Planning a 5,260 mile road trip... with two kids...in a Nissan Pathfinder

  So my husband happened to have a 3 week paid vacation that we needed to use it or lose it come August. Tropical island you say? Sitting on a sandy shore sipping frozen drinks did cross our mind, but living in Florida is a just a year collection of sandy shores and scorcher level heat. So we opted for a more adventurous route. A 5,260 mile round trip trek from Florida all the way north to New Brunswick, Canada. In a Nissan Pathfinder. I know, I know what you're thinking.. this doesn't sound like a vacation at all, especially with a 6 and 7 year old. But 1st let me digress.

  This will be time 5 that we have loaded up in a vehicle with the kids and journeyed several states away so we knew that they were what we consider "road warriors". And to be honest, I think checking off numerous places on a vacation is much more special than 3 weeks of sitting stagnant somewhere. I guess that's just the explorer in me. So once we decided to road trip it, we then needed to figure out where, how, who, what, and when.

  Initially, the hubs and I dreamt to go west, but since it would be August and we only had 3 weeks, we wouldn't want to hike the Grand Canyon in 120 degrees nor could we see everything we would want to in a 3 week span. (We will save that trip for Spring time) So we collectively decided to journey to The Bay of Fundy in New Brunswick, Canada. What's so great about that you may wonder? Well, lemme learn ya something.. The Bay of Fundy is home to the highest tides in the World! Having learned about this natural phenomenon in our home school lessons, the kids and I were amazed at how you could walk out on the ocean floor at low tide and then revel as the tide would rise during high tide to upward of 50 feet! http://bayoffundytourism.com/worlds-highest-tides/  There is something so fascinating about being able to literally walk on the ocean floor at low tide. Not to mention the star gazing is outta this world (pun intended). There is also Fundy National Park https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/nb/fundy which is rich in wildlife, waterfalls, and some of the most beautiful forests. So once we decided we must check this one off the ole bucket list, I had to then piece the rest together. And thus the giant jigsaw puzzle of road trippin started to take a shape!