Summer vacation is upon us. School will be out soon. Summer fill us up with anticipation – of all the fun things we will do and the free time we will have to laze around. Being a full time working mom, I usually enroll Aditya for summer camps. However, this year since my mother is with us, he will go only for a few weeks of camps and be at home rest of the time.
We have planned an exciting trip during this vacation. We are doing a cross country road trip right upto the Canadian border. Our 15 days on road will take us through 7 states and 3 national parks. The highlights of the trip will be the Grand Teton National Park, Yellowstone National Park and Glacier National Park.
The parks located in the Rocky Mountain range are only open during summer. These are the most famous national parks in the country and visited by thousands of people every summer. The drive up north leaving the sweltering summer of Houston will be very pleasant. I am looking forward to the long and relaxing time we will have.
A long vacation needs a lot of planning. The route and the hotels were planned well in advance. Since summer is the only time, people visit Yellowstone and the nearby parks, the hotels get booked up very quickly. We did our booking for the national parks in January and were still quite late. In addition, we have also planned our daily itinerary. The parks being so large with lot of things to see and do it is necessary to plan our time efficiently.
The third thing is packing. We will need to plan for freezing temperatures to summer like temperatures because of the altitude differences.
Being vegetarian we have many limitations eating in small towns where there aren't many options. We usually pack some food with us which makes for quick and easy meals while on vacation.
Soon we will be all set and ready for or longest road trip so far!!
