Funny the things we remember from our childhood. My family went to New York City to visit relatives when I was five years old. That was the worst travel experience of my entire life because we drove. Yes, with two children under six and two children under ten, my father drove over 1600 miles in December to spend Christmas in New York.

My father wanted to make good time on the road, so he would not stop for any reason. I was car sick and asked my father to stop. He just shoved a milk bottle in my face and kept driving. I truly did try to throw up in that bottle; but projectile vomiting just did not fit in that little hole. Instead it went all over me and the backseat. Then we had to stop to clean up the car! Anyway, the next few time we visited New York City, my mother and I found a discount flight to New York. I guess she never forgot that first trip as well. LOL

I never subjected my son or myself to a long car trip. When he wanted to go to DisneyWorld, I grabbed a cheap flight to Orlando and rented a car. We stayed in one of those themed Disney resorts, the All-Star Sports Resort. What I really liked was that you could ride the shuttle to the parks and not have to deal with parking. The only thing my son remembers is that there was pizza delivery to the room there. It cost me $1000 for that trip, and we could have rented a room anywhere as long as there was pizza delivery.

The next time my son and I visited Florida, we planned to stay with my friend Trish, who lives in Fort Myers, for a long weekend. I checked out the flights to Florida, and found out we could fly right into Fort Myers from Austin. Trish had a car and we drove all over the western coast of Florida. We visited Sanibel and Captiva Islands, Marco Island, Tampa, and miles and miles of white sand beaches between these destinations.

Share your travel memories with me . . .

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