I'm seriously considering driving down to California to see family who I haven't seen in a long time. The last time they saw my youngest was when she was 8 months old and my oldest when she was 4 years old. I live in Oregon. I have a 4 year old and 6 year old. We have a Honda Civic. No fancy dvd player or anything like that. I guess we'd have to rough it. I've checked out how many miles and how long it would take. It's 968 miles and it would take 15 hours and 20 minutes according to rand mcnally. Now driving all that in one day seems impossible to me. I think I would need to get a motel along the way. Also, my night driving isn't great. It's ok.

With kids I'd have to make several Potty, Food stops along the way and some stretch stops...do you agree? How big of a task would it really be? Just the thought of attempting something like this is kind of overwhelming. But I don't know if its (the worry) all in my head. Or if it is really going to be a daunting task. For the record "I" am mommy, 26 years old..a stay at home mom. My husband has a full time job and college and other things. He might be able to come with but he'd only be able to get 4 days off. I'm thinking about just me and the girls trying it.

Any input would be greatly appreciated. :) Thank you.