If a kid gets sick from smelling good clean sea air he is a wimpy kid. And the mountains in Arkansas aren't high enough for anybody to get a nosebleed. I had seen the Rockies and the Appalaicans before I ever saw any in Arkansas. They shouldn't even call those hills mountains. As I was driving there the first time I saw them I was wondering when they were going to get bigger.
Was sober when I got there but not when I left. The city itself is a shithole but the gulf breeze is OK
Then, you certainly would have done that the day they had a sisterly spat in the backseat of their great uncle from Chicago's vehicle. We were in South Bend, Indiana, and the younger sibling tossed some Sprite at her sister, fighting over the Nintendo DS or some such bs. I was mortified, then we stopped at Notre Dame, and I chewed some ass. Kids test our patience constantly, and my kids actually tend to behave (at least in public). I guess they were a little too comfortable with their great uncle.
Please--clean air in Galveston? The cross between extreme humidity (remember, my kids are from Dallas, where a humid day is 60% humidity), the dead fish aroma, and heavy saltwater smell, she didn't do so well. We threw $100 at a crew at a car wash, and they went to town cleaning the hell out of that backseat. In Arkansas, my older daughter kept having nosebleeds because she was on Depakote for seizures, and it serves as a blood thinner, so being in higher elevation set off nosebleeds the whole trip that year.
I have neoprene seat covers on top of my leather that are custom fit for the Excursion. They are waterproof, don't get too hot, don't cause sweat, and vomit wipes right off. I bought them for my labs and muddy paws. Everyone who has seen them or ridden in the truck loves them. The seat heaters still work as well.
