Write a story about a family road trip.

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“Cousin Morris” by Edward McNett

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“Albert!” “hmm?”“Albert!!” “I’m in here, for Chris’sake”“Don’t blaspheme, honey. Are you packed?”“Uh huh.”“Let me see, do you have everything you need? Where are your socks in all this mess?” (throwing things out of his suitcase as she talks) “Mother, stop!”“Well you can’t go two weeks without wearing any socks; even if we will be out in the boondocks.”“I don’t see why not.”“Because it isn’t civilized, and we are civilized people—even most of your father’s relatives are” (with a deviant smile; aware that her husband has just entered th...

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“Vicki's Last Road Trip” by Megan Young

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Summer of 2007. It was the summer before my junior year of high school. I was sixteen. She had just turned ten years old a couple weeks before. Our parents told us that we were going on vacation, but wouldn’t give us any hints as to where we would be going, so we all packed for anything, but mostly swimsuits and tank tops since we some how thought we were going on a cruise. We all piled up into the suburban, eight of us in all. The two youngest in the very back seat (which we all fought over), the two middle in the middle back seat, and the ...

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“The Noses on Mount Rushmore” by Dee Sylvia

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When I was a child our family of seven went camping in New Hampshire. It rained for five days. The tent leaked. We woke up cold, damp and miserable. My leg contracted a rash which turned out to be ringworm.I made a promise to myself to never go camping again. At seventeen I fell madly in love with someone who loved to camp. He put together a brilliant plan to go camping across the country. We would go with another couple and sleep in small “pup” tents. We would drive in a huge old Ch...

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“The Island of cards” by Robert Kohlhammer

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In a hired hatchback, travelling around the roads of the Island of Menorca, I would begin to feel the contours of the islands. With its green fervent hills and meditative heart like claret mountains , that I dared look down upon from the academy of a futile higher education.I had only been a witness to the steep horizons and the woolly hoods of clouds hanging over my head in my backyard. I lived in an isolated farm house. I always yearned to do as all my old friends would do, and go to town at the weekends just for the sa...

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“THE CELLO” by Elizabeth O'Neill

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THE CELLO On a long December day in 1958, my husband, Carroll, my two daughters of eleven and fourteen, and I were exploring the Mediterranean coast. Innocents abroad (I stole that from Mark Twain), this was part of the world we had known only in books. The sun shone, the sea lapped harmlessly across sand and rocks, and we must stop over and over again to savour it all. Carroll and I were on Sabbatical Leave from our teaching jobs in California. The girls were delighted to leave school for a year, with...

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“Camera, Camera, Who's Got the Camera?” by SHEILA MICHAELS

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They used to be called Dude Ranches, but in 1977 they were called Guest Ranches. The one where my family was vacationing was Fir Creek Ranch located in Jackson, Wyoming. This part of Wyoming is full of beautiful scenery and wildlife and is close enough to Yellowstone National Park for a day trip. I was 11 years old the summer Mom and Dad took us to Fir Creek. My sister was 18, and my brothers were 15 and 16. It seemed like the perfect time in our lives for a trip like this. The plan was to visit other areas in Wyoming while ma...

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“Bridge Bay” by Corey Hansen

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It started with a voicemail. “Eh, hi Mr. Hansen, this is Jamie from E-Z Storage. We have sold our building, so you need to remove your Airstream trailer by August 1st. Give me a call at your earliest opportunity. Have a nice day.” “Shit!” “Where am I going to find indoor storage that isn’t a fortune?” I exhaled out loud. We had purchased it for our 25th anniversary thirteen years ago. It had gone on four trips to Yellowstone-one of them by a friend that wanted to rent it for a week to take his family on vacation. Most ...

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Write a story about a family road trip.

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✍️ 22 stories

“Cousin Morris” by Edward McNett

“Vicki's Last Road Trip” by Megan Young

“The Noses on Mount Rushmore” by Dee Sylvia

“The Island of cards” by Robert Kohlhammer

“THE CELLO” by Elizabeth O'Neill

“Camera, Camera, Who's Got the Camera?” by SHEILA MICHAELS

“Bridge Bay” by Corey Hansen

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