Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:35:15 -0900
Reply-To: Mark Tuovinen <aksyncronaut@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Mark Tuovinen <aksyncronaut@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Thoughts on Travelling w/ 4 year old
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By now you have had many good suggestions and I will throw in one more.
Find a way to do something your child wants to do early each day. It does
not have to be much, find a park to stop at or school playground works well
too. Just something to let her get some large muscle exercise and make her
feel like more than just baggage during the ride. A few short 10 - 20
minute stops during the drive will be good for both of you too.
Mark in AK
On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 4:36 PM, Bill Shawley <easywind1975@hotmail.com>wrote:
> So here's the deal, I've had my 86 Westy for 3 1/2 years now. I don't put
> many miles on it, it gets alot of use hauling lumber and other crap from
> Lowes. Each summer we take it locally to camp and what not on weekends that
> we have nothing planned. I've never taken it more than 5 or 6 hours away.
>
>
>
> Well I gotta bug up my butt to go see the Wanee Festival (
> http://www.waneefestival.com/ ) in Florida this spring. Take a week or so
> to take our time driving back and see some friends in the Carolinas. It is
> a 15 hours straight drive and I know that is out of the question with a 4
> year old, we'd break it up in two chunks, use a motel on the ride down.
> We've gone to North Carolina once with our daughter when she was two and
> she did great, we did it in a comfy 80 mph crusin' Passat. Oh yeah we live
> in western Pennsylvania.
>
>
>
> So here are my concerns;
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> Will travelling this distance with a 4 year old be more of a pain than it
> is fun?
>
> I'm not worried about the festival she loves that stuff.
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> I'm concerned about taking the van that far away, I maintain it pretty good
> and it has never let me down but that is a haul. I'd probably get someone
> to check it out for me and of course pay for the Premium AAA. My other
> option is to take on of the cars and pack a tent and all that crap, hope for
> no rain.
>
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> I'd just like to hear some varying perspectives on this before I reach a
> decision.
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>
> Ryan
>
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