tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38582487.post6892913623407704369..comments2024-02-29T05:27:39.207-05:00Comments on Who Cares What I Think?: The Vacation of Many Cars with Teens from Hell.Mindie Burgoynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14936334677882898071noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38582487.post-86470814343609377182011-10-14T19:26:16.759-04:002011-10-14T19:26:16.759-04:00Hey Joan. thanks for the nice words. Yes I do be...Hey Joan. thanks for the nice words. Yes I do believe in ghosts. Your time on the sailboat sounds magical. You probably have much you could write about. Thanks for checking in.Mindie Burgoynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14936334677882898071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38582487.post-81721155233198901062011-10-14T02:29:55.095-04:002011-10-14T02:29:55.095-04:00Hi Mindie, came across ur site looking for info on...Hi Mindie, came across ur site looking for info on the Willow plates...then found this story. Very enjoyable! My girls, their Dad & I lived on a boat for 9 years in Southern California. What an adventure. They were 10 & 13 when we moved aboard the 41ft sailboat, Moonshadow. My husband Bob has since passed (2001) and the girls are in their 40's. But I have never regretted those "sea" days. Btw: do you really believe in ghosts? Thanks again for a great story, Ur New Fan, JoanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38582487.post-3997942528079925722011-09-14T09:52:19.664-04:002011-09-14T09:52:19.664-04:00Loved, loved, loved your story, Mindie. I have als...Loved, loved, loved your story, Mindie. I have also written a story of an epic road trip I took with my sister and all our combined children. We had a van that was constantly having problems but we managed to limp it home. My sister passed away a couple of years ago and the rest of us will always remember this trip as something great we did with her. You can have a read if you like, here: http://dawnann.com/ustrip.htm<br /><br />I've bookmarked your blog and will continue to check in on it! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38582487.post-29205636209136094142011-09-02T09:05:34.714-04:002011-09-02T09:05:34.714-04:00I've been thinking about this post of yours ea...I've been thinking about this post of yours each day since I read it and realized I hadn't told you how wonderful I thought it was. Still don't know that I can quantify it, but it was one of the best things I've read. Ever. <br /><br />As one who was permanently bonded to her cousins through the shared horrors of family vacations with our parents and who then deliberately inflicted the same traumas on her own children (who also survived) I can only say "Bravo!" You nailed it. Equally impressive, and beyond the comic aspects, I was moved by your dogged efforts to keep going. <br /><br />This was inspiring. I wonder if I should plan a grandparent/child trip...Susan Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02009218875010743399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38582487.post-86108934792327104262011-09-01T23:29:56.521-04:002011-09-01T23:29:56.521-04:00Mindie,
I loved this travel story and your brave...Mindie, <br /><br />I loved this travel story and your bravery at taking the kids on this holiday. The car stories are hilarious at the same time that they're horrifying -- to have the devastation of car problems, but being determined, not to let those car problems stop you for a single moment. Wow! Those experiences do make memories, and I could see this travel story as a scene in a movie!<br /><br />LelandaLELANDA LEEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007493781222383380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38582487.post-61485637719675939872011-09-01T08:49:28.232-04:002011-09-01T08:49:28.232-04:00Karen - I know who you are - and all your names. :...Karen - I know who you are - and all your names. :) I'm amazed that your mother was ever ruffled by her children, even when they were teenagers. She seemed so controlled and your family so perfect - and I mean that sincerely. To think Mrs. Tintle had limits on what she could take from teenagers ... well it just gives me more confidence in my own competencies.<br /><br />Corey, thanks for the compliment. Coming from a great travel writer like you, it means a lot.<br /><br />Kelly, you're sweet. And I, too love reading about real families with real dysfunctions. I remember getting a Christmas letter from a family who went to Mount Rushmore and they included a photo of the kids with Rushmore in the background. Caption was "Here's Mount Rushmore where we had a picnic and Bobby fell down the hill and scraped his knee." (I hope these folks don't read this blog).<br /><br />I'd prefer for the parent to have written what really happened at Rushmore - like I could imagine another story where the parent lined up bored teenagers in the Mount Rushmore parking lot and forced them to listen to …. "Here's Mount Rushmore. Let me tell you about the marginalization and near annihilation of the indigenous peoples of this region by white Americans who wanted to occupy their homeland." (insert teenage eye-roll here, then huffing, puffing and sighing, followed by body shifting back and forth - almost contorting while being forced to listen). <br /><br /><br />The parent continues. He is a great public speaker, who likes the attention, so he's drawing a small crowd in the parking lot. This embarrasses teenagers who accelerate eye-rolling, shifting and sighing. This forces parent to deliver "the look." No one wants to see the look. It's always followed by a negative consequence. Teenagers temporarily stop eye-rolling and shifting, but hate being held hostage by the one-thousandth boring story of this road trip and the parent knows this… but continues.<br /><br />Parent finishes the story with "… and the icing on the cake was to have four heads of your persecutors' heroes carved onto a mountainside so you and your future generations would have to see them at every turn. .. and live your lives out under Roosevelt's nose."<br /><br />Gathered crowd gives polite applause. Teenagers say, "Can we go now?"<br /><br />That's travel reality.Mindie Burgoynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14936334677882898071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38582487.post-7946505145949598122011-09-01T01:22:23.070-04:002011-09-01T01:22:23.070-04:00mindie- was reading this at one a.m. with a big gr...mindie- was reading this at one a.m. with a big grin, i esp liked the pimpmobile, lol. even without photos you painted a great visual, the photos were just icing on the cake. now i just all those other blessed stories i have read of other family vacations could be this honest, and this funny, lol. this is what a real family looks like, sounds like and acts like. well, mine does along with yours anyway. kelly richardsonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38582487.post-34290166034517638812011-09-01T00:45:40.354-04:002011-09-01T00:45:40.354-04:00Now that is a great road trip story. Thanks.Now that is a great road trip story. Thanks.Corey Thttp://www.onthewhiteline.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38582487.post-8835813422118870602011-08-31T16:33:05.775-04:002011-08-31T16:33:05.775-04:00oops..has my old name. Karen Tintle-Cook wrote th...oops..has my old name. Karen Tintle-Cook wrote that last comment. :)Karen Shirronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03956728197330314692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38582487.post-10601983721015366102011-08-31T16:32:04.576-04:002011-08-31T16:32:04.576-04:00Oh, I love this article, Mindie! It is all so tru...Oh, I love this article, Mindie! It is all so true about traveling with teenagers. How I remember hating "touching" in the car at that age! My Mom refused to go on vacations further than Rehoboth Beach once we were teenagers. You were brave to attempt such a daring adventure. This story has it all--excitement, drama, crime, cars, travel, and a plucky herione.Karen Shirronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03956728197330314692noreply@blogger.com