My family had lived in Michigan for a few years now. As usual, my family decided to go to Minnesota for Valentine 's Day week. As we packed and got ready, I remembered all the fun times I had when my family visited friends earlier times. The church potlucks, the ice rinks, the YMCA, all fun activities we used to do with friends and family there. We left early in the morning to get the long eight-hour trip over. To make the trip fly by, I listened to classical music and read, my sister played games on her tablet, and my mom slept while my dad stayed awake for the never-ending miles of