One memory that is significant to me comes from when I was about twelve years old. That summer, my parents decided that we were going to pack up, rent an RV, and head out west for ten days. A few weeks later, my parents, my three siblings, my aunt, and I were all crammed into the small RV and ready for our adventure.
We started out from Fort Wayne, which is where we lived, and our final destination was going to be South Dakota. We drove straight through and as one may guess, driving that many hours with that many people in one small RV was an adventure in itself. During the night, my aunt was driving and she took a U turn so fast that my mom, who was sleeping on one of the benches due to lack of space, flew off and got stuck between the bench and the table.
Once we arrived in the town we were going to be staying in, we learned that the condo we had rented was at the top of a very large hill and the road to get up there was nowhere near big enough for our RV. Well, my dad decided to try it anyway and thankfully, after a lot of smoke from the tires and screams from my scared-of-heights sister, we made it. We did not have much time to settle in before my parents wanted to start seeing the sights.
During our ten day stay, we were able to see Mount Rushmore, Devil’s Tower, the Badlands, take many hikes, visit Wall Drug store, take an old fashioned train ride around a mountain, horseback ride through the mountains, and look out from the place where one can see four states at once. One night at dinner, my aunt even convinced my sister and me to try Rocky Mountain oysters. They tasted just like chicken!
This trip was definitely last minute and a little unplanned, but it was certainly an adventure that is impossible to forget. Seeing new things and trying new things is always fun and exciting especially with people like those in my family. Sometimes my parents may seem a little crazy, but the experience of this trip is something I could never thank them enough for giving me.
It sounds like it was a good trip. I know that if my family tried to fit into an RV one or two people might not make it back because of personal space issues. It also sounds liike fun because i never have been on a hike such as those before.
By: dkolenz on January 18, 2008
at 5:14 pm
Wow what a trip, that must have been so fun to drive through all those states. My family would go crazy if we were suck in an RV for a long period of time like that. Rocky Mountain oysters sound especially yummy.
By: bgabrovs on January 22, 2008
at 7:57 am