Take the Scenic Route! That's exactly what we have planned for our Middle States itinerary! I've studied the maps and routes and if a highway / byway has the word "scenic" in it, you can bet we'll be on it! We actually started taking the scenic route more several years ago when we wanted to avoid interstate traffic when traveling to visit DH's parents in Kentucky. We cruised through Georgia on U.S. 27 with barely another car in sight and marveled at the wide-open spaces around. (Although we did lament the lack of cell phone service in parts of rural Georgia.) The only time the scenic route was a problem was when our sons (probably age 5 or 6) changed the voice on our GPS to Mandarin while DH was refueling. He was still dependent on the GPS for a few tricky turn offs - eek! But no worries about that now with GPS and map apps on our phones, plus I'll have back-up driving instructions in case we hit a dead-zone. We do know that we'll have to work with our map apps to not try to route us to the "quickest" way from place to place.
Do you have a map app that you really love that's not Google Maps or Waze?
Some souls are made to travel! This t-shirt really spoke to me because that's exactly how I feel! Maybe because my parents loaded me into the car as a very young infant and took me across several states to visit family. Maybe because I've always had a bit of wanderlust. I'm really blessed that DH and I both enjoy traveling and we love doing it together! This spring we will celebrate our 32nd wedding anniversary; we did a little traveling together before we were married and I think we were both so relieved that we traveled well together because if not, that could have been a deal-breaker! And over the years as we've traveled together pre-kids, with kids, and now again just us, we have evolved in what makes a trip successful. For us, it's letting me do the planning! You know how some people are just really really good gift-givers? That's how I like to think about my role in travel planning for us - finding those places to visit and things to do that are just the thing that turns a stop from pretty cool to the best day ever! That doesn't mean I don't make some mis-steps along the way (don't ask my family about the Denver airport at 3 AM), but we learn and adapt and keep on going! I think if we couldn't travel, it would take a bit to figure out what we are meant to do. (This is also why I'm glad I wasn't quite eligible to retire when COVID restrictions limited / prohibited traveling - that would have been an especially miserable period of time.)
Maybe when I'm older or become unable to travel, I'll take our t-shirts from places and have someone help me make a travel-quilt from them. But for now, who has time for that? I've got places to go and t-shirts to collect!
~ Cindy D.
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