We live in NW Wisconsin (about an hour east of the Twin Cities in MN) and are thinking of driving to Florida. We would leave at 2 pm on a Saturday (no wiggle room on this) and drive through as far as possible. Sleep somewhere along the way, and then drive into FL on Sunday. Have 4 whole days (M-Th) in FL and then start drive back on Friday morning. We have DS5 and DS6. This would certainly be the longest they would be on the road. Are we crazy to try this? Any suggestions for this kind of road trip?
We drive from Kansas city every year, we have done diffrent things. Usually its easier to drive stright through on the way there cause you are so excited.
Last year we left at 4am, so the kids could sleep some then we stopped for breakfast at a rest stop and let the kids run around and play. Then did the same for lunch. I try and stay away from gas stations etc. Just to keep the gimmies in check. We took turns driving and got to Orlando late at night. The year before we left at bedtime and it was a little better as far as driving. My DH is a night person. The problem i had was when we got there we were too early to check in and the kids were really well rested.... we were not.
In the way back we broke up the stay staying at the Chattanooga choo choo hotel. The kids loved it. We stayed in a train car hotel room.
We are leaving next Saturday morning this time.
I still think the plan is to drive stright through. We can not wait to get there.
The kids have tablets, DL movies from netflix
We always take picnic lunches
On the way back we are staying north of Atlanta.