Now fast forward ten days to the end of the trip and I am pleasantly surprised, no not surprised, astounded. We made it through ten days, several thousand dollars spent (my dad paid for our meals, gas for the whole trip, and all the hotel rooms. Dad of the Year award?), many many many hours together, and time restraints without one argument fought, one tear shed, and everyone was alive. Now everyone gets a little testy now and then (like trying to shop in Mexico with my mother...but that's another story I'll get to later), but besides a few minor "Oh Mother, you're seriously killing me right now" moments, we had a great trip. We drove from Texas to New Orleans, Louisiana, took a five day cruise to Mexico, spent time in New Orleans, drove to and spend time in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and drove home making a few other stops along the way. That's a long way to go with your family as an adult woman, but it turned out to be great! I was able to completely unwind and have a good time, my sister had fun, my mom got her dream vacation, and my dad had a fun, relaxing time while seriously proving he's the best dad around. (Not that money is everything, but he seriously spend A LOT of money he didn't have to for us to all have a good time and never complained about it.)
I want to write ALL about the trip, but it was very long. We covered a lot of ground. So let's break it down day by day. Day one we set out to make the 10ish hours road trip to NOLA...
....to be continued