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Originally Posted by H46Bubba

We've done three cross country trips with kids. The first two we were lucky enough to have the in-laws watch my oldest who at that time was our only child. Our last one we did was quite an adventure and that was with both our boys ages 4 and 6 mos. In between PHX and Flagstaff our cars tranny took a dump. We had to leave the car in Flagstaff and continue on in my truck which is only an access cab! We bought our oldest a portable DVD player at Target and that occupied him the whole trip. He either slept or was watching a movie. We made multiple stops for diaper changes. You have it easy with both being under two. Just make sure you have plenty of snacks for them to chew on and make stops so they can get a small break out of their seats. You can't do a power drive with kids. When I was single and in the Navy, I did two cross county transfers and was able to power drive with minimal stoppage time and average a two and a half day trip coast to coast. No more of those. Good luck and have a good trip!

H46Bubba,

Man, that sounds like quite the experience! Fortunately the majority of our move is going to be by plane, while our personal items lag behind in the Atlantic ocean. The logistics of the move, however, have been mind boggling so far, and I expect that the best is yet to come.

I have to admit, I think you are on to something there with the portable DVD player. That is something I am going to look into, as my 2 year old (Well, 2 on Thursday) need something to keep him occupied, and on long flights you run out of stuff fast!

Oh, I know what you mean about the single man moves in the Navy (Well, Army for me). Now those moves were a piece of piss! I never thought I could make money by moving!! (How many barrels filled with water and engine blocks can you fit in the back of a truck!)

Thanks for the well wishes, and we’ll have the best move we can. Keep you posted.

Originally Posted by Kristie

good luck on the move! if i didn't already give you my number, PM me and if you need any help when you get here, let me know Doug and I only moved from Florida to Arizona using a uhaul.. we did have our dog with us and she was a good sport...but that's not even comparable to moving with kids!

should have Anita ask the girls over at Jetgirls cuz i bet they have a lot more experience with that!!

Kristie,

Thanks for that, and no we don’t have your details so I’ll PM you later on. You have already helped quite a bit with the information you sent over, Anita and I are sincerely grateful for it, and for any other help you provide.

I hope you really mean it, because we are certainly going to need some kind of help at one point or another, so expect a call . Seriously though, Anita has already made a lot of contacts on Jetgirls, and she has gotten a bunch of good information (Well, we hope it’s good), but we were just talking about it the other day and we really don’t wish to be a burden on anyone, so when we start calling for help it probably mean that we have set sail up the creek, and left the paddles behind!

Anyway, although we have started the move we are still about 4 weeks out of PHX. We are moving in hops, first to London and Bristol for a couple of weeks to see Anita’s family, then to New York for a couple of weeks to see my family, maybe with a side trip to Atlanta to see my brother but that is up in the air right now, and then we are off to PHX, so we still have a bit of time before we arrive.

Never the less, we are really looking forward to getting there!

Thanks again for the offer, I’ll PM you soon.