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Are You Ready To Travel? By Sonja Kabell
Growing up in our family, we traveled somewhere every summer. We would go everywhere we could the old fashion way - by car. The family motto was, have car will travel! My father worked for one of the large petroleum refineries outside of Houston area. His job as a shift supervisor had weird hours, was a very noisy environment and full of pollution. For as long as I can remember, he would take the month of June as vacation time and we were off exploring this great country. I think it was to get away from all the hustle and bustle of Houston and his job. From the plains of Texas to the mountains of Colorado, as far west as California to the shores of Florida, we were privileged to see it. This was the day of being outdoors, enjoying the scenery. No phones, iPads, or handheld electronic devices, no one tracking you down, no GPS; just pure uninterrupted family time driving the country side using a map as your guide. I truly miss the simplicity of those days.