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I'm sure your little sister

Mathias Baden — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:01:36 -0600

I'm sure your little sister would appreciate you voicing those stories to the world via the Internet. Ha! Next time she gets Googled, all the dirty laundry shows up.

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)

Today ... maybe. But she was

Ruth Anne Maddox — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:06:35 -0600

Today ... maybe. But she was only about 12 and a non-swimmer at the time.

You are a better sibling

Brandon — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:22:28 -0600

You are a better sibling than I – I probably would have let my sister go into the lake and then made sure she was alright.

I've never been much of a

Ruth Anne Maddox — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:21:46 -0600

I've never been much of a sleepwalker (I prefer to remain in bed and dream crazy dreams) but my little sister has done some unconscious wandering.

Once, when we were kids, she mistook my parents' room for the bathroom, pull out a dresser drawer and sat down to do her business.

Another time, we were camping and I was awakened by the sound of the RV door closing. I looked outside before jumping from my bunk in time to stop her from walking off the end of the pier.

Wow! You guys are

Mathias Baden — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:18:48 -0500

Wow! You guys are troopers.

As a child, my family made an annual 32-hour trek to Florida. We all love Disney World.

But as an adult, the longest I've gone is 14 -- Shoreview almost to Dallas on Jan. 1, 2000. We slept in a church parking lot under a glow-in-the-dark green cross. Between the two drivers and the deadbeat in the backseat who never got behind the wheel during a four-day trip, we couldn't go any further in a day. From Dallas, it was on to New Orleans. And the drive back to the Twin Cities was about the same 14 hours.

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)

4 1/2 days --- Inver Grove

Jason Allen — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:37:35 -0500

4 1/2 days --- Inver Grove Heights to Fairbanks, Alaska. Me and my daughter, my nephew and his grandmother made the trip last year in a motorhome. We averaged 19 1/2 hours a day in driving. Saw some amazing wild life along the way. Traveled up the Alaska Highway. I would encourage everyone to do it once....but only once.

30 hours, Jordan to San

TresaKnox — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:41:44 -0500

30 hours, Jordan to San Francisco - 3 drivers, 2 kids. And we had a great time (except the snow storm in the mountains on my turn). Our kids have taken several long trips this way with us and travel great - among them 22 hours to Myrtle Beach, SC and 15 hours to Ft. Collins, CO. We've traveled since our kids were babies, as my family does not live locally - 4 hours is a short trip for us. Good music, DVDs for the kids and books on tape.

Winona, Minn. to

Andrew Link — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:27:43 -0500

Winona, Minn. to Springfield, Mass.... 18 fun hours. Split between three drivers. Thankfully!

Wow! Driving/riding for an

Brandon — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 10:21:42 -0500

Wow! Driving/riding for an entire day at a time must be awful! I’ve been on long driving trips like that, but I always had to stop and camp or stay at a hotel for the night, because it was getting too awful.

24 hours, from seattle to

Mz. Sasa — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 10:12:24 -0500

24 hours, from seattle to southern california. yes, a day. oh the agony!