I have been blessed to make many road trips. Typically, I have had a daughter, or two, and most of the time, one or more grandchildren travel with me.
Time goes on and things change. My youngest child is now an adult; my oldest grandchild is as well. My children have responsibilities that prevent some of them from being on the road much. The grandchildren who use to travel with me are now at ages they have other activities and some of them just don’t have an interest in traveling anymore. My husband’s job prevents him from being able to be away from home much, which is okay since he has never been big on traveling.
I’ve seen the changes coming over the last few years. I have tried to prepare myself. I have made some smaller road trips alone. There were a few longer trips that I thought I was going to be doing alone, but at the last minute one of my children or grandchildren had decided to go with me.
Well, I think the time may have finally arrived. I have been looking at making a cross country road trip this year. It looks like I would be doing this alone.
I need to make a decision; to cancel my trip or do it solo. I know many people travel alone and enjoy it.
I am use to always having people, usually kids, with me. I am use to planning stops at roadside attractions that my traveling companions will find interesting. My whole outlook at any trip has revolved around who I would have with me. This is the type of travel that has always been what I enjoy; traveling with kids & making memories.
I have been trying to rework the plans for this trip with the idea of traveling by myself. To be honest, I keep considering cancelling it. Many places I would be stopping are places I have wanted to visit with my youngest daughter or certain grand kids because of their interests.
I guess I just need to rework my thinking.
Decisions can be hard some times. The road is calling me. Still so many places to see and things to do. The question is if I can get myself in the mindset of being able to enjoy exploring on my own.
I guess we shall see.