When you tell people you are going on an RV trip, they have one of two extreme reactions--it's either "Why would you ever want to do that?!" or "I LOVE RV trips!" And after going on my first one, I can tell you that I understand BOTH of these reactions. Indeed, it was the best and the worst of times. It is definitely a hard type of trip with a large family because you are in such close proximity for long periods of time and there is lots of driving involved. Also, the sleeping is fairly uncomfortable and when the first person stirs in the morning, the whole fam damily is up. But on the other hand, there were times when they were all playing games together and laughing while we were driving and the fact that we saw the most amazing sights which really made it worth it. That being said, I need a several year gap between this trip and our next RV adventure. Our good friends also rented an RV and went with us which I highly recommend because it gives the parents a release from the sometimes tediousness of family togetherness. We also brought walkie-talkies so we could easily communicate between RVs. We visited 3 National parks; Bryce Canyon, Grand Escalante, and Goblin Valley. And PS: There is a steep learning curve in learning to drive a 37 foot RV when you have never done so previously. And PSS: The RV rental company Cruise America, which we rented our RVs from, is the Walmart of renting RVs...
Here are some pictures from our trip:
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| Bryce Canyon |
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| Devils's Landing in Escalante |
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| Robert leading us on another hair raising adventure. I love his sense of adventure! |
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| A slot canyon in Grand Escalante (Pretty narrow as you can see!) |
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| Random moment on the RV. Boy was it crowded! |
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| The kids favorite thing to do was climb |
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| Bryce Canyon lookout point |
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| Robert took this picture. Love it. |
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| Madison, Hunter, and Christian reach the top! |
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| Robert, so in his element |
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Ashton hiked about 7 miles on this day with NO complaining. Robert took this
adorable picture of him. |
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| Miss M being wonderful, splendid self |
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| One of the slot canyons in Grand Escalante |
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Truly one of the strangest places I've ever seen. It's called Goblin Valley and it looks
like an alien planet. |
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| Elisabeth and good friend, Laura. |
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| Christian, very much enjoying himself.. |
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Robert and the kids hiked through these narrows. I was
too claustrophobic to go along. ;) |
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| Me and my Christian in Bryce |
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| Ours and our friend's RV stopped for a break |
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| Hours and hours of hiking |
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| Jazzy had a wonderful time with the family. And she was the best behaved one. |
6 comments:
Good to know! Dave has always wanted to take an RV trip and I never have. You all look so great!
I love that country,reminds me of my childhood and youth. Beautiful pictures. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful photographs! I love that you guys experience all sorts of adventures. :)
You guys are always taking fun trips and getting some great photos! I've tried to talk Mike into renting an RV but to no avail. Every time we are in the car and we pass an RV I always say to Mike " Look how much fun they are having!" But it doesn't work.
I loved the RV trip. It was one of my favorite trips we have taken, partially for the experience, but mostly the awesome places we visited. I love rock climbing and exploring. The kids had a blast too. I agree, will be many years before we try an RV again--just to big and scary to drive.
Next trip is to a beach!
Glad our motor home experiences left some positive memories for our kids. We loved taking our family places in our motor home because it meant we could get out into the wilds and yet have the comforts of toilets, cooking, and beds. Though RVing as they call it now might not be your favorite way to travel it sure creates memories. All of our kids remember our RV trip to Navuoo. The kids called our trip "family bonding time" as we spent hours inside waiting in repair garages at different city along the way and having to fly home, all 12 of us because the rented RV died outside of Omaha, Nebraska. What memories of fun.
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