Comments on: Top Ten Rules for Road Trips

By: Laura

Laura — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 08:05:51 +0000

My husband and I have been through many road miles together. We learned to always carry a dome tent in the car because the most beautiful places we stayed were campgrounds. They are easy to put up. Solar shower bags are wonderful if you’re roughing it or if the power fails.
Frozen juice or water in a jug is great for the cooler then gets drank. Pita bread travels better than normal loaves. Put condiment packets in a ziplock in the cooler. Granola or trail mix is a good snack. Pick up sandwich fillings at delis in amounts you’ll use up fast- food poisoning ruins trips.
We like similar music so we sang while driving.

By: CD

CD — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:35:34 +0000

I like to bring colored pencils as there is lots of inspiration out there. Like cows, ha!

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:31:06 +0000

We always bring books on tape/CD. We try to choose classics; last trip we listened to “Treasure Island” and we were all absolutely riveted! Other trips have included the “Harry Potter” books. Check out our local library; the selection is great and they are free!!

By: CW

CW — Fri, 29 May 2009 23:20:58 +0000

wow I think you have them all. We always try to pick some weird place on the map to check out. We have seen the very first KFC ( it used to be a two room hotel), the first concreat in America, and a Castle in Ohio it is also how we found one of our favorite places to stop- Berea Ky. Recently we watched a couple of episodes of one-of-a-kind road-trip kind of places to eat, and if the place is on the way we will try to check it out. One of these days I want to go to Kozy Dogs- the first corn dogs in America.
I really agree with the trip is also part of the vaccation. Took us a while to figure that one out, but once we did it has been wonderful.Anyone taking 75 south (or north) from GA to Mich/Indiana I have some great places if you want them….

By: A Gran

A Gran — Fri, 29 May 2009 15:20:01 +0000

Don’t get upset or panic if you get “lost”. All roads lead somewhere, just not necessarily the place you wanted to go. We’ve discovered some wonderful places to explore and fun things to do when we’ve made a wrong turn. On my wall, I have a quote attributed to Ursula LeGuin: “It’s good to have an end to journey toward; but it the journey that matters in the end.”

By: Vicky

Vicky — Fri, 29 May 2009 15:00:50 +0000

I agree that it’s better to interact as a family (how else are our kids going to learn to get along with others?) However, if you have two kids in the back seat who always fight and you are on a four-hour trip to a funeral and are already stressed to the max, bring on the DVD player!

By: Debbie

Debbie — Fri, 29 May 2009 14:12:35 +0000

We always have a throw and pillow in the car, just in case someone wants to snooze.

By: susaneva

susaneva — Fri, 29 May 2009 14:10:20 +0000

We did the license plate game with our kids when we were on the highway, and I printed off a map of the USA so they could fill in the state with colored pencils when we found it – great geography lesson and they didn’t even know it! Also I would borrow children’s books on CD from the Library to listen to when we needed some quiet time.

Then there was the time that the kids made a sign for the van window that said, “Wave if you like Grey Poupon” …..which was fun, but then they changed it to “Wave it you are not wearing underwear” without us knowing – we got lots of reaction from that!!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:30:58 +0000

Yes. Do not take your mother-in-law with you.