Along time ago a girl fell in love with a US Marine, and that was before she saw him in his blues. They decided to move in together when he separated from the Corps and they moved to his home state, The very green state of Washington. After a few years they added to their family and before you could blink they had three beautiful children. This made five of them, with two boys and one girl.
Now this girl was originally from Upstate New York and wanted to go home and see her family. So she started pricing out plane fare, hotels and rental cars which came to a lofty sum for a few weeks. Being the frugal gal that she is she was looking for ways to save money. First came the thought to calculate how much it would be to drive compared to flying. Then came the thought of how much they would see as they drove. Next came the thought of seeing Old Faithful, The gateway arches, DC, and more. Somewhere around Niagara Falls she fell in love with the idea and the planning began.
It took a few months to decide exactly how it would all work out and finally the plan was born. We are taking our Ford Excursion across the country and back. We will be seeing quite a few places, including Yellowstone, Philadelphia, New York City, Williamsburg, and more. For the most part it will be just the kids and I. However, my husband is sharing the first part of the journey with us and will fly back and visit us for a portion as well. Originally the plan was to stay every other night in a hotel, however, when I was planning my frugal side won out and we will be camping a majority of the way. Thankfully we found a lighting speed tent at Costco for under a hundred dollars and this will make set up easy. What makes it easier is when Joe, my husband, is with us and does it for us.
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