Driving across the country....your thoughts

[OnionPatch]

This summer I would like to drive across the country from southern California to see family in Michigan.

We have a great truck with a camper and we'd be going through cool places like Arches National Park and the Rocky Mountains. I've never been through the Plains and although I hear they're boring to drive through, I'd still like to see them. The family we'd visit has an old farm in rural Mich. where we'll be staying. We could take a different route home and stop in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Well, you get the picture....

My husband wants to fly. Ug. I see his point, it's a very long drive and we have just two weeks but could possibly stretch it to about 18 days. I couldn't care less how long it takes. I love road trips and positively hate to fly. It's a phobia I aquired gradually over the years and I can't explain it. It's not related to 911 but maybe more to distrust of corporate America and their habits of cutting corners to pad their profits. Husband says they have Xanax for that sort of thing. :)

I say they have portable DVD players and audio books for road-trip sort of things. ;) So I'm up late googling Utah, etc. and reading DU and wondering if any of you have any thoughts on road trips or recommendations of places to stop. Or if you think it's crazy, why? Is it too far? And is it possible to get over the fear of flying? Don't you miss a lot when you fly all the time instead of actually seeing the land you're passing through?

Oh, and we'd be taking our small child along as well. He says "bad idea"....I say "memories of a lifetime."