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One of these years I want to recreate a couple of the family vacations of my youth.

Posted by EffinIllini

on April 22, 2026, 11:59:49, in reply to "I’d love to take a Summer and do all the western states in an Airstream*"

Drive to Alaska & back.

Though to take that much time off I'll need to be retired, and my kids will be out of the house, not just on summer break like my sister and I were.

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…while I’m still young enough to manage it. Definitely a swath in the middle of the country that would just be something to get through, but it seems like almost anywhere has something interesting to see or do for half a day.

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Made the drive before that last front hit hard. First time I drove 2000+ miles in 40 years, wish we had been able to take more time. Colorado Rockies and NE Utah were pretty incredible, eastern Colorado and western/central Kansas had "boring beauty". Loaded the car up with a lot of things from my parents' house of nearly 60 years. One of the highlights was spending a night each with my 2 best friends in KC and LV. We had a reunion scheduled last year in Vegas but I had to cancel because I was with my mom before she passed.

Now mom's car is my son's new ride. 10yo Ford Escape with only 30K miles.

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2244 mile drive complete from Chicago burbs to SoCal with stops in KC, CO and Las Vegas - RSMBob April 20, 2026, 16:49:57

I would like to have the time and money to do a leisurely driving tour of the US… - DT April 22, 2026, 10:45:19
- I'd love to do this. So many places I need to see in the US!* - DiamondDazzle April 22, 2026, 12:53:12
- We are planning an annual version soon. - digs April 22, 2026, 11:42:32
  - how long are you giving yourself for the trip?* - lcubed April 22, 2026, 12:01:10
  - Love that* - PapaDels April 22, 2026, 11:49:12
  - those are great ages; in a couple years, they’ll be Rusty and Audrey* - bbonb April 22, 2026, 11:48:22
    - We opened the discussion at 6&9 - digs April 22, 2026, 11:52:18
- I’d love to take a Summer and do all the western states in an Airstream* - bbonb April 22, 2026, 11:25:43
  - I want to live in one. Maybe Craig Kilborn will let me use his sprinter van.* - Warrin'_Illini April 22, 2026, 13:36:26
    - There's a place in Reseda that sells used Sprinter vans. I checked it out a few years ago. - complainant April 22, 2026, 17:21:38
  - One of these years I want to recreate a couple of the family vacations of my youth. - EffinIllini April 22, 2026, 11:59:49
did the drive from the burb to SF with Desert's family back in '96 - Sammich April 22, 2026, 10:36:32
Have driven CHI to CO dozens of times. I find eastern Colorado to be, by far, the worst run of it.* - cpsteine April 22, 2026, 10:31:25
- It’s desolate and impoverished. I have no reason to see west of Manhattan KS to the mountains again* - PapaDels April 22, 2026, 11:48:48
- Worse than Nebraska? - TarheelIllini April 22, 2026, 11:36:06
  - Eastern Colorado is just more Nebraska. - KingTalkyTiki April 22, 2026, 13:23:28
  - From multiple trips on both I70 & I-80... - EffinIllini April 22, 2026, 11:57:29
- Making a similar drive in 6 weeks (The Ham to RMNP). - EffinIllini April 22, 2026, 11:12:03
  - Last time I did the trip through KC and on to CO Springs… - Randle McMurphy April 22, 2026, 12:57:08

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