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The family road trips of my childhood are so different than traveling these days. For one thing, the cars were huge! I remember many a road trip where I had the gigantic back seat of my parents Mercury Marquis all to myself. It was like a bedroom really – I had blankets, pillows, coloring books, and plenty of other things to keep me entertained. Back then, there wasn’t a seatbelt law either, so I could move around freely.
I remember one trip in particular – my dad took my mom and I on one of his business trips, and we drove for HOURS. I remember being taken out of school early the day we left (I was pretty happy about that), and we left California and went through Oregon, I guess back through Nevada, and we ended up in Salt Lake City, Utah. I had a blast dipping my toes in the lake and shopping with my mom. My dad didn’t like to spend too much money on motels back then, and I remember staying at some kind of seedy places *cringe*.
I have so many other fond memories of road trips with my family. We used to go visit some guy named “Frenchie” (I have no clue who he is/was), and we’d make frequent trips to “Frenchie’s cabin”. Here is a photo of me on the porch at his cabin (with my mom peering out the window at me):
I cannot help but wonder how I didn’t go nuts on that trip, really. It was fun, but what on earth did I do in the backseat for hours on end? These days kids have so many electronics to choose from and bring on road trips, that it is unlikely they could ever get bored. Of course, they have to stay in their seats with their seat belts, which I didn’t have to do. So who had/has it better?
Another travel memory I have is with my two favorite aunts. They lived in Tulare, CA, which is near the foothills of the Sequoia National Forest. My aunts had one of those old station wagons with the wood-paneled sides, and I used to get to sit in the back. Oh how I loved that. My mom and I were visiting my aunts and we decided to take a day trip to the Sequoias. Apparently their station wagon had been having some troubles recently and they didn’t want to take it on this trip. One of my aunts spoiled me rotten, and after some begging and pleading, she said that we could take the station wagon (my other aunt was quite displeased). I was a happy camper in the back of the car, as we headed into the mountains. Just as we entered Sequoia National Park, the car made a funny sound and we pulled over. I don’t remember what was wrong with the car, but I do remember my one aunt being extremely upset, as she didn’t want to take the car in the first place. I felt horrible. Looking back, we definitely should have rented a car!
As proven in the story above, it is no fun to break down on a road trip. Sometimes renting a car is a better option than taking your own when heading out on the open road for a road trip. You can put less wear and tear on your own car, and if your car is older, there is a peace of mind that comes with a newer car, which car rental company’s can provide. One such company is Alamo Rent a Car! They have some great deals and offers available during the holiday season to help you create an affordable travel experience, and some fantastic family road trip memories!
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What are your childhood memories of your family road trips?
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We liked to travel to visit our cousins whose Dad was in the Air Force. Those road trips to Delaware and Oklahoma were a lot of fun
We took a trip to Niagara Falls when I was 11 and it was so much fun! I got to stay with relatives I hadn’t seen in many years. It was 10 days of complete bliss.
going to the grand canyon
My favorite was driving to Tahoe. Fun drive for all of us and once we got there, we has a lot of fun.
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hmm i would have to say our road trip to maryland 🙂 me my sister and our father, drove up to maryland for the weekend to go crabbing 🙂
it was one of those father daughter good memories 🙂
Going to Canada with my family. We would always get at least one flat tire before crossing the Mackinaw Bridge!
We road tripped it to Disney World! THAT was my favorite!
Unfortunately, my family never had the means to take road trips..my mom was a single parent and didn’t drive…
Road trip to my aunts house for christmas 🙂 My aunt lived in a 3 bedroom apartment and there was approx 30 family members who slept over and it was sooo much fun!
A road trip to Galveston, TX when I was 10 yrs old.
To my aunts house for holidays and two weeks every summer. She still lives “over the hill” 2 hours away 🙂
I love the family trip we took to San Francisco when I was about 10 years old.
Spending the summer in Montreal with my cousins
Going to Sea World when it was still in Ohio
My favorite and only childhood road trip memory was
When we all packed in the car and went to a rodeo in Oregon. My little sister Cindy caught a live chicken in a contest and she sold it to someone there for $5.00.
That was big bucks back then!
My favorite trips were going to Pennsylvania Dutch country with my grandparents.
I used to visit my dad in Charleston every summer.
We drove from Wyoming to Texas and it was such a fun trip!
We drove from Louisville, KY to Victoria, Texas.
We used to go down to Virginia Beach when I was little and I loved going on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel to get there.
My favorite trip was driving around Europe when I was 11.
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.
Route 66!
My favorite memory is when we drove to Montana to go camping. We made it to the campsite spent one night and my mother hated it. we drove to a hotel the next day and spent the rest of the vacation at the hotel.
driving to grandma’s…because there was always a sweet lady waiting for us.
Going up North to Duluth,MN
I never went on road trips when I was growing up.
I loved our summer trips to Cape Cod.
My favorite childhood road trip was driving to the Grand Canyon with my family!
Sunday afternoons as a child… My father would have us get in the back seat and after 10 mins of driving close our eyes.. then he would ask each of us for about 1/2 hr which way to go, left or right… it was fun as we didnt know where we were or where we would end up.. then he would somehow rearrange our lefts and rights to take us to the dairy farm for ice cream, or the ocean for lobsters, or a fish fry place as a sunday treat… Sweet memories.. thanks for asking!
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When I was a little girl, my family would drive down to FL to visit my uncle. He flew planes and he would take me and my sisters up in the air with him. We loved it!
I was 12, my sister was 4 and we drove in a mini van from Chicago to St. Petersburg FL over Christmas. My parents took the middle seat out and we lounged on sleeping bags. My sister played “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” over and over and over on her Fischer Price player. I wanted to break it. It was my first trip to the “real” beach and we also stayed at a seedy motel b/c my parents didn’t have a lot of money back then. It was our first real vacation!
Um, we didn’t have enough money to do road trips, but we drove a few hours to my aunt’s wedding in Chicago once. Or was it Milwaukee? I don’t know. It was too young to remember
As a child and into my teenage years, my family always took a summer vacation. I think the one I’ll always remember is our trip to Hawaii for a family reunion with my Mom’s side of the family. The first few days were great…until I got sick! I was in bed (and hugging the toilet) for 3 days straight! Somehow, I still managed to play golf along side the ocean w/my Dad, get a great tan, and bring back many ‘good’ memories! =)
Awwww I’m sorry you got sick, but it does sound like a fun vacation 🙂 I have so many fond memories as well!
Although my parents divorced when I was 4, every Labor day my mom took me to see my father’s side of the family! The cities were fun to drive through and we had fun as a family singing and playing car games.
We really didn’t take road trips; my dad worked all the time.
I never went on a childhood road trip.
Hi and Happy Holidays! 🙂 Oh boy… the last one I remember of was going down to Washington DC… always loved the Air and Space Museum, but seeing the monuments at night was pretty cool… 🙂
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dad loved driving from staten island(ny) to Miami Florida. I just slept the whole way
Our family trip from New Jersey to Florida (Disney World)
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Going to grandparent’s home in Canada was the only road trip we took.
Road trip to Atlantic city..with my favorite cousin and her mom.
We took a family trip to the Outer Banks once and camped out.
Disney World when I was around 10.
WE WOULD DRIVE TO CAPE COD TWICE A YEAR – AND I’D RIDE IN THE TOP BED IN THE CAMPER THE WHOLE WAY – READING, SLEEPING, ALL ON MY OWN!
Camping in Tennessee moving from Florida to Ohio
my Daddy took us all to the Cherokee Indian Reservation,we didnt get to go on many vacations,but this one stands out in my mind
every summer, we would take a 2 day road trip to visit my grandparents farm!
We never went on a road trip. But to get from our home to the nearest large grocery store we had to drive 50 miles through all kinds of scenic country views.
My favorite road trip was when we took my grandparent’s motor home and made our way to Albuquerque, NM by way of Gillette, WY where we picked up my aunt, uncle and cousins. Best trip ever.
I loved travelling down from the highlands all the way down to the coast to visit my grandparents. Even as a little girl, I would get up first in the early morning and make sandwiches. I made them the way I liked ’em, which meant that at lunchtime, everyone would complain about how dry they were, but not dislike the lack of mayo enough to get up themselves a half hour earlier!
Going with dad to the Grand Canyon!
I loved our roadtrips to Long Island, N.Y… I had so much fun. I used to play road games like i spy, and licensce plate game. Alot of the times just made up lol
our first trip to carowinds
we went to Grand Canyon
i remember going to fl when i was small it was great seeing all the cangers from state to state..
My favorite childhood memory was when we went to Niagara Falls and eode on the Maid of the Mist. We all got soaked!
My favorite childhood road trip memories are the drive between Dallas and Oklahoma City to see my grandparents. I’m not sure my parents would agree, though. It was a long drive!
Arizona and New Mexico. Beautiful country and great food.
Well, we never got to go on road trips when I was a kid so I don’t have any memories of those to share. I didn’t get to go on a road trip until I was in college!
Going to Disney.
My favorite was a road trip to Scotland
driving 13 hours to disney
I loved going to Colorado in the summer with my family
my fav was driving to the Cape when I was a kid in a minivan with all 8 of my cousins
My family and I drove to disney world when I was a kid, it was awesome!
A trip with my grandparents to the Grand Canyon.
traveling from SC to AZ was a long trip but had a ton of fun!!
Going to see the Grand canyon
My Grandmother and I would take a trip to South Carolina in her big RV every summer. We would always find fun places to stop along the way like a wold sanctuary.
When we drove through the mountains of North Carolina and went to Grandfather’s mountain
I remember our trip out to the Vanity Fair outlets in PA fondly.
I always loved going to Prince Edward Island
My favorite trip was to Disney World!
Going to Texas!
We would go fishing with my father.
favorite and only trip was to silver dollar city!
Our family went to Wisconsin Dells – a great time!
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My favorite road trip when I was a child was when my family traveled from PA to NC and my sister and I got to play in the back of the station wagon 🙂
i loved the road trip we had going to vermont
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We went to Six Flags and it’s the first time I recall staying in a hotel with a swimming pool. Great memories from that road trip!
We would drive to my G’ma’s house in CT every Thanksgiving and Easter for a big family dinner with 30 people and all the cousins, aunts and uncles were there. The kids would sleep in the back of the station wagon while my dad drove through the night.
I would ride with my sister it the back of that Chevy wagon to CT for holidays to share the big meals and family times together. What fun we had! Our chore was to polish all the silver which for some reason we actually liked!
LOL that is too funny!
We would drive from Ohio to Texas every couple of years when I was growing up to visit my grandparents. Those 10 hour days in the car were a little miserable, back then we only had books or the radio to entertain us, but when we got there we always had a great time.
I don’t remember a lot of road trips when I was younger, but there was one where I was traveling with my cousins somewhere and we would signal all the trucks we passed to honk for us. We were cute so they all did ^.^
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going to disney in a station wagon as a kid is a highlight
My favorite childhood roadtrip was through the Blue Ridge Mountains with my parents at age 9.
One of my favorite memories is driving to Florida from NJ with my parents and brother when we were kids. We had such a great time seeing different attractions along the way.
when we went to detroit lakes to visit my great grandmother a few times.
trips to Texas
My favorite road trip was to Washington DC. We stopped in a lot of places along the way from NY to our destination. So many historic places, fun times, and memories.
moving from the west coast to east coast.
When we drove to Canada from GA and stopped in pretty much every state on the east coast – it was awesome!
driving up the CA coast with my family as a kid in a motor home
We drove to Santa Cruz. It was a two day drive, but so much fun!
All our trips to Disneyland, we used to go twice a year.
I loved going to see my grandma and grandpa.
My parents took me to New York City when I was seven. I couldn’t believe how tall the skyscrapers were!
My favorite road trip memory is traveling to Walt Disney world with my grandparents and camping in Fort Wilderness when I was 7 years old.
We took my cousin to visit my grandparents one summer – it was fun to have a buddy!
Going to Daytona Beach and then to Disney World.
I loved going to the World Expo in 1986 from California to Canada! That was fun! We stayed at a campground and met a bunch of interesting kids and the expo was fun to explore, too!
I love road trips!
Going to Disneyland. I was never a big roadtrip person, but love shorter trips
Traveling out west with my whole family in a station wagon to see the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone.
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My favorite road trip was when we went to e sequoia national forest.
to our cottage in canada
My favorite childhood road trip was to Mount Rushmore, Wall Drug, and the Black Hills.
traveling to my grandma’s house in vermont
I loved driving down the California coast from Sacramento to San Diego.
Like your family we too didn’t have the opportunity to stay in nice places due to that fact that would require spending a lot of $$$ which might I say we had little on none extra, we went to an amusement park with another family (that doesn’t happen much these days either – families vacationing together) 4 hours away so to maximize family fun time we went up the night before, primitive camping and all meals prepared at site. 5 kids all around the same age, we had the time of our lives.
Going to Florida with my family!
My family traveled from Ohio to Louisiana to visit relatives. We stuffed 5 adults into a really compact car!
Probably to Cape Cod! We only went places we could drive haha:)
Going to visit my mom’s aunt and uncle on their farm in Kansas.
when i was young you could not buy dr pepper here in jacksonville fl. thant was the only soft drink my granny would drink!so when she started getting low we would all pile in the car an grive to georgia to buy her some more . its not that far away now with 95 in but back then we would have to take the scenic route, which was great,cause we had to go by all the roadside stands that sold fruits vegies, pecans, boiled peanuts, even robes an bedspreads! lots of good memories,yum the goodies we found pecan logs, peaches every thing
How fun – I’ll bet they were delicious!
driving up north to visit family
from our home in maryland to tennessee!
I grew up in New York City and we didn’t really do road trips much. We did, though, once drive from New York City to Florida which was cool because we got to see the East Coast.
My dad did not like to get too far from home, so we went on short trips to the North Carolina Mountains. We would go to different parks and always have a grand picnic lunch.
Driving to Virginia Beach was my favorite!
My favorite was our trip to Washington D.C. I love being with my family!
We took a road trip to Disneyland for my fifth birthday. 🙂 I was the only child and enjoyed every minute of it! 🙂
My favorite was the road trip to NY five years back. We had a lot of fun.
We once drove from California to Costa Rica. It was an amazing trip
My parents took me to Colorado a few times, we had a lot of fun hiking in the mountains.
We drove from Portland, Oregon to Calagry, BC Canada then to Vancouver, down to Seattle, WA and home. We were gone for about a week. My brother had attended a hockey camp in Canada for the summer and we drove up to get him.
My favorite family road trip was from our home in WI to OR. We were SO bored out of our minds because of the ‘flat land’ states with nothing to see, but we still had a blast! I’ll always remember it.
We didn’t take road trips growing up but we did take day trips on the city bus to another city one state over from where we lived!
we didn’t “road trip” ever. My dad had to travel a great deal for work getting in the car to drive us somewhere – was not “his cup of tea”. LOL
My favorite childhood road trip was when we drove up to Mackinac. I remember the sunsets and driving across the bridge.
We road tripped from the west coast to Wisconsin to visit friends who owned a dairy farm. it was the first of many summer road trips, but one of my favorite!
going to visit my grandpa in NM for the first time
My favorite childhood roadtrip is when we went to see our Grandparents in Virginia.
Honestly we never went on road trips growing up so I cant tell you a story
Going to NYC !
Sadly, we never went on road trips when I was younger. The first ever ‘road trip’ was for Thanksgiving to my mom’s side of the family when my son was 6wks old in 2009!!!
Up the coast of California
my favorite childhood road trip was to niagara falls
My grandpa went with us to the mountains where we were at a pretty high elevation and there was snow on the ground. The reason this is inspiring is he has enphasema. He was up there just so he could see his grand kids play in the snow. I am inspired by the man we all call GRANDPA.
my fave childhood road trip was always to Sunset Beach in the Carolinas
Roadtrip! We went from California to Missouri to visit Grandpa. It was a blast until we found out he had no indoor plumbing…………
going across country and seeing the grand canyon and yosemite!
My favorite childhood road trip was going to my grandmoms.
when our whole family went to Cape Cod for 2 weeks, best time of our lives
My favorite road trip was driving 11 hours from Gig Harbor, WA to Lake Tahoe, NV. It was while my sister was going to Sierra Nevada College in Lake Tahoe, and we were delivering all of her “stuff” for her dorm and college life. My dad, sister, grandpa, and I all packed up and drove all the way there only stopping once to spend the night at an old motel. It was really fun spending time with my grandpa who now has lymphoma, and is battling cancer. It was really cool spending time there and unloading and putting together her new dorm. I got to walk around campus and meet cool college kids and even go slack lining with some of them. I also brought my golf clubs and got to golf one of the best courses in the US, Edgewood Tahoe as a birthday present. This was actually two years ago, when I was 13. By far my most memorable road trip!!!
Going to summer camp every year
My favorite childhood road trips were occasional visits to the Jersey Shore and driving through the Blue Ridge Mountains (gorgeous). The only thing I didn’t enjoy was listening to my dad’s books on tape. Although I’d probably like them more now that I’m an adult!
My parents drove all 5 of us in a Buick Cutlas from Chicago to Florida to visit my Uncle. My brothers caught lizards (which we didn’t have in Chicago) and brought them back all the way home in a folgers can. I can still vividly remember the sound of the lizards tapping around on the side of the can trying to get out! Eeeeek!
It was a trip to the Smokey Mountains.
My favorite was a trip to Branson, MO to see the entertainment shows and check out Silver Dollar City. We stayed in an RV nearby. Thanks.
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My favorite road trip was coming back to Wisconsin after we moved to Arkansas, we did it every summer and I really enjoyed the trip.
My favorite ever road trip was when I was a kid and my family (two brothers, one sis, a mom and dad 🙂 ) traveled in a Buick Estate Wagon to Minnesota from Chicago. We traveled through Wisconsin (northern WI is gorgeous) and ended up in Duluth, MN, and continued north to the Canadian border. We stayed in a gorgeous place by Lake Superior and tobogganed down hills and it was wonderful.
Best thing was we could set up shop in the back seat with our makeshift beds and read in between stops. And listen to Helen Reddy 8-tracks. And now you know that I’m old.
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I grew up in Germany and my fondest memories were a road trip from the mountains where I lived to the Baltic Sea – I didn’t like it I was so bored
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to London, England, to watch my daughter swim in the Olympic Pool!
We would visit our relatives.
driving to michigan to visit my g-ma and grandpa. It was great family bonding time. and we made some fun stops
Going to Myrtle Beach with my mother’s family and we took several cars and we stopped at south of the border and had a ball
The year we went to North Dakota – that was a long ride but a lot of fun
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We drove from Boston to Niagara Falls all through upstate New York – it was awesome! Alpine sledding, caverns, the Baseball Hall of Fame… what a memory 🙂
going to cincinnati tosee my grandparents
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going to the lake
Road trip with my mom, grandmother, sister and aunt to Clearwater FL – so fun!
We went to Colrado and took a different way back just a while back. So many things to see and do on a trip like that. Just don’t set a time schedule.
Going to North Carolina Every Summer
favorite was the trips to florida to visit grandparents and go to disneyworld
My mom took us from the quiet and security of our farm to a trip to see our aunt and uncle in Chicago. We got lost and then our car broke down. It taught me to be strong and that My mom was a great protector and teacher. In the face of some big fears she taught us to keep going..
We didn’t really go on roadtrips as a kid. I guess it would be when we went up to the bridge in the Upper part of Michigan.
Camping in the Redwoods of California.
Driving from my grandfather’s in Northern California to home in the Midwest. There are 9 in my family and I am the oldest. at the time I was 12 and the youngest was just 1. We had a station wagon and we went to a number of the national parks and it took probably 2 weeks to come home.
Traveling across the US with my family when I was 16 with our van and tent trailer.
We never took road trips, all we ever did was spend the 2 weeks down at the shore.
I always loved taking road trips during the summer to visit my grandparents at the beach. It was so much fun to fall asleep n the car and wake up there.
My most favorite road trip was to Gulf Shores, AL with my step dad for the first time. He took me to all kinds of places and showed me lots of history. I would love to go back with him, my mom and my children now and have that same experience before time slips away.
My favorite childhood travel memory was a month long trip up the East coast from Florida to New England!
We used to road trip to go camping every year in high school. It was so fun to camp by the lake!
I live in Central NY so we actually took a couple of trips yearly throughout New England, my dad is into cars so we had a 66 Pontiac Catalina station wagon (my mom hated it-it looked like the Ghostbusters car) We’d always stop at Hogsback Mtn in VT for the best blueberry pancakes, then I loved Boothbay and Bar Harbor in Maine, all of the little shops were great. One year we went deep sea fishing, but all I caught was a sponge-not too exciting. Now we fly everywhere-I miss roadtrips-we had alot of Griswald moments lol!
I remember taking a trip to see our family and camping at the lake. We pulled a pop-up camper behind our station wagon.
Going to Tennesee with my parents and my brother singing the “beans” song.
trips in the summer in the country
driving to minnesota to visit relatives when we lived back east…loved eating at howard johnson turnpike resturants
The most memorable family road trip was when we drove from Vancouver, WA to Albuquerque, NM in August with a broken air conditioner in our car.
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When I was 10, my family drove halfway across the country to Disney World. It was the only family vacation I remember that was just us, not visiting other family, so it was really special.
We took road trips to old ghost towns.
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My favorite was taking the kids across the Blue Water Bridge to Canada, we lived in Michigan and they loved that.
disney world 🙂
I don’t know if this would be my favorite road trip but it definitely sticks out the most. My parents, brother, and and I drove from Ohio to Florida when I was about 8 and I got car sick so half the time we were pulling over every so many hours/miles so I could throw up, lol.
Spring time in central California meant drives in the countryside to see all the fruit trees in bloom – just beautiful!
My favorite road trip as a kid was driving down to Annapolis, Maryland to visit my aunt. We played lots of games in the car!
Mount Rushmore as an adult since my family didn’t take road trips.
My father was in the Navy so we took a number of long road trips across the country. I was the youngest so I always go the worst seat, but the time I was able to sit in the front was the best!
I loved the road trip I took with my mom to Yellowstone.
We want to roadtrip to New Orleans as a family and eat crawfish etouffee and visit Audubon Zoo.
To my Grandparents house in Arizona. We drove from Fairbanks, Alaska.
Road trip to Yellowstone National Park
My all time was when we would all load up in the station wagon and drive across the border into Mexico!
I love going to disney world on our childhood road trip!
went with family to florida!
wisconsin dells every year
We only ever went to see my grandparents. I loved all of the trips!
My aunt had one of those old station wagons too and I remember what fun my cousin & I had riding in the back all the way to Disneyland.
we drove to houston with grandparents for a famil reunion
From Colorado north to the Tetons and Yellowstone, then up to Glacier Nat’l Park, Banff & Lake Louise.
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my grandmother and her cranky BFF and I went on a gals roadtrip when I was 12. Ohh we had us a time
Driving down to Disneyworld!!
We went to Orlando with my cusins
I think my favorite childhood road trip was going to Six Flags. We didn’t travel much when we were little.
A California trip was my favorite
going to disneyland when i was 5 🙂
We drove from Georgia to Washington State and back and it was awesome. Definitely my favorite trip with my parents.
I used to like to go and visit my great aunt who lived about 3 hours away.
oh boy I’m showing my age here… I clearly can remember our family trip from IL to CA, san francisco- on Route 66!! It WAS a gas.
The only roadtrip I ever went on with my family was to Cleveland Ohio. It wasn’t much but I loved it.
Going to my grandparents house across the state for Christmas!
I grew up in Hawaii, so a road trip for us would be driving across the island!
Our road trip is to the mountains.
My favorite road trip was when me & my family drove from California to Oregon. We got to stop at loads of fun places! 🙂
the 17 hour car ride to Florida.
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going to the Goa beach with family
I liked road tripping to the beach and playing 20 questions in the car!
Any time we went camping was my favorite roadtrip! We tried to go every summer, all over Oregon. We never ended up venturing outside our state but it was still a lot of fun.
Never have experienced a childhood road trip! Time to make one happen with this win!
grand canyon
It was always driving to my grandmas! It was always such a special time
LA, CA
going up north to fish
Leave a comment telling me what your favorite childhood road trip was.
the move from ca to la…seems like a blur
My favorite family road trip was our yearly 5 hour car ride to Newfound Lake, NH.
sister’s house
Our road trip to Lake George!
Going to Mackinaw Island
Mid 60’s… 3 little kids, 3 adults… in a Station Wagon from Texas to California. My Mom drove straight thru without stopping at hotels or anything (well, potty breaks). Craziness! It’s a wonder we made it alive. But, it was worth it because it was my first trip to DisneyLand.
My favorite road trips were to Baltimore for corned beef sandwiches and brownies.
going to kings island and cedar point
We drove to California
My Favorite road trip was to the beach. Only went once but it was fun!
In 1971 when I was 11 years old my family of 6 plus a cat, drove cross country from Florida to California and back again.
We traveled 5 hours to NH every year.
My favorite road trip was to St Augustine. We had so much fun that I still go there as an adult.
My favorite was my trip to Disney with family when I was 7 years old
A trip to Ohio to visit my older sister.
My favorite road trip was driving to Florida when I was 12 with my parents & sister. It took forever but the ride was fun !!
My road trip to Tela an ceiba when I was in Honduras! Th beaches were beautiful an it was my first time at the beach!
My favotire road trip was we used to drive from Florida to Michigan over three days every summer. We always tried to make different stops on the way so we could see new things.
Niagara Falls!
When my family and I drove to Canada, it was awesome and beautiful.
When I was 8 we went to the Mark Twain caves in Hannibal, Missouri. I was a big fan of Tom Sawyer and I thought it was so cool to go into the caves!
We went to my great-grandmothers house which was fun.
My favorite road trip was when we went to St. Louis, Missouri. I remember seeing the arch while driving into the city.
My favorite trip was to Disney World
Myrtle Beach SC – it was the first time I saw the ocean.
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going to disneyworld from PA
When we drove from GA to NY to visit my Grandparent’s from Christmas.
My absolute favorite roadtrip was driving to Disneyland from Texas. We had a BLAST.
My favorite child hood road trip is when I went with my family on a trip to California one summer. My Dad drove over 2,000 miles to take us to meet his sister. We had a lot of fun, even though it was somewhat tiring riding in the car. But we got to stop on the way and sight see, and I got to see the ocean for the first time. It was a blast!
Every year we would drive to Ashland Oregon to see our grandparents. My sister and I had so much fun in the back seat with new toys and lots of snacks. This was in the day before seat belt requirements-much funner!
We took so many when I was small that they all kind of run together…but one I do remember clearly is when we visited El Paso and San Antonio…and visited the Alamo, actually!
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Favorite road trip was a road trip to the jungles of South America in Venezuela. I was born there and when I was 9 years old my father decided to take us 3 kids on a very loooong road trip to the jungles of the Amazon. It was scary, exciting, wild, unexpected, exhausting and also fun in a non-conventional kind of way. We ate snails, snakes, eel and some other stuff I don’t even know what it was, probably a good thing I didn’t know or I’d starved myself. We met local indians, and saw them doing life in their very primitive village but oh! so filled with adventure. My kids have never been on such a trip so I’d love to win and take my three kids on a road trip also, closer to our midwest homebase though getting to know their beautiful USA homeland.
Wow…just wow! That is some trip alright!
Definitely PA Dutch Country
My favorite childhood road trip was in Colorado, where I grew up. We went to a different part of the state from where we lived and saw the sand dunes, Indian ruins, and probably lots more that I don’t remember.
The year we went through the dakotas and stopped at all the tourist traps and went to colorado and enjoyed the sights
Going to the Florida Keys with my parents.
a trip to N Carolina and Tennessee
driving to mt rushmore
we went through the Amish county on our way to Washington DC
Driving to Cedar Point amusement park. We were allowed to eat junk food (which was only allowed on special occasions).
Going to Mammoth Cave
Glenwood Springs, CO, summer of 1964!
My favorite childhood road trip was exploring the west from Boston to Los Angeles and riding horses several times along the way!
My favorite was when we went to the grand canyon.
Driving to Devil’s Hole Death Valley, which was to be a source of water for the Charles Manson family’s Heleter Skelter surviaval.
My fave family trip was when we went to San Antonio for the weekend! Dad drove us both ways, we visited the River Walk, Alamo, Mercado and the Caverns! It was an amazing trip!
A year before we moved from Louisville, KY to Orange Park, FL we took a vacation to Florida and went to Disney World. I was about 5 at the time and this was the greatest thing in the whole world.
when i was 14 we went to north caraolina to vist family I had a great time
from medford oregon to shreveport louisiana. We saw so many things along the way. Various mountain ranges, a ghost town in New Mexico… so many beautiful places
when i was a kid my parents drove my brother and i from pa to orlando florida.
Going to Universal Studios
It would have to be driving to Ohio to visit my grandmother with my parents and sister and stopping at just about every roadside attraction, most memorably to see the dancing and piano playing chicken!
Going to the cabin every summer =)
We drove from Maine to California when I was in elementary school. We went to Las Vegas, the Grand Canyon, and Disneyland. It was awesome.
I loved going to the Laundromat with my grandparents…. sorry we didn’t have any money so we couldn’t really take trips
We went to Hot Springs, Arkansas one summer, and it was a ton of fun!
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our trip to pigeon forge
as a child i never went on a road trip
I spent a month traveling with my father who was a truck driver driving from one end of the country to the other end of the country.
My favorite was a trip to Washington DC.
I took a trip to maryland for a family reunion and it was great from start to finish.
I love the spur of the moments ones. We took day trips with no particular place in mind.
we used to travel to arizona every summer (from the midwest) – we saw MANY MANY MANY tourist attractions between here and there
My favorite childhood road trip was to Ohio. We went to a drive thru zoo.
My favorite trip was on the back of a motorcycle with my dad from SC to FL.
I would go visit my niece and see a new baby, GOD BLESS YA AND MERRY CHRISTMAS
a trip my sister and I took our kids on to see my Mom in Texas
2d Favorite road trip was also to Penn. Dutch area.
We drove to arizona from Long Island
i loved going to the beach!!
going to hershey park on a field trip
A road trip to Yellowstone.
I wasn’t exactly a child, but I was under 18…my parents, my sister, and I drove to New Jersely/NYC and it was quite an interesting trip. But it was a lot of fun and we have some amusing stories, now.
My family drove to Upper Michigan every summer. It was awesome.
Down to El Paso, TX
My favorite road trip is a trip we took to North Carolina.
My best trip as a kid was from SC (home) to visit my aunt in ST. Louis. That was really the opnly trip we had , my Dad had MS and things were usually not good.
Going to Washington DC
We never went anywhere when I was a kid, so, yeah, lol
We went to NC one year. It was one of the few trips we took.
i loved goung to ny to visit my uncle at xmas
We never knew where we’d be heading to…mom and dad would throw a dart at our state map and that’s where our road trip would go…they were all so special.
When I was about 10 years old my older siblings were too old to go on the family vacation so it was just me. We went to Hot Springs, Arkansas and I pretty much got to decide everything we did. Fun for me
Go to Point Defiance park and spend the day
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Driving to Florida with my family.
Favorite childhood road trip was going to see Niagra Falls…Awesome !
I loved going up to the WI Dells when I was younger, there used to be so many different fun things to do! Esp. was in love with the water park. And site seeing on the way there is always fun!
My favorite childhood trip was across country from Balto to Cal. disney land in our old Dodge dart with 4 kids and 2 adults.
My favorite road trip was going to Pigeon Forge TN when I was a kid. We went to the highest point in the Smokey Mountains, went to Dollywood and had an awesome time!
We traveled across country in an RV when I was 12 – it was great fun!
trip to my cousins in detroit.
Favorite was a trip to Daytona Beach
Driving from Alabama to Vermont. It took 24 hours but was so much fun!
Driving to Disney World when I lived in Florida!
from Chicago to Baltimore to visit my grandparents
We flew to California from Michigan when I was in 4th grade, then met up with friends and rode in the motor home all the way back home with stops in Mexico, Arizionia and many other states I had never been to before. It was such a blast.
My favorite childhood roadtrip was to Florida.
taking a trip to Knotts Berry Farm with my mom,mamaow, and grandpa.When we went to go home,someone had stolen my grandparents van.
My grandma took my sister and myself across the country in a little Geo Metro from Virginia to Southern California to see my cousin that had just been born. It was the middle of June when we left and driving through the desert in a Geo with an air conditioner that doesn’t work well is NOT fun! But we got a lot of good memories out of it!!
Going to the Philadelphia Zoo and the beaches
When we went to Disneyland. Our car broke down on the way. We were in the middle of nowhere and found a station that could fix our car. I know it was a hard time on the family but it was so much fun being together.
we would drive to oregon or nevada
when I was 6, my family traveled to California, san fran and mexico in a 69 red international pick up with a camper….
Actually, it was taking the train down to my uncle’s for Christmas.
Road trips to my Grandmas house over a thousand miles away. My cousins lived near her, so it was always a wonderful trip!
My favorite childhood trip was when I had just graduated from high school, and it was our last family trip. We went to the Lions Club International Convention in Miami and then to Disneyworld the first year that it was open. Fantastic!
I used to love the drive from northern california to southern california. My siblings and I had a lot of fun stopping in different places along the way! My parents made it fun.
we didn’t go on road trips when i was growing up; we couldn’t afford to travel. 🙂
Going to Daytona Beach
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we always went to the same dude ranch every summer, so one year we went to colonial williamsburg and it was AWESOME!
We would go in a large group to Ocean Isle and rent a condo.
We didn’t take any road trips. We just did Sunday long drives in the country.
Carowinds amusement park
My favorite road trip as a child, was to Yellowstone National Park. Thanks!
My parents hauled us 4 kids from Michigan to California and back, camping and sightseeing along the way. Loved it!
my favorite was to kansas with my grandparents, it was the year the midwest had all that flooding, 1992 i think. we were supposed to visit for 2 weeks, that turned into almost 2 months. it was amazing going home and seeing the mississippi and missouri rivers so high since they were huge to us anyways. that was when my grandma taught us the finding all the state license plates game. we are from upstate ny so we always got quite a few, even alaska quite a few times over the years. i have my kids do that game when we go on road trips now.
My favorite road trip when I was a child was returning to Connecticut from Missouri. Every night my folks stopped early and booked a room with a big swimming pool as it was unseasonably hot that summer!
My favorite road trip as a child would probably have to be going to Florida every year with the family
Going to Vancouver island from California. It was a little over 2 days, but I loved the dramatic changes in scenery!
Went to Cedar Point one summer with my Aunt
camping. even though I would not do that now…as a kid, I really loved it.
w my dad to savannah
Mine was going to North Carolina to see some friends
going to the grand canyon
For the two years my dad was stationed in MS, every other weekend we would drive to both my parents family’s (all in LA). I treasure those memories because they all have passed on.
We drove from Austin, TX to South Padre Island for Christmas to see my grandparents. It was amazing how an island that is so popular could be so desolate. I loved these quiet wintry beach christmas.
My uncle and aunt, took my cousin and me to see Ruby Falls and the Lost Sea…I loved it!
My favorite trip was going to TN every year. We would stop at Gun Town Mountain & Lookout Mountain on our way to my grandma’s.
I remember taking bus trips with my mom and sister into NY to go to the aquarium!
Salem and Boston Mass on history tours for vacation was my fave…I grew up to be a history buff.
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Disney World hands down.
I always loved the trips to the smokey mountain with my grand parents
the beach with my grandparents
It was when we went to the mountains in the 90’s and saw snow in person for the first time!
We took one two-month trip just driving all around the country.
Going to Pike’s Peak. My dad was scared of heights. He got up the mountain OK, but couldn’t get down. We were there for hours. My mom finally drove down (she barely drove in those days – the 1960’s) with her foot on the brake, going about 2 mph with a long line of cars backed up behind us. We were in the backseat stifling our laughter!
Favorite childhood roadtrip was to Montana to see our really good family friends. It was so fun driving in the middle of nowhere and super fast thanks to the no speed limit in Montana!
Going to see Grandma
I always loved driving to Lake Tahoe. I still do to this day!
Every summer when I was a kid my Dad took me and my sister to Oklahoma to visit our grandparents for the 4th of July! I had great memories of picking produce, home cooking and fireworks!
We use to go to Chicago in the Summer to see family and friends, (we lived in Georgia.) 🙂
going to my grandparents on the other side of the state every summer t visit
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I spent the summers at my grandparents and my favorite trips were on the way to their house. Thanks
When I was about 14 my mother and father and my younger sister took a trip 6 weeks long trip along highway 5 on the pacific coast. We camped most of the time except when I came down with the measles on or 2nd day along. We really loved the camp grounds. Yosemite and Williams grove and others We drove as far as Portland.in the camps we picked tons of blackberries and caught fish. of course in the blackberry bushes there was poison ivy and I had it all over. My sister got the measles while we camped.. She was always a lot stronger and healthier than I was so they did not go to a motel. In spite of the problems we had a wonderful time and wish I could do it agin without the Measles and poison ivy. It is one of my best memories.
Measles AND Poison Ivy? Wow! I am glad you still had a good time though!
My favorite was going to Wilmington NY to “The North Pole” to see Santa and his reindeer with my Mom & Dad, 3 siblings and Aunt & Grandma 🙂 I will never forgot what a special family memory it was since 2 of my siblings are now gone along with my Dad & Grandma.
going to ocean city maryland
A trip to Maine to visit a family member who was adopted as a baby. Just a couple weeks ago.
Houston, TX to Kissimmee, FL. On our way to Disneyworld.
Road trip to Utah with my parents.
My favorite trip was going to Disney World.
Driving from Long Island to Orlando with my mom in 1992.
driving to the country with my dad and having to use the bathroom so bad that we had to pull over
we never went on any road trips, but i hope to make many road trip memories with my children
the only car trips we had were to go fishing with family. I sleep most of the travel time and was ready to fish when I got there, but had to help with the camp set-up then fish.
My favorite was to my cousin’s house in the country.
We went to our summer cottage every year which was only an hour and a half away
Going to Opry land and Dolly world with my friend and her family
Fave was when I was 15 and we drove from Alamos Sonora to Mazatlan to stay in the coolest beach front bungalows
We drove to Expo 86
I haven’t been many places, but one amazing trip I went on was to Texas and New Mexico. It was so fun stopping at all kinds of museums and attractions.
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As a child we rarely took road trips…We did drive to see the Autumn colors every year. We would make a weekend of it, and spend a couple nights at a really nice hotel, and eat tons of local food…and just enjoy the beautiful weather of Autumn.
we went to new york once
To California and Disney Land!!
When I was little, we used to drive from Kentucky to Ft. Myers Beach, Florida. It was a long trip but we were always so excited to get to the beach.
My favorite and only road trip was a trip to Lake George. It was the only trip my family took when I was a kid
To Disney World!!
We went to disney world in orlando
A road trip to Hershey, PA to the Hershey Park.
My favorite was a trip to Virginia for our first family reunion, the whole family in the car for 8 hours, it was fun
My favorite vacation was going to the family cottage in Canada lake in the backyard fishing hiking it was great
well, we would have some roadtrips to our family which meant 3 hour drives with nothing but cornfields for scenery.
Going to the beach for the first time! my sister, brother grandparents and myself drove about 10 hours, an eternity to us, to get there. We played road games along the way, it was so much fun!
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My favorite road trip was driving to Disney World!
The best road trip was the summer of 1991 (I was 10). It was the only year we took a real vacation (rather than just going to my Grandmother’s house in NY). Because my Dad was in the Navy and the Gulf War had just ended, we were able to get into all of the theme parks for free, so we left our home in Newport and drove first to Virgina to go to Busch Gardens, then to Orlando to visit Disney, Sea World, and Universal. Then we stopped at 6 Flags in New Jersey before returning home.
Road trip to disneyland with family!
Navarre Beach, FL
We drove to the Jersey Shore every summer when I was a kid; we would go to amusement parks and eat boardwalk foods.
I always loved driving down from New England to visit our family in Maryland. Back in those days Subway wasn’t everywhere yet, and we always stopped at this same little shopping plaza on our way down to Maryland and got Subway sandwiches.
to go see mt rushmore!
My favorite childhood roadtrip was our trip to the Grand Canyon.
Going to Northern MI to enjoy the beach in summer.
My favorite was when my grandmother, my mom, my sister and I went to Treasure Island.
I took a trip from Pennsylvania to Florida with my best friend.
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trips to big bear when it was snowing
Best road trip was to Niagara Falls Canada for a week of camping.
Driving from OR to CA to visit Grandparents.
Driving up the east coast to New England every summer! Great memories!
My mom and Dad would travel between Michigan and West Virginia often and I remember riding along and listening to country music, counting other cars, stopping at truck stops and of course being homesick haha.
Going to the beach with my parents and grandparents. Sunset Beach.
We used to go to my grandmothers when I was little. She only lived about 40 miles away but when you are little it seems like a long trip. She lived on a farm and we loved farm life.
I enjoyed driving to Arizona with my dad.
my favorite trip as a child was coming to America. I remember one thing my Grandma standing behind the bus and waving goodbye and the dog breaking really loudly as we where pulling away. I can still see those moments and remember them and I was only 5 years old
We took a trip half way across the country – from NJ to Missouri. Stressful at times, but lots of fun memories!
We road tripped to see my aunt in Kansas City.
When my family and I took a road trip to Charleston SC I want to live there!
Driving from Georgia to Colorado and back. So fun to see places way different than your own turf.
We road tripped to Iowa and back, viiting Mount Rushmore and Yellowstone
We only went on a few trips when I was a kid, but I remember one major trip where we RV’d and went walking through some caves. It was pretty awesome
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My aunt, grandma, mom, brother, my cousins and I went on a road trip to a cabin in Colorado one summer. I loved that week- even the driving! The cousins and I still laugh about it.
Every February we would drive from Ny to Florida to go to Disneyworld
traveling up the oregon coast with my family when i was like 13.
my favorite road trip was a family trip to Iowa, my brother was car sick the whole time !
The only one we took that sticks out was to my grandpa’s on Christmas Day.We got half way there when my baby brother started jumping around in the car and hollering he was itchy.My dad pulled over to discover that my brother had chicken pox.We had to go back home as my grandpa and his new family had never had them before.
I loved our trip to Washington D.C. and Gettysburg. I’m a descendant of Robert E. Lee, and my brother and I “fought” at Gettysburg.
I loved going to Salem, MA when I was younger.
I loved the trip from Michigan to Texas!
driving to new hampshire to fun spot
My favorite trip was to Myrtle Beach.
trips to visit dad
Every time we would go to the beach, one year we went out of the way to Sea Lion Caves.
My favorite childhood roadtrip was driving to Pennsylvania to a family reunion.
The whole family when we where kids get to see grandparens in tenn
My favorite road trip was every year when we drove up to the North Shore of Minnesota
Road Trip to Arkansas to camp in a cabin. So much fun fishing and walking in the woods at 5 yrs. old. My daddy made a fire and mama, daddy, and I cooked hotdogs over the fire. Best meal I ever had. Still panic if I don’t have hot dogs in the fridge….lol
This one is corny but every time we drove to Houston to see my grandmother we always made that sign to truckers to honk their horns. LOL yes we were bored.
When we went to Disney World!
All right money to spend
driving from maryland to florida!
I love the real camping trips we took in the woods in a tent….so nice
Our trip to Disneyland!
My favorite childhood road trip was driving home to Canada to visit relatives!
I loved going see my auntie theresa and cousins in massachusetts as a kid on the holidays
well I never had a road trip when I was little.. we had no car or money to even take a bus.
My favorite road trip as a child was when I got to go with my dad, stepmom, and her family to Denver. We drove from Austin, TX and I remember playing in the van with all my cousins, stopping at shady motels (all we had to choose from in the deserted areas) and having a great time all around.
To grandma’s house – about 2 hours from home.
Trips to my uncles farm in ohio.
The trip to New England to see the leaves change color.
My favorite childhood road trip was to Mexico. First time in a foreign country. I was only 12 and was amazed. I loved it!
my favorite trip was to yosemite
We used to take a yearly road trip to the Milwaukee Zoo – not fancy or exotic but fun!
I loved driving down to the Jersey Shore for our summer rentals!
Going to Disney and seeing all the sites on the way
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my family road trips to florida from texas
when we went to the grand cayon
Road Trip to NY for Christmas was always my favorite
One summer my grandparents took me and my sister up to Cleveland with them instead of our parents taking us. Sure I missed the truck stop we used to stop at for a bathroom stop and picnic outside in the car, but the grandparents took us to real restaurants in which we actually got to eat at inside.
we went to myrtle beach and i had a great time
I don’t recall many trips, but we did once go to Lion Country Safari which was a drive through park – just amazing back in the 70’s
we went camping for 4 weeks at a time…my poor mother….LOL…anyway, the most memorable was going to Niagara Falls
Going back to my mom’s house in Paducah, KY where I lived until I was 6. It is out in the country and I loved it!
As a child, my favorite road trip was to Western North Carolina.
I never been on a road trip but maybe this may change in future
My favorite trip was when we went to Tennessee
we went to flordia as a child that was fun. def different then michigan.
My favorite road trips when I was young was to Niagara Falls with my grandmother and grandfather.
went to niagra falls
My family took a road trip up the coast of California when I was a kid. That was a wonderful trip,.
Disney world!!!
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I went to Wi with my Grandma when I was child… Great fun with cousins
Road trip to Disneyland!
We did not take vacations when I was younger. I do not have any stories to tell. I am hoping to go on a road trip this summer to Alabama to meet my fiance’s family.
Mine was our trip to Virginia Beach
when I was 5 we visited Disney Land in CA
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My favorite road trip was to Walt Disney World via Kennedy Space Center!
going to my grandparents house in Tell City Indiana. It is still such a small town and everyone knew everyone.
a road trip to chicago in the snow!
Through TN to Indiana
The only one we went on was to Geaga Lake OH. My mom wouldn’t get ready on time, as usual, so we didn’t get to go the Sea World because we were too late, and only staying one night, so only got to go to the amusement park the next day.
Going to visit my grandmother when I was a kid was always something I looked forward to!
yellowstone
A family trip to the Grand Canyon
Visiting family in PA.
Favorite childhood road trip was to Disneyland!
my favorite trips would be going to see my grandma and grandpa in texas during Christmas break. My parents would take us and we’d spend about a week or so visiting. I was really great .
When we drove to Dallas, TX for my cousin’s wedding!
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I would have to say a trip my brother and myself took every year to our Aunts house for Easter. My aunt and uncle would drive up from virginia to pick us up ..we were about 7 &11 until 12 &16.. for 5 years it was an Easter tradition!
My favorite childhood road trip was driving through the state of Washington on our way to the islands. We island hopped. One night we missed the ferry to get to our next location and were stuck there for the night. We slept in the car. It was rough but it made the trip memorable.
Definitely the Rocky Mountains
we went from florida to texas…
my favorite roadtrip was going with my parents to panama city beach, fl. we had a blast
Going to myrtle beach
from bakersfield to pismo beach
Going to New York to visit relatives and a side trip to the Brox Zoo.
Vegas with my Dad, he was a cross country truck driver.
Our trip to Disneyland
We took a trip up the East Coast and went to DC. I don’t remember the other parts, but DC made an impact. Washington Monument, Smithsonian. It was amazing even for a 5 year old.
Our best family road trip was to Niagra Falls. Awesome!!
A trip to Daytona Beach where we met up with a friend of mine and her parents for a week on the ocean (meeting was a surprise for us girls)
Going to the Smoky Mountains.
Another favorite was our trip to Victoria, Texas
My favorite roadtrip was going to the beach. We traveled for over 8 hours to get there in the back of a little pick up with a camper on it. SO much fun!
I don’t know if it’s my favorite, but on one stretch of dark highway, we ended up going the wrong way (think Planes, Trains and Automobiles – but not quite as funny!)
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My favorite road trip would have to be when my parents, brother and I drove to Georgia from Florida to see our family for the holidays. The night we got there it started to snow. It was the first time my brother and I saw snow!
Heading to Tennessee, all the time since I was homeschooled. Always my favorite trip no matter how long it was!
We use to travel to Binghamton, NY to visit family !!
every summer we made the trip to panama city beach
Driving cross-country from CT to CA, in our station wagon – six kids, two parents, all our luggage up on top!
My day took us to Niagra Falls when we were little, we piled into the station wagon and drove up to Niagra Falls that was our only family trip we took because my dad was a truck driver and he just wanted to be home when he was off work.
All of our road trips were great, but going to disney was the best!!!!
My favorite was a trip from Ohio to Florida.
When I was a kid, we went cross country twice with a trailer…tons of fun
I loves our trips to Great Adventures.
going to niagra falls
When we went to West Virgina to see my grandparents!!The mountains are so pretty!!!
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My favorite roadtrip was a trip to Disneyland with my family.
not really a road trip but my favorite trip was to asia to meet my grandparents
Driving from los angeles to portland, or in a volkswagon van… LOL
driving to orlando florida to go to disney and see Mickey Mouse!
trip to the grand canyon
driving to the smoky mountains with my folks
Most memorable was the drive to Michigan along the lake. It was a great family time
Going to Las Vegas
We didn’t take a ton of road trips when I was a kid, but it was always fun when my Boy Scout troop usually left for summer camp a couple days early and found places to go on the way to Fort Wayne Indiana. One year we even went the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and got to ride a bus around the track.
My favorite was to Port Huron, Michigan. Thanks!
my fav road trip was to miami from new york. very long but we made lots of interesting stops, like to South of the Border
driving to va with my family
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Driving from Los Angeles California to New York. It was fun, and it was great to see all the different states we had to go through to get to new York.
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We took a trip to northern California that was fun!
I loved a road trip to Niagara Falls with my grandparents growing up.
The family once drove to Mackinac Island!
Driving to Orlando where we went to DisneyWorld and we saw the ocean for the first time was my favorite family road trip.
my fave was a train trip cross country
I grew up on a farm. My parents worked all the time, so we never took trips. The fondest memory of our family in the car was going to a neighboring town to have Thanksgiving dinner with my cousins.
Hi, my favorite family road trips were to Echo Summit, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains near Lake Tahoe. My grandparents had a 99 year lease cabin there. It was so exciting to arrive and open the wood shutters over the windows. Then, to be able to go to the hand pump for water, set up the cabin, and go exploring. Thank you for this opportunity. I am a photographer, but after I was injured-now permenantly disabled-my camera broke and I have been unable to replace. I so miss my opportunities to capture moments in time…nature, family, experiences. Happy New Year to you
We took a road trip to Florida once..lots of fun!
Going to north Carolina
my first trip to big bear mountain. first time seeing snow too.
A two family trip to the Grand Canyon. Thanks for the giveaway.
We drove all the way cross-country to California; was lots of fun!
Going to my grandparents house with the family for holidays.
Traveling in my dad’s truck from Indiana to Colorado in the winter. It sure was an interesting trip!
My favorite childhood road trip was going to the Jersey Shore every summer with my sister and her family.
To the laura ingalls wilder house.
cross country trip to see my girlfriend!
My favorite road trip was driving to Disney World.
Driving down to florida with the whole family
Driving to Lake George NY with my grandparents
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My favorite childhood road trip was driving all the way from Arizona to Ohio for Christmas to visit my mother’s family.
Going to Niagra Fallls
love the road trips to Disneyland, we always stopped at the dinosaurs on the way back.
I really loved going to Cali for family reunions
Road Trip to Florida for the opening of Disney World. It is one of my best childhood memories.
Going down to Tennessee
We drove from SC to NYC for World’s Fair in 1965. Boy, for country kids, the big city is AMAZINGLY big! (We had 1 building 3 stories high in my home town.) Of the drive itself – I seem to specifically recall getting to stay up late and listening to “Sing Along with Mitch” on tv in a Virginia motel room. (This was a big deal, because it was on after my normal bedtime.)
What a neat memory and road trip! That must have really been something to be at the World’s Fair!
Goin’ to Minnesota over the summers!
washington dc
Going to TN with my grandparents. I loved those road trips with just them and me. thank you!
I took a long road trip with my best friend and her family when I was about 11 years old. They drove to my grandmother’s house and my friend and I stayed for a few days while her mother and father took care of some business. It was awesome because my grandmother lived so far away and I did not get to see her that much and when I did it was usually at big family gatherings. The whole trip was so much fun.
Our trip to Lavalette for 2 weeks. We had such a great time. We stayed in my mom’s friend’s home and relaxed at the shore with no tv or electronics. It was so much fun.
To see my grandparents in Lexington KY.
when I was a child we liked going to Connecticut to visit my aunt, her husband, and my cousin.
We would go to Indiana every summer but I get horribly car sick so I don’t have great memories of the trips. I love seeing family but I hated the drive.
In the summer after fourth grade, my whole family moved from California to Virginia. Since we had to accompany the moving van as dad was driving it, we took it slow and easy and visited whatever looked interesting along the way. Got to see some interesting things.
We always had fun traveling to Shreveport, LA. to visit relatives when school let out on breaks.
My favorite trip was going to Busch Gardens when we were little.
we used to go to cape cod every year…was a 12 hour drive for us and for a 8 year old that’s forever!
when i was little we took a road trip through colorado it was my favorite road trip ever!
grand canyon
It has to be Disney World! The greatest!!!
going to florida with my children
Going to visit my Grandparents which was a 5 hour car trip. Singing all the way & driving my parents crazy 🙂
I loved walking across the Golden Gate Bridge with my aunt and going to Mardi Gras in Louisiana with my grandparents.
Going to my nana’s house for the holidays.
Going to my grandmas house
Niagara falls!
Driving to florida to see my grandparents
My favorite trip was to the Florida everglades. I had never seen them before, and I was amazed when we took a ride through the everglades on a boat which was fantastic.
mine was the first time my little sister and I got to go to Hershey park
My favorite childhood roadtrips were to Disney in Orlando; we went almost every year.
My favorite was going to Disneyland it was a fun ride! Thank you for the great giveaway!
I don’t remember going on any road trips except to the zoo.
Never been on a road trip 🙁
We lived on a farm in the country and it was always fun when we visited my grandparents in the city. We usually got to go shopping and to the movie theater, when we were there.
Hello, how are you? Thank you for this opportunity. Our trip to Sea-World and Disney World in Orlando Florida, during the Summer of 1976.
My favorite road trip was to Disney World, and I remember driving through the snowy Blue Ridge Mountains on the way.
I loved it when all the cousins and my sister and brother would load up and go fishing in different areas of the county it was great.
our family once drove around the outer boroughs of nyc
Traveling to Turkey Run State Park to camp with all my aunts, uncles, and cousins
Thanks for the giveaway…one summer our parents took us kids on a road trip from the East Coast to San Diego in a Winnebago, great trip for a 10 year old !
Going to Disney World!
I loved going to the beach with my parents during the summer when I was growing up.
We would take yearly vacations from PA to the southern states, and had a blast without all of these high tech electronics!
I remember going to Yellowstone with my family when I was young. A great trip!
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our first trip to disneyland was the most memorable
My favorite family road trip was to Disney in Florida. It was a packed car, I’ll tell you that.
My favorite were the ones to California to visit family.
We didn’t take road trips when I was a child. We made one obligatory trip every summer to visit the grandparents, but it was driving straight through without any stops.
going to ocean city and walking the boardwalk
when I was a kid I went to Rock City with lots of extended family
Arkansas with the hot springs & caverns!
My favorite trip was the trip our parents xarried us on to Myrtle Beach when we were young. we camped out on the beach.
When our whole family drove to Disneyland when i was in elementary school. We played games along the way and had lots of fun.
Going to Ruby Falls in Tennessee as a child