How Long?

"How Long?" - By Rick Barrows

"How Long?" - By Rick Barrows

It’s the early 1960s. Mom and Dad decide to take all of us on a trip from Fort Worth, Texas up to Gramma‘s house in a little country setting called West Addison just outside of Vergennes, Vermont. The logistics of the trip…over 1700 miles, over 28 hours if you drive straight through over the course of 2 to 3 days, in a 1956 four-door Chevrolet station wagon with no third row seat, no power steering, no power brakes, no cruise control, no GPS, no air conditioning, no seatbelts, seven of us kids ranging in ages from 1 to 9 years, comic books, treats, water in an old metal thermos, Mom and Dad.