Manny guesses the weight of a pig at a weight-guessing contest, and wins a baby pig as a result. There, Greg narrowly avoids running into the Beardos. The family next heads to the annual county fair. Greg yells at them, but must rush back inside when the Beardo father comes out to yell at him. There, he discovers the Beardo children ramming a janitorial cart into the wall. Trying to sleep, Greg later hears loud sounds outside.
Greg and Rodrick go to use the hot tub, but a large, hairy, bearded man and his annoying family are using it and won’t get out. The motel the family takes for the first night is run-down and dirty.
The family misses several sightseeing opportunities because Manny is napping, and they do not want to wake him up. The family packs up their minivan, and attaches Frank’s old boat to the back. Greg, his father Frank, and his brothers Rodrick and Manny are uncertain about the trip. Sue determines they will use the Family Frolic article as a guide to their own vacation. But his mother, Sue, after reading an article about family vacations in Family Frolic Magazine, decides the family will go on such a vacation. Greg looks forward to a long summer of relaxing and doing nothing important. When the novel begins, summer vacation has just gotten underway. “The Long Haul” is the ninth installment in Kinney’s “Wimpy Kid” series. “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul” is a young adult novel by Jeff Kinney which recounts the misadventure-prone summer road trip of Greg Heffley and his family.
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