everything you need. The anticipation of it all was fun.
We drove to Hilton Head SC when we were kids. I loved driving out east and seeing all the sights for the first time
Last late summer we went on the road trip to Boston and Maine. It was one of the most memorable road we’ve ever had.
My family made a hot and very tiring trip to Virginia Beach once and stopped off to see the Stonewall Jackson site. There was a medium sized crowd of other visitors and we were all listening to the docent give his speech for probably the fifth time that day. [he looked tired too]
When he was done he asked if we had any questions. My little sister lifted her head up from our dad’s shoulder and said, “Can we go to the beach now?” It got some laughs and the water never felt so good!
we were going to forks WA and we stopped at this store to get coffee, There was no one at the store and my friend went to the bathroom and found a guy passed out on the floor. we thought he was dead but he wasn’t. scared the shizz out of us though.
Every Christmas my family would make a 12 hour road trip to see my grandparents. There are so many memories, and laughs…and smells that I remember! LOL It was something I looked forward to all year and something I miss dearly now.
My favorite roadtrip was when I was younger to Disneyworld with my parents. We usually drove and I always loved sitting in the back with treats and dolls.
I enjoyed going with my parents from Arizona to Disneyland, we always stopped at the Dinosaurs in Cabazon, CA
It was the first trip with my boyfriend (now husband) – we went to Chicago for the first time and I got to show him the city I loved visiting with my grandmother. We caught our favorite band playing at the House of Blues and it was very unplanned. Sometimes those are the best vacations!
Probably my road trip with a buddy to Las Vegas, Grand Canyon and LA.
When I went to graduate school, my friend Janice and I drove from Toronto to Vancouver through the United states. It only took us 2 and a half days to reach the beach in Vancouver. The reason? Somewhere in the mid-West, we discovered Wake Ups! Let me tell you, seeing the HooDoos in North Dakotah was unreal with the help of caffeine tablets.
Took my children to Niagara Falls and did all sorts of things there
my brother and parents and I drove from Minnesota to Washington State and took a side trip to Yellowstone….it was beautiful
Loved taking road trips when I was a kid as well as taking my daughter on road trips when she was younger
As a kid we moved a lot and always made a vacation out of it! My favorite one was when we went from Texas to California. It was just happy!
I remember going on an RV road trip with my dad when I was about ten years old to Busch Gardens
My brother and I never stopped talking about our family “hole in the ground” trip. Our parents dragged us to the Canyon of the Gunnison, Zion Nat’l Park, and the Grand Canyon and several “holes” I’ve forgotten. After a while, one canyon pretty much looks like another.
My favorite is always driving to Florida. It’s always exciting to see the beach and the ocean.
Haha we were driving to Kansas City for a concert and my friend had really bad “stomach issues” anyway he had to take care of these issues over a guard rail in the middle of the night.
A very long road trip from Illinois to Florida with my two best friends. We have such a great time!
Went to see a monument (that is in Ripleys Believe It Or Not because it mysteriously rotates on its base) in the cemetary in Marion Ohio, and didn’t even know the Harding Presidential Memorial was in Marion. Was very surprised to see a big memorial. It’s the largest outside of Washington DC, we found out.
We were going to my grandpa’s for Christmas for the first time ever when we had to turn around half way there.My 5 yr old brother started jumping around in the car hollering he was itchy.My dad pulled over to discover my brother was breaking out in chickenpox.My grandpa and his new family had never had them so my parents decided it was best to just go home.
Let’s see. One road trip, my mother decided to get a roll of quarters for each family member. For the entire trip, every time we said something rude or mean, we had to put one of our quarters into a cup. If we ran out of the roll of quarters, we had to use our own. If we still had quarters left at the end of the week, we could keep them. I was the only one with quarters left! My secret? Read the entire trip and tune everyone out!
My favorite road trip was when I was 10 yrs old and my whole family , my family drive from Mexico to Cuernavaca Morelos , we all have a blast.
On a road trip to Arizona with my mom and cousins, we had stopped at a gas station and my cousin was looking out the window. she asked her sister what the V on the mountain stood for and my other cousin replied, “vagina” confidently and quite loudly. the whole gas station busted up and my cousin couldnt believe that it did not stand for that.
My favorite road trip was the first time we drove to Florida.
My favorite road trip story was going to visit my family in Colorado and driving out there with the family.Amazing views and laughs on our trip there!
We drove to Atlanta. During part of the trip, we used Google maps to take us to the Container Store. We actually ended up in the middle of a neighborhood on a cul-de-sac. After a good laugh, we managed to find the Container Store.
When I was a kid we’d spend the summers in Ohio with our Grandparents. One summer they drove us to the Canadian side of Niagra Falls. The first and only time I’ve ever been out of the country.
Driving to the Grand Canyon with my family when I was 7. Thanks for the giveaway.
My favorite road trip was when I went to S. Carolina with my family when I was 8 years old. I will never forget all the trouble my brother and I got into in the car on the way there. Best trip ever…
Driving up to Vermont with my husband and 2 kids. I had never been there before and it was a fun change of scenery from NY.
my trip story was when i was 12 my family and i went to virgina beach.it was my first time at the ocean,i got caught in a rip tide and almost drowned.if that wasnt enough while at the board walk i got lost and ended up nearly 2 miles away from my family.thats one trip ill never forget!!!
drive to floriday when we were little to go to disney.my bro and I fought the whole way
My best friend and I drove down the east coast one summer! It was sooo much fun!!
My “favorite” was the time I drove 2,000 miles across country BY MYSELF…straight through only stopping to go to the bathroom and get gas. I wanted to get home lol. I didn’t sleep until I got home.
Road tripping 1500 miles with my husband, we had the best time ever just the two of us. It’s good to take the kids to the grandparents and road trip with your spouse!!
Most memorable would be the trip from SC to FL through Hurricane Charlie! CRAZY trip!
When we were driving back from Florida our alternator had died and wasn’t charging our battery. So every hour or so we would need to pull over and beg someone to let us charge our battery off their vehicle. We finally made it home in time for work and were able to get our car to a local shop.
I took a trip across the USA with my parents when I a kid and the pics bring back good memories.
My favorite was a trip from Maryland to Toronto with my sister to see a concert. We had so much fun
going to Disney with the family and seeing all the sites on the way
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we went to nyc
our whole gang went camping for a week, one day we went to the local beach and there were razor clams everywhere and every one of us got cuts on their feet, so we now call it blood beach.
My husband and I took a road trip to Biloxi, and we loved it so much we moved there.
My husband and I once took a very special road trip through the mountains of Colorado and into Wyoming – breathtaking scenery!
I remember heading to Iowa and my dad is not a speeder but we were running late and he got pulled over going 85 in a 65 lol so lets say the cop got him super upset and it ruined our trip
we took a road trip to florida it was me and my 3 brothers and boy did we drive my mom and dad crazy, i dont know how they did it
When we went to the mountains, the trip was nice. The view was outstanding.
It is never too late to have a favorite roadtrip. 2 years ago, my faughter and her boyfriend packed up my husband and I anwe drove from Wi to Wamego Ks. to see our son and her brother. This was no easy trip . My husband is on oxygen and we had to take an oxygen concentrator , a portable device with us. Getting ready for this trip was like preparing to climb Mt Everest. My husband was crabbing all the way. Who says kids can be the only irritant on a road trip? We were in Illinois and he was asking if we wh=ere there yet! Susan even rented an SUV to take everything with us. And we had a great time. even the crab .
When I was in high-school, I had the crappiest car ever! Its amazing it even got me out of the driveway. The heat didn’t work, one window was broken, it was severely rusty, the tires were awful, and the cloth on the inner roof was caving in.
One day a friend and I decided to go to the mall. Not the greatest idea considering it was a 60 mile drive. But as teenagers we did what we wanted… not what was best.
Everything went fine until the way home. I didn’t feel so great so my girlfriend offered to drive. We had just bbeen talking about how my car wouldn’t last much longer when, out of nowhere, it began to pour! The rain was coming down in sheets! My friend went to turn on the wipers and they didn’t work!
As she rolled the window down, the whole window slid down off the track. We slowed down, laughing so hard! Being the rebel she was, my girlfriend sped back up onto.the highway and stuck her head out the now nonexistent window. She managed to drive this way for the remaining 45 minute drive home.
I will never forget the sight of her, soaking wet, head out the window, wiping the water from her face every 10 seconds or so. Great friend and a hilarious roadtrip!
My favorite is going to the smokey mountains and going to the highest point! It was amazing!
when the van broke down in south dakota
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ca to la when i was 7..its all a blur…hotels,grand canyon..balony and cheese..
My favorite road trip took place a few years ago, when my three sisters and families, parents, grandmother, and my own family took a trip together to Gatlinburg. We rented a huge cabin for the 16 of us, and all drove in a group of five vehicles for hours through a nonstop downpour. We stopped for breakfast and met up with a great-aunt there, we got lost in Knoxville, found the scariest, curviest mountain road shortcut to avoid traffic in Sevierville, and just had a great time together once we finally found our cabin.
Any of them really, I’ve been to so many cool places, mount rushmore and and the mountains of idaho seeing all the hot springs just next to the road, and seeing a heard of elk in montana, too many good ones and hopefully more to come
My favorite road trips were the ones my family would take to visit my grandma in Ohio when I was a kid – my parents would always stop at a roadside attraction that had a chicken that danced and played the piano, which became a family tradition and a source of a lot of fond (and funny) memories.
My favorite road trip by far was my sister and I cruising to Austin texas for a weekend of fun. It was a long drive but good music and snacks made it great
My favorite road trip was when at a spur of the moment my niece and I decided our familys should take a vacation to Florida. We had a yardsale to make sure we had enough money..filled the coolers and my husband,me,our niece,and her 3 kids..and my 2 kids piled into a car that drank more oil than gas..and headed to florida..i will never forget having kids laying in floor..in the back window..ect..but we had a blast and made it back home safe and sound. But i gotta say…..what an adventure!
My favorite road trip was our first visit to Disney World. We drove from IL to FL and ended up with a horrible virus the entire drive down there but still had a lot of fun.
I always remember playing silly games in the car with my family. We used to make words out of the plates
I once drove from PA to FL with an 80 year old and a 5 year old. If we weren’t stopping for coffee, we were stopping to pee!
My favorite road trip ever wasn’t even with my family (my parents were terribly reclusive people and going to the park or a library 10 minutes away was a “bother”), but with my fiance about a year and a half ago.
We drove all the way from Brandenburg, KY to Lexington and then Lancaster one summer. A very long drive and it took from 10 in the morning ’till 1 am to get back. I remember him poking me in the shoulder a few times on the drive back to make sure I was awake.
Then, just about any trip we took is one that I hold very dear to me.
Even though he isn’t with us anymore, I still feel him doing it now when I drive tired. “Just makin’ sure you’re awake, babbu.”
Driving from CT to Watkins Glen, NY in the fall to see the Formula 1 race. Catskills in fall foliage was a sight to see.
We took a trip to relocate cross country from California to New Jersey about 25 years ago with 3 kids and we loved it!
I don’t have one yet.
My favorite road trip was the first year I knew my husband. We headed out west to camp for two weeks. It was then that I knew that I could be with him for extended periods of time. From coming across a black bear to meeting a lot of random folks, it was an adventure to remember.
There’s been quite a few times that I’ve been the “navigator” with my husband and have navigated us totally wrong. One would think a GPS would help but there was the time he put the totally wrong address in!
I didnt travel much as a young child but my favorite road trip that i can remember was going with my mom and little brother to Long Island ny. We always played a license plate game lol..
My husband and I drove through the adirondacks and camped at 8 different campground over a week and a half. It was a blast!
when i wa slittle we crossed the usa with a oregnant cat, a pregnant dog and a hamster that would NOT stop running on his wheel- made for a LONG trip in the backseat!
driving from Key West to the middle of Florida with a dog, cat, two kids, and a turtle!
When I was a kid, my folks took me and my brothers on a trip around the country in our camper. Saw SO MANY things and it was a 4 week trip!
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This year I drove on my first long road trip. We traveled from Chicago to Atlanta. I was so nervous! It was a beautiful drive through the mountains until I saw the truck runoff ramps! The scary part was they were on the left side of the road, but the semis were suppose to drive in the far right lane. That means they have 2 lanes of traffic to go across if the can’t stop. YIKES!
Driving 9 hours to Canada with my husband, we cracked up so much with his silliness. Lots of deep belly hysterical laughter.
We drove from ky to fla with the kids and loved the scenery along the way
DH likes to drive, so I get to be the navigator. We’ve taken a lot of scenic side trips thanks to my map reading “skills”. One of the most memorable was driving through Colorado and I found a shortcut – unfortunately it took us up and down a mountain and through the same town about six time on switchbacks to get to the top.
I remember driving 4 hours to West Virginia in my super old car. It barely made it up the steep hills there…it was scary!
My favorite road trip was visiting my grandma in west virginia.
Growing up once a year our family would travel to visit my grandparents which was about a 5 hour drive from our home. My brother & I would sing songs all the way there. I’m sure it drove our parents nuts
Driving cross country with my grandparents…in a trans am…without air conditioning. I sat in the back bucket seat for an endless number of hours with wind burns on my face…but it was all worth it!
My best roadtrip was when I drove to Florida right before a hurricane and drove back in one. It was exciting and stupid, but it was fun.
to add to my last story; that trip was done as a young adult- we were too poor to go anywhere when I was a kid.
i used to like traveling to Disneyland every year wih my family in our big old station wagon.
I loved travelling with my grandparents as a child. They were so much fun. We sang songs in the car the entire time, which is something the rest of my family definitely doesn’t do or tolerate. They would take me to Mardi Gras in Louisiana or to the state capital in Ohio or even to Yosemite Park in California. I wish I would’ve appreciated it more back then. Those were the days!
I was too young to remember any details but I remember we used to drive to Florida as a family and it was just so fun singing songs and just being with the fam for so long.
We travel to Florida to see relatives. I just love the fun games and pit stops we make. the drive is fun and then we go to the beach and have more fun
My favorite road trip was driving down to florida as a kid!
I’ve actually never taken a road trip, but I remember taking day bus trips to NY to the aquarium with my mom!
our favorite was about 10 years ago when we went to Hampton beach,Nh we loved sitting on the beach and just having the most relaxed time..I love the beach
We drove across country to Florida where I saw the ocean for the first time and got to play on the beach.
traveling to daytona beach by car.i loved the scenery there
My favorite road trip story is a surprise Christmas trip we took from FL. to Ohio to surprise my mom and grandma on Christmas morning. The anticipation of that trip made the 1200 miles go a lot faster than it ever had before for me and the three children in the car with me.
I always loved road trips to the beach! We used to skip school and head out radio blaring!
Every year at Christmas we drive to my husband’s family’s house in Virginia. We sing songs, play “I Spy” & just enjoy each other’s company.
Driving with my husband from New York to Florida over three days and getting to stop in places I’ve never been before.
EVERY family roadtrip: every kid fights for 3 hours to have a window seat!
We drove to disney in florida and had the worst time finding a hotel room in georgia because of a boat show. We were so tired but the trip was still a lot of fun.
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I love the pictures you posted! What a great giveaway!
I hit post before I told you about our family road trip to Lookout Mountain, TN, when my younger sister got carsick! The winding roads were too much for her and sometimes on those curvy roads headed up to see Ruby Falls there are no places to pull over! Very memorable!
I remember the year a friend was moving and we drove from California to New Orleans with her two cats in the car. It was quite a challenge trying to “walk” them at truck stops!
I was travelling with a family friend when we had a suffen blow out. I eased the car to the shoulder and discovered I did not have a spare. The girl I was travelling with asked what we could do and I said walk to the nearest exit and find help. As we were walking, a young man in a pick up truck gave us a lift…my travelling companion was beside herself with worry and aske, “Do you think he will take us into the desert and kill us?” I rolled my eyes and replied, “No, he will take us into the forest for that.” (we were going from the desert to the mountains and that was just my sarcastic humor.)
My husband and I once borrowed his brother’s car to go to the beach, as it was rough terrain and we have a tiny KIA. Needless to say, we returned with the vehicle being towed. I guess it couldn’t take the beating either.
We took many roadtrips as a child down to California to visit my grandmother and grandfather (I live in oregon) so we would sometimes leave in the middle of the night or sometimes really, really early in the morning and we would have snack food and just hit the road, with music on.. It is pretty good memories. We did run into some bad weather a time or two going over the pass but it was fun all in all..
I enjoyed the trips our parents took us on when we were young. We would go to the beach in South Carolina and have cookouts on the beach.
We never really went on road trips but we had a van just like that!
I remember falling a sleep when my mom picked my dad up from work, when I woke up we were three states away in Tenn. My dad had decided he wanted to visit his sister in Alabama, we stayed for a few hours and turned back around and drove home.
My Favorite road trip was when we drove non stop from Northern Pennsylvania to Southern Florida. It was a bunch of us in the car and we took turns driving and keeping the driver awake singing and playing games.
My favorite road trip was when me & my family drove from California to Oregon. We got to stop at lots of cool places, it was loads of fun!
Going to Orlando to go shopping!
driving to college from IL to Texas
my favorite road trip was going to see my family. The most remembered part was waiting for four hours for AAA so i could change a tire . The time I had with my kids was priceless and the memory will live on through to their kids. I think it is so cool how God blesses us out of the worst situations some times
My favorite roadtrip as a child was a trip to and from Colorado for my uncle’s wedding. We rushed to get there but then took a couple weeks to drive back and see all sorts of historical sites. We camped most nights and stayed with friends and family when we could. I have so many fun memories from that… including having to get out and push our minivan with the rest of my family while my dad steered so we could get up a hill to a lake where only 4×4′s usually could get.
When I was only 13, My 2 older brothers and I took a 3 day bus trip from California to South Dakota to visit my Aunt for the summer. It was a long trip for 3 young teenagers to go on their own, but lots of fun and a time I will always cherish.
Well, when I was a teenager. I was going with my sister and mom to Mississippi to the beach and it’s only about 2 hours away. It took us 6 hours to get there because we got lost so many times. I don’t even know how we made it there, but it was so fun to laugh about later.
One summer my husband and I drove from Seattle to San Diego to Florida to Boston, and our car did not have a/c! It was crazy, but fun.
I have not traveled so I do not have a road trip story but I would love to have a story to tell…
when i was little we drove from florida to north carolina and we rode in the back of the truck under the camper topper sometimes, it was fun!
When I was eleven we drove out to New Brunswick and Nova Scotia with my grandparents. I have so many amazing memories of that trip
Trip to Mississippi two years ago. We followed the Blues markers around the Delta!
My husband and I and our two special needs foster adults went on a road trip across 12 states. OMG, it was so fun, but so much driving, since I was the only driver. We saw Graceland, Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Washington DC and LOTS of places starting in TX. WOW, what a trip.
When my husband got out of the army we drove from upper state ny to California. We stopped at so many fun places along the way. It was a great way to reconnect as we had only visited each other for the previous 3 years.
When my sister and I was little we went on a family trip to Hershey park for the first time
Roadtripping to my first trip to disneyland with my best college buddies. We had a blast, and the best part was the drive.
Thanks for the giveaway…loved the late ’60′s – early ’70′s summer family road trips that my parents dragged us on every year, all over the country; I think we were lost at least 30% of the time !
I don’t really have many, but for a while, I was living in Ohio and my family lived in PA…400 mile drive each way. And for a while, I was driving it 2-3 times a month! And each way I would play ONE CD and just put it on repeat, because I could measure my distance/time by how many times the CD played. Plus my German Shepherd kept me company.
I loved road tripping with my husband and daughter through colorado and whyoming
Traveling to Tennessee where my brother used to live. I loved taking the trip when I was older more so since I had the chance to drive for 12 hours of course, but the best part of it all was stopping in Pennsylvania at one of the best restaurants and always remembering they had a giant cow on top of the restaurant. We always knew we were close to home when we came back from Tennessee when we saw that cow. The best trips ever were back and forth from here to Tennessee, always!
i dont have a good roadtrip story to tell but maybe i will eventually
When I was six, my grandma and grandpa came to visit and together with my baby brother and my parents, we drove from Oregon to LA. They had told me that we were going down to visit a family friend. After the excruciatingly long drive, I was grumpy and wanted to get out of the car. We were driving through the city, on our “way to the friend’s house” when my grandpa told me to read the signs. I did’t want to but I began to read the signs. After a few I read “Disneyland.”
We went to a different place this past summer, not quite the beach but close to the coast, a gigantic river actually. we had a great time while there but it was a really long drive.