I went to the library on Friday afternoon and picked up a book on Mexico, because our original tenuous plan was to fly up to Mexico from Lima, then travel through Mexico up to the US and drive up to San Francisco. Then we had a sudden change of mind, and now we're thinking of flying straight from Lima to somewhere (anywhere) in the south of the US, then hiring a campervan and taking our time to drive to SF.
We have to stop in Tempe, Arizona to visit some friends (for parenting advice, which we may well need by then - Harriet has written a book on Parenting for Primates). Aside from that, we're free agents.
Andrew and I got very excited about the prospect of a road trip, to the extent that Andrew dashed up to the studio to research hiring a campervan. The kids were slightly bemused by our enthusiasm. I guess they haven't seen as many road movies as we have. Maybe if I borrow National Lampoon's Vacation ...
The only thing Holden is interested in is whether he can take a skateboard. He may be only 9, but he's working very hard on being a teenager. Phoebe is mostly obsessed with milking her grief at the thought of leaving her friends behind - and lest I sound like the harshest mother on earth, I should add that Phoebe is the world's biggest Drama Queen. Perhaps she will be discovered as we cruise through LA ...
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