Traveling alone?

Alexandra*sMom

My sister and her 6 kids will be 6 hours away for 3 nights in a few weeks.  Of course, DH has to work....  I am contemplating going since we haven't seen them in almost 2 years.  DH argues that we will see them in July - only 1 more month away.

I am almost positive that DD3 will be a bad rider.  I am planning to talk to 2 neighbors to see if there is any posibility of taking one of their daughters to help out (they are both 12).  We have a lot of car activites for the big girls, I am just not sure about the baby.  It's usually DH's job to drive and mine to occupy the kids.

My sister plans to tent camp ~ I am really not sold on that idea.  At least not for 3 nights.  Maybe 1 or 2 then get a hotel to rest up!!

WWYD?  Would you go?  Go with a helper if possible?

mrsolsen2000

If you are going to see them in a month anyways, I probably wouldn't. Then again, if I had not seen one of my sisters in that long, hmm, hard decision to make lol! I would definitely see about a mom's helper and stay in a hotel, but I'm not the camping type. Maybe there is a cabin you could rent close by to where they are camping?

JOEBunny

I travel alone with my kids all the time.  I don't mind at all.  It is almost easier than having DH along, since he is more particular about their behavior and is a bad sleeper.  I am taking my kids camping mid week next week with a friend while DH works.  I took them twice last summer and to Charleston for 2 weeks to visit family.  I took a friend without kids a few times and that was nice, but I took another friend and her DD the summer DS was about 3 months old, and it was a disaster (mostly due to the friends DD tormenting my DD and her mom's "only child" sort of response to the behavior.

I would go in a heart beat, but I love to camp :-)