Final Stop

We started our going home adventure on Saturday morning and arrived in Olympia at Craig's parent's house on Sunday evening around 7pm. This is our final stop before we arrive home tomorrow, where we will return to the land of work, chores, housework, homework, lessons, practicing, callings, appointments and apparently lots of rain. That is part of what makes a holiday so magical. Mickey Mouse, fairy dust and 200-mile-an-hour rides help...for sure....but taking a little break from the daily grind with the gang is just so great. Would we do the RV thing again? Absolutely. Is it more ecomical...not exactly, but sort of. Here is my breakdown....

Advantages:
Stop, go, pause, continue on, take a break, detour whenever you want.
Home-cooked hot meals through-out the trip (serious savings)
Driving while playing Disney Monopoly at a table...really cool.
It makes the 'travel' part of the trip...part of the holiday.
"I have to go!" is no longer an issue while on those long stretches of highway.
Sleeping in a house on wheels is pretty neat.
The RV park was clean, had a pool, laundry and the people were super friendly.

Disadvantages:
Gas prices only keep going up.
You have to hook this hose up to flush everything out...apparently it wasn't so bad.
(I never did it so it seemed pretty good to me!)
You need to take more time off work because of all the travel time (unlike flying)

We've planned four more big RV trips that we will take over the next ten years.

A Little Lesson:
More economical? These days travelling is expensive no matter how you slice it, especially with four kids in tote. I spent many early mornings researching where we would go. We had put off the big family vacation for so many years because we had put so much energy and funds into home rennovations, and we kept having babies! It is far more enjoyable to go on a vacation when it is planned, saved for and you are not nursing. I am happy to say we have finally gone and done what we talked about for so many years.