The Great Szerminski Adventure

I can't wait in till the trip comes. It is creeping closer and closer and we are planing more and more as the days go on. We recently got a message saying that we are going to go on the fairy's that we wanted to. I don't know how I will feel so far away from home and for such a long time, but I know that it will be worth it to see all those things and experience moments that others might not. Their is so much ahead of me and it's all going through my head at once but once the trip starts it will hopefully lay out. All the places that we are going to and things that we will see are planed out now so we at least know where we are planing to go. For now we need to savor our moments with friends and keep packing and thinking of important items. This road trip is going to be the highlight for this year so it's best that we just sit back, and enjoy the ride.                             ...

Our trip itinerary is finally as complete as it can be. We heard back from BC ferries that our reservation request is confirmed, and that allowed us to finish mapping out the last leg of the journey. Booking campsites in Banff was the most stressful part - reservations opened on January 9th for the entire summer season and the reservation website crashed repeatedly for the first hour. I was one of the many people who were frustrated by this process - isn't camping supposed to be fun? It was a relief to finish this stage of planning, as now we need to move on to thinking about packing! A couple of years ago, Voych's sister Jadzia gifted us these amazing tapir patches. For those who may not know, the tapir is our official family mascot. This weekend we held a patch-sewing party and all added the patches to our backpacks. Some of us have more sewing experience than others, and although Voych won the 'Home Economics' award in elementary school he needed some ins...

      On our board in the kitchen about what we eat each week, we have included a daily-updated countdown for this year's big trip to the United States. It's getting surprisingly close, and all of us (especially Mama) are spending an increasing amount of time planning. Just a little while ago I wrote a three-page Google Doc on games to play in the car for Miriam. And I have only seventeen days of school left before the end of my school year!       Before the real trip kicks off with a nine-hour car drive (the longest drive of the trip), we're flying over to Cuba with some friends. A few days of relaxing in a pool with a bar at the center before driving to... Kentucky, I believe. We plan to head south awhile until we get to Florida