The annual Pennoyer drive from Connecticut to Disney World in 1982 was not delayed by a stomach flu that swept through our family with a vengeance. My parents piled us into the fleshy-tan, fourteen-foot Ford cargo van my father had outfitted with a few bench seats so our family of seven could travel comfortably and "move about the cabin" as we pleased during the two-and-a-half-day road trip. We brought a cooler, toys, books, suitcases, and a slew of dark Hefty bags in which t