We are getting ourselves good and ready for our Mega Midwest RV Jamboree! We leave on Monday.

This trip is technically still part of our school year, so the kids have assignments to complete on this massive, 3-week field trip. One of those assignments is to write blog posts about all the places we will go and things we will do. I figured it would be smart to work out the kinks with a little trial run here, since they are writing on their iPads and taking photos on Dory’s iPad and Vivian’s phone. Getting those files all transferred here did take a little tinkering. But as you see, we were successful!

I asked them to respond to these two questions:

What are you most looking forward to? Why?
What are you dreading the most? Why?

Their answers appear below, underneath the photo that their sibling took of them.

I am most looking forward to going to Dollywood so I can ride the roller coasters, which I love. I’m most dreading the departure onto this journey because it’s going to be really hectic.

Photo by Vivian. This is exactly the look he was going for.

I am looking forward to meeting one of my homeschool friends in the French Quarter in New Orleans because then I can talk to him. I am dreading the long hours of driving through endless roads to get to our destination because it is endlessly boring and mind-numbing.

The map below is more or less the route we will be taking. Not all of the points marked are places we will sleep, some are just stops. And we may make adjustments to the route as we go (for example, I don’t think I will opt to drive through Houston to get to Big Thicket from Waco). But this gives the general idea.

Our next post will be Monday evening, from an RV park near Big Thicket! And Vivian can tell you whether our departure was indeed “really hectic.” I don’t know why she thinks that will be the case. I mean, our every other departure has always been super smooth. 😅