FIRST FAMILY ROAD TRIP (of 4) SUCCESS

Well y’all. We did it. We conquered our first family road trip with both toddlers! We honestly had a grand time. Yes, it was wild and yes, there were a few low points but overall, it was so much fun! It definitely gave us confidence in embracing the crazy along with the fever for more road trips! I would say just my ability to admit that means it was a win/win.

My hopes and dreams for visiting the Ozark’s during peak autumn didn’t quite pan out as we were too early for much fall foliage. But, would do it again. Maybe next time, we will shoot for a trip in early-mid November.

Here is the general recap of what we did/where we went :

• Overall we logged roughly 1,200 miles in our Subaru Outback

• Stayed in 2 hotels, 3 Airbnb’s collectively

• Played at about 5 million public parks

• The first night was spent in Paris, Texas

• Second night in Fayetteville, Arkansas

• Third and fourth nights in Harrison, Arkansas

• Fifth and sixth nights in Ponca, Arkansas

• Seventh night in McKinney, Texas

Our Airbnb for the nights in Harrison was a farmhouse dream come true. Would definitely go back there! Our cabin in the Ozark’s was also a dream but unfortunately, a huge storm was rolling through so almost 100% of the time we were there in Ponca, it was raining on our heads. We had planned on doing most of our hiking those days which was a huge bummer but we did still manage to go on a few hikes, see some waterfalls, a little bit of the fall foliage that was there and we cozied up in the cabin with hot chocolate and a fire all other times!

Here are some pics, you can click on them to view them larger. Some are from my iPhone and others are from my camera. Can’t wait to start planning another road trip soon!