Road Trips - 5 Things You Will Love & Hate About The Family Road Trip - Wolters World
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Date: 2022-02-04
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Evelyn
You brought back some memories about road trips from when I was younger. We made the trip to my grandparents/aunts place 1400 miles away from where we lived. Back then (1970s) we did not have any of the things you suggest to bring for kids like tablets and mini-game consoles. We had a backseat full of books, crayons, colorbooks, small toys and other things. We did not have to use a seatbelt like they have to now and the seat laid down so me and my sis had some room to stretch out in. We did though, look out the windows all the time with the ever changing scenes around us. Mom packed us food to eat on the road for the first day. I can remeber eating egg salad sandwiches for breakfast! We did not have the money for fast food and the only messes in the car were from our toys and melted crayons.
So when it was my turn to do road trips with my kids, we still did not have the electronics but we did have a CD player so I brought our favorite music and also books on CD to listen to. I did not have a DVD player because they were expensive and (my kids took a road trip or two with their dad and step family members and they had the DVD player because the step siblings could not stand to be in the car long) so the kids would look out the window for hours. As for are we there yet? I quickly nipped that in the bud so to speak when I told them to do that with their dad. So they would ask me where we were instead. I would stop at grocery stores and get things there vs fast food.
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You brought back some memories about road trips from when I was younger. We made the trip to my grandparents/aunts place 1400 miles away from where we lived. Back then (1970s) we did not have any of the things you suggest to bring for kids like tablets and mini-game consoles. We had a backseat full of books, crayons, colorbooks, small toys and other things. We did not have to use a seatbelt like they have to now and the seat laid down so me and my sis had some room to stretch out in. We did though, look out the windows all the time with the ever changing scenes around us. Mom packed us food to eat on the road for the first day. I can remeber eating egg salad sandwiches for breakfast! We did not have the money for fast food and the only messes in the car were from our toys and melted crayons.
So when it was my turn to do road trips with my kids, we still did not have the electronics but we did have a CD player so I brought our favorite music and also books on CD to listen to. I did not have a DVD player because they were expensive and (my kids took a road trip or two with their dad and step family members and they had the DVD player because the step siblings could not stand to be in the car long) so the kids would look out the window for hours. As for are we there yet? I quickly nipped that in the bud so to speak when I told them to do that with their dad. So they would ask me where we were instead. I would stop at grocery stores and get things there vs fast food.
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Eric
I can vividly remember 6 years ago as a 6th grader nearly having our backs against the wall going from the White Mtns in AZ taking a backway in NM back home to Tucson. First, we were having engine knocking issues in our '93 Sub, then a cop was hunting us down for speeding but thankfully he pulled back to the shoulder and we were never stopped, then on top of the that the fuel gauge was pegged at the E and I could only imagine what running dry in the middle of the desert in JUNE would be like. We made it just fine thank goodness, but overall fantastic video woltersworld!
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I can vividly remember 6 years ago as a 6th grader nearly having our backs against the wall going from the White Mtns in AZ taking a backway in NM back home to Tucson. First, we were having engine knocking issues in our '93 Sub, then a cop was hunting us down for speeding but thankfully he pulled back to the shoulder and we were never stopped, then on top of the that the fuel gauge was pegged at the E and I could only imagine what running dry in the middle of the desert in JUNE would be like. We made it just fine thank goodness, but overall fantastic video woltersworld!
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Jim
I remember playing the license plate game as a kid, as well as my younger brother always being asleep, and me looking out the window all the time. I was totally fascinated by the passing scenery. I know--weird kid! I was a kid before Ronald McDonald was born, so we, honestly, never ate junk food on trips, and I don't eat it watching TV or at movies today. All you need to experience this is to be old like me. Totally agree with Love #2. If you return to eastern Canada, try driving around the Gaspe Peninsula of Quebec, plus Nova Scotia. Beautiful!
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I remember playing the license plate game as a kid, as well as my younger brother always being asleep, and me looking out the window all the time. I was totally fascinated by the passing scenery. I know--weird kid! I was a kid before Ronald McDonald was born, so we, honestly, never ate junk food on trips, and I don't eat it watching TV or at movies today. All you need to experience this is to be old like me. Totally agree with Love #2. If you return to eastern Canada, try driving around the Gaspe Peninsula of Quebec, plus Nova Scotia. Beautiful!
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TitletownAKA
I notice you didn't stop in Boston on your trip. Too bad. There is so much history in this city. You could have also, taken a drive down to Plymouth to see Plymouth Plantation and Plymouth Rock. From there you could have gone down the Cape or as people not from New England call it, Cape Cod. After the Cape, how about a visit to Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket? You missed a lot.
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I notice you didn't stop in Boston on your trip. Too bad. There is so much history in this city. You could have also, taken a drive down to Plymouth to see Plymouth Plantation and Plymouth Rock. From there you could have gone down the Cape or as people not from New England call it, Cape Cod. After the Cape, how about a visit to Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket? You missed a lot.
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smekkes
Me and my gf drove 5000km around Germany last summer for 3 weeks, in my lousy car (Nissan Almera -00) haha. (I didn't laugh when we where driving up the mountains in Berchtesgaden: P ) Anyhow was an amazing trip. This summer we stayed in the northern part and landed at 1500km. In a better German car this time; ) Love road trips and your videos!
Regards from Sweden: )
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Me and my gf drove 5000km around Germany last summer for 3 weeks, in my lousy car (Nissan Almera -00) haha. (I didn't laugh when we where driving up the mountains in Berchtesgaden: P ) Anyhow was an amazing trip. This summer we stayed in the northern part and landed at 1500km. In a better German car this time; ) Love road trips and your videos!
Regards from Sweden: )
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Jim
John Stone, the way I handle problems with others is I don't take them along. I always go alone, then share it all when I return home. I even did that back in '84 when I drove solo to Alaska from northern Illinois, returning through Jasper, Banff and Glacier--9244 miles in 31 days. What a wonderful month!
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John Stone, the way I handle problems with others is I don't take them along. I always go alone, then share it all when I return home. I even did that back in '84 when I drove solo to Alaska from northern Illinois, returning through Jasper, Banff and Glacier--9244 miles in 31 days. What a wonderful month!
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purplecatlover1825
I remember when my family was on our way to Colorado and it just rained and we were sleeping at a campsite with a tent and we couldn't get the fire started because everything was wet at that same place i got to take a night swim at the pool there and we were camping right next to a stream
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I remember when my family was on our way to Colorado and it just rained and we were sleeping at a campsite with a tent and we couldn't get the fire started because everything was wet at that same place i got to take a night swim at the pool there and we were camping right next to a stream
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Emma
TIPS: Bring a portable garbage bag for your car to put trash in (empty it regularly, and a cooler with ice and ice packs to store healthy food and drinks in. Bring reusable water bottles too. You can fill those at rest stops. Bring bonine and plastic bags for car sickness.
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TIPS: Bring a portable garbage bag for your car to put trash in (empty it regularly, and a cooler with ice and ice packs to store healthy food and drinks in. Bring reusable water bottles too. You can fill those at rest stops. Bring bonine and plastic bags for car sickness.
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Esmeralda
Love watching your videos. Thanks for sharing, One thing I love the most is I feel like I also travel with your family because I could see all those places and gives me ideas on how to explore. Your kids are so adorable. Take care, God bless your family.
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Love watching your videos. Thanks for sharing, One thing I love the most is I feel like I also travel with your family because I could see all those places and gives me ideas on how to explore. Your kids are so adorable. Take care, God bless your family.
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purplecatlover1825
Were driving from iowa to to Wisconsin tomorrow, were staying at a cabin by a lake where we can swim, kayake and fish, and were not aloud to have our phones when we get there, on our way there and back we are aloud to have them
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Were driving from iowa to to Wisconsin tomorrow, were staying at a cabin by a lake where we can swim, kayake and fish, and were not aloud to have our phones when we get there, on our way there and back we are aloud to have them
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