Thursday, December 11, 2025

Our Grand Adventure --Roadtripping 1700 miles with 8 kids in 2 days

And back. So that's 3400 miles

Before the trip

  • PLAN OUT THE STOPS with the exit numbers, with Josh. Print it out and save it.
  • Paperwork [insurance, ID, registration. Working window]
  • Working Window!
  • Window-Tint
  • Window Curtains [?]
  • Car snacks
  • Train oldest 4 in situational awareness, wide berths, keeping witnesses, planning routes of escape, and how to pepperspray.
  • LOTR (phil dragash), Voyage of hte Dawn Treader, Magicians Nephew, Horse and His Boy, the Silver Chair. CHRISTMAS CAROLS. And Star Wars music.
  • Pack car up 72 hours in advance.
    • 4 warm outfits, layers. 
    • CAR POLAR FLEECES
    • Puffy coat, jacket.
    •  Boots and sneakers. 
    • Mom packs sunday outfits] 
    • Leah's bag. 
    • Mommy's shirts. 
    • Large perm rods
    • Clay pot?
  • the day before---eat low carb, save candies for later. Do 3 HIIT workouts. Lights out at 8pm, go to sleep at 9. EARPLUGS Remember you are waking up at 6am.


FIRST DAY---speedrun to OKC. 16 hrs when being efficient, assuming no problems. 

  • Car packed 72 hours before go time.
  • Leave at 6am. [go to bed the night before by 9pm]
  • Flying J's/Loves/Samsclub speedruns. Fill up water, 4 littles in one bathroom.
  • Pepperspray and self defense tips for oldest 4
  • Do jumping jacks at all rest stops.
  • No stopping for hot food: 
    • Individual Waterbottles and a 1 gallon container of water

    • Cheese sandwiches, 
    • apples,
    • cucumbers, 
    • carrots, 
    • ?cheesedip
    • ?Harboiled eggs?
    • oranges, 
    • [cookies/fruit snacks]. 
    • Matcha mix for Hannah.
    • melatonin for Hannah, 
    • earplugs for Hannah

SECOND DAY

  • Free Breakfast---up by 6am. Hannah does a HIIT workout and chugs caffeinated tea
  • out the door 7am!!!
  • early lunch---Conway AR samsclub, 3 pizzas. Eat these the rest of the trip, plus water, apples, hardboiled eggs? Don't stop other than bathroom stops flyingJ/Loves/Sams

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