Summer road trip to L.A. and back

[wngrog]

My advise is to never wait to train your kids to ride if you ever hope to make them road warriors. Mine started from day 1 going all over the place in the car. We took plenty of lumps and has many horrific moments but now they don't blink at 10 hours in the car.

 

[SHUSH]

Oh Elizabeth has done mutiple 8 hour trips to Mnts and beach and she is 2. Totally agree nolen

 

[Papalud]

inspired to start planning for when my 2 year old is a 6 year old...Ron how old are your boys and have they done much seat/travel time like this before?

The boys are 7 & 11. They have been traveling and camping their whole lives, so they did fine. We did 1000 miles (18 hours with stops) the first day. Total trip was 4500 miles.

3 years ago we did a 2-week Badlands/Yellowstone/Tetons/Rocky Mountains/Santa Fe trip with the whole family: wife, boys were 4 & 8, and my daughter was 2. They did fine, 2 year old camped, did long hauls, etc. like a pro.

We learned the key with little kids is to break up really long driving days with a long lunch stop where they can run around and get rid of some energy. Don't be afraid to push your kids--they can do more than you expect. Just know when they've hit a breaking point.

If you can make it happen, go as soon as you can. Too much can change in the future. I'm already thinking about future trips.

 

[SHUSH]

^^ AWESOME

 

[lenross1]

The boys are 7 & 11. They have been traveling and camping their whole lives, so they did fine. We did 1000 miles (18 hours with stops) the first day. Total trip was 4500 miles.

3 years ago we did a 2-week Badlands/Yellowstone/Tetons/Rocky Mountains/Santa Fe trip with the whole family: wife, boys were 4 & 8, and my daughter was 2. They did fine, 2 year old camped, did long hauls, etc. like a pro.

We learned the key with little kids is to break up really long driving days with a long lunch stop where they can run around and get rid of some energy. Don't be afraid to push your kids--they can do more than you expect. Just know when they've hit a breaking point.

If you can make it happen, go as soon as you can. Too much can change in the future. I'm already thinking about future trips.

bible.