As of January 1, 2019, we have closed our forums. This is a decision we did not come to lightly, but it is necessary. The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk. The server software itself must be updated, and it cannot be without removing the forums.
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I'm trying to decide on our summer vacation. I just looked at RV rental sites. I thought that might be an interesting vacation. Anyone ever done that? I'm thinking maybe from MN to see Grand Canyon and Sedona. Maybe I'm being too ambitious! I traveled for all vacations via RV with my parents during all my teenage years, but there was only me. I have two sons ages 10 and 14 who fight like cats and dogs and wonder if that might be too much togetherness! Any thoughts?
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I can't say that I've spent any time in an RV on vacation, but I just watched the movie with Robin Williams and I thought that looked like a good time!
If your kids fight like cats and dogs (like my sister and I did), throwing them in the RV together is going to work out one of two ways -
A). They'll become best friends forever due to all the close time they spent together; or
B). They will destroy each other, the RV, and probably your mental health, by the end of the trip.
My family drove our RV from the middle of Saskatchewan to Yuma, Arizona. It was one of those smaller RVs with the bed over the cab. There were my parents, me and my DH (he was my boyfriend back then), my sister and my brother. My brother would have been 13, and my sister was 15. They got along like oil and water, but I don't remember them getting on each others' nerves too much while we were travelling.
I think it depends on how well your boys travel. My siblings and I were used to long road trips - our parents used to pack us all up in the station wagon and off we'd go... from Saskatchewan to Disneyland; from Saskatchewan to Victoria, BC; from Saskatchewan to Phoenix, Arizona.... So the RV trip was actually a luxury - what with having a bathroom, a table, and even a tv to keep us occupied when we weren't stopping at tourist traps and sightseeing hotspots.
I think it's a great idea. We did all of our vacations in an RV (but it was just me as well)--- we drove to California from Philly(stopping at Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Grand Tetons, Mt Rushmore etc). Travelled through Canada, did Maine, another New England trip, and many to Disney. I think your boys would have a GREAT time!!! Do they get along well? We took my cousin with us on some trips, and we had fun. Other trips we went with another family with two boys--- so the three of us had a great time (that family had their own RV). Those boys fought terribly, but not because of the RV, they have been fighting since I met them when we were 3 and 4, and to this day they're still fighting-- so I don't think the RV had anything to do with it. Over the years we had three different RVs--- we started out with a micro mini motor home (which we did our trip to california). That was cool because I could lay up on the bed above the cab and read, do puzzles etc., however hard becuase we couldn't just unhook our car and drive around (unless you can tow a car, which I've seen people do). Then we had a pop-up trailer/tent. That was cool, but not good for a trip where your moving around. We used that on a trip to Cape Cod but we were just going to one campsite and not moving. We also did it for weekends at the beach, and it was ok for that as well. I'd say, not good for a trip where your moving to different campsites. Then we had the trailer. We did that for lots and lots of trips--- many where we were going to different campgrounds in one trip. I liked the motorhome the best, but only if you can tow a car (our motorhome was small, and didn't have the power to tow). Ok--- after this post, I really want an RV.
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