Summer brings out the wanderlust in all of us. It’s the perfect time to get away from your routine, and see parts of the country or the world you may not be familiar with.

Some fly, some take a train, and then there’s the great American tradition of the road trip. That’s the route I took this summer, venturing over 800 miles each way from Southeast Michigan to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, for a week in the sun.

Doing my best Clark Griswold impression, I gathered my family and all the essentials for the long road ahead, packed the car tight and ventured on to the highway -- not sure what would lie ahead. The beach was great of course, but getting there and back was an equally exciting adventure.