Category: Vacation Travel

This is a trip my wife and I took during month 4 of the COVID-19 pandemic.  We’d had Mount Rushmore on our “bucket list” for years.  And with the combination of social distancing orders, fears of flying, and our empty nester status, it seemed like the perfect time for a long-distance RV trip.

The trip is 8 days long, if starting from the Dallas – Ft. Worth area, and spans 2,800 miles.  We live in Austin but decided to make the 3-hour drive to Ft. Worth the afternoon before Day 1 as shown in our itinerary.  That’s because we wanted to make it to Dodge City on Day 1 without having to drive a full 10 hours in a single day.  And we had a relative in Ft. Worth that we could stay with that night.

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I’ve had the pleasure of visiting New York City with each of my three girls when they were roughly 13 years old.  These vacations were father-daughter getaways (see related post titled “Father – Son/Daughter Getaways“).  Below is a collection of the notes I took during those three visits to share with other family members and friends.  Double check any information that mentions when/how to get tickets or days/times the site is open.  Things easily could have changed over the years.

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I’ve had the pleasure of visiting Washington DC with each of my three girls when they were roughly 10 years old.  These vacations were father-daughter getaways (see related post titled “Father – Son/Daughter Getaways“).  Below is a collection of the notes I took during those three visits to share with other family members and friends.  Double check any information that mentions when/how to get tickets or days/times the site is open.  Things easily could have changed over the years.

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