Greetings from the land of Dunkin Donuts, crazy traffic, lobsters and rocky beaches – we’re in New England!
I simply love road trips. And this one is especially exciting for a couple reasons – first of all, we are getting to see both my family in Pennsylvania, and my husband’s family in Rhode Island, as well as many other friends along the way! But the other exciting thing is that this trip is hopefully the prelude to a more permanent type of road trip: moving!
We are hoping and praying to be able to move to Boston soon. This week we are here for my husband to work on his job hunting – he is looking for a new chemical engineering job in the Boston area. I am sooooo excited!!
I love going to a new area, and I am especially enthusiastic about Boston. While I was growing up, we moved around a lot, living in the north, the south, even Europe for a couple of years. Since Tim and I have been married, we’ve only lived in the south – first in Tennessee and currently in Kentucky. And both were lovely, but we’re also ready to be moving back up north.
The trip itself has been a lot of fun – being in the car together for hours gives lots of opportunities for talking as a family, singing loudly, playing car games and just enjoying being together. I always loved road trips when I was a kid, and it is fun now to enjoy it with my own family.
We’ve even been making some road trip videos on this trip, some of which might become vlogs here. Beware that there might be some general goofiness. :)
Here is something that we might do a road trip vlog about – and I’d love to incorporate some of your thoughts or comments you might have into our video:
What are your favorite road trip activities and games?
Let us know and you might get a shout out in an upcoming vlog! :)
Leave your thoughts and comments below, I love to hear from you!
We play that awful banana game, but I’ve had to quit cold turkey when I’m driving because I get too caught up in scanning big parking lots and so on…
I love road trips, too! For younger to middle kids, I like to play “Three Things”. It has helped me calm a car of children (my own or others) many times.
Three commonly seen items are selected as the “three things”. For example, the first three things might be a flag, a police car, and a cow. You would select sensible things depending on where you are traveling:) I commonly let the kids select the second two items after I select the first one to give them the idea (especially when some are new to the game).
Each person in the car then watches for any of the three times. When someone finds one of the items, he shouts out “FLAG” or whatever it is he sees. He then has the task of selecting a new item for the list. Sometimes the things are found at a fast pace. As soon as anyone sees an item, he or she can call it out and replace it. If you are having trouble finding the items, you could replace one with an easier item. Things inside the car are not eligible.
This is a simple game, but can keep a few people busy for a while on a road trip:)
Enjoy your trip!
Bertina/mom/Grandmommy :)
My family has always loved the alphabet game – spotting each letter of the alphabet in signs on the road. It’s a classic, and it keeps us entertained for a long time. (Q takes foreeeeeeeeever.)
Some of my favorite road games are: The Alphabet game, 3 things, Pretend to make a commercial for a restaurant or business, and Banana