July 2008
Road Trip Ideas

Planning a fun vacation with your family this summer? Forget sticking a movie in a portable DVD player or having the kids all tune into their individual iPods while you drive. Create a roadside scavenger hunt or a fun bingo-like game to keep your family occupied as your travel. Come up with a long list of things that would be plausible to glimpse out the window of a moving car. You can be as general or specific as you wish. If there are certain landmarks that you know you will be traveling by, be sure to include those!

Then, either create a checklist for each of your kids or set the objects up like a bingo board. Come of up with a few fun prizes for the winner, or the person who can spot the most objects from the list. Another fun variation would be to try and spot a license plate from each of the fifty states. As a family, keep a list and see how many you can find together.