In May 2010, Margaret Weller traveled across the mainland in only three days. Weller was moving to Hawaii, but her family did not want to fly straight there. They wanted to make it a bit of an adventure. Weller, her brother and their parents left Virginia, driving one car crammed with eleven suitcases.

From Virginia, they drove through Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and finally California. Weller said the drive was exhausting. They drove for 15 hours at a time, only stopping three times in Arkansas, Texas and California to rest. 

Weller said the craziest part of the trip was between Texas and New Mexico. They came across a sixty mile desert with crazy weather. One minute it would be hot and sunny, the next it would be raining so hard that a person can barely see where they are going.

The trip allowed the Weller family did get to bond since they had to spend hours with each other.

“In a way, I guess, it kinda brought our family a little closer,” Weller said.