As a Brit now living in California I agree with your sentiment but a 10 hour drive for a week long trip was pretty routine in my childhood, usually once or twic

As a Brit now living in California I agree with your sentiment but a 10 hour drive for a week long trip was pretty routine in my childhood, usually once or twice a year. Either visiting family in Cornwall (400 mile, 12 hour trip when we were young kids before the roads were improved, 8 hours when we were older) or camping holidays in France (usually two weeks.)