Welcome to the Trip!

 Hello!
Welcome to our Coddiwomple.
(“To travel in a purposeful manner towards a vague destination”.)
Even though we do have definite destinations...  we are traveling purposefully... it's a pretty vague trip we have going from start to finish.

I have venturesome offspring. The youngest two hiked the Appalachian Trail back in 2015. One of them, Daniel, decided awhile back that he is going to ride a bicycle from coast to coast. He enlisted his sister Becky to transport him from Texas to his starting destination, and pick him up at the end of his ride some six weeks later. Becky invited me to ride along, to help ride herd on her 5 children, and because I have always wanted to make such a trip. I have a granddaughter in my custody, so she gets to go along as well. Before we knew it, we added another of my grandchildren, and a daughter-in-love to the grand adventure.

Our intention is to see as many of the beautiful wonders of the USA as we can. We are in part, camping & RVing. Meeting a few acquaintances along the way, as well as planning a night or two with family members who don't mind temporarily hosting the 10 of us. Maybe a couple of base camps with day-trips in places where we can set up and not have to pack up and move in the morning. We'll see!

What can you expect from reading about us?
First of all, we won't be posting our current location. It's just not safe to do so. But we will try to post a bit of something every day or two- depending on internet services. The posts will reflect what we have seen and done, the kids reactions to places most of our family has only read about.
There may be a link to my son's bicycling adventure, assuming he writes one.
No, we are not following him. Just dropping him off, and picking him up again across the continent.

Our quest starts in mid August... unfortunately during one of the hottest years on record. The start date is still weeks away, so my posts between now and then may be fewer, and reflect such mundane issues as the logistics involved in planning to be on the road for an extended period, with a large group. I personally love logistics, so I am already having a great time.