How to do a summer road trip around the US with kids

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My daughters Happy and Bee have grown up in Asia. Since we left New York City for Singapore 12 years ago when Happy was four, and Bee was born here, both girls know little of their homeland. The moment Happy suggested driving across the United States for her 16th birthday, my husband Jim and I exclaimed, almost in chorus: "Let's go!"

This adventure would offer both education and travel - the two best investments in our minds.

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