That would depend on where you live and what type of jobs you do. If you live in an area that has a lot of work say, in a 100 mile radius, then you will very rarely be away from home, and there are a lot of places like that in the U.S. If you work short term jobs with overtime, such as pipelines, and a lot of other types of work requiring rig hands, then you will be away from home sometimes, but only for around 6 weeks at a time, Some years much of my work is out of town and some years not,but I work in short spurts, with lots of overtime. 3 good spurts and I've made my living for the year, couple that with the work we pick up within driving distance of the house and I have more time off than the vast majority of folks and see my kids much more than your average clock puncher. During the summer when the kids are out of school, they always go where Dad's working and see the sights. Many rig welders without kids or with grown kids take their wife along as their helper, not only do they sleep with the wife, they travel and work with her too. Many with small pre school age kids travel in a RV and take everyone with them. Again you need to keep in mind that many of these guys are only out of town 2 or 3 times per year, for short duration. Like most things in life, if you've never done it, it's hard to comment accuratly.
JTMcC.