It's not a roadtrip unless.....

There's a bag of pork rinds in the car.



Next?

My wife gets us lost and she blames me...

A can of Pringles

you get to stop and eat whenever you decide to

...my brother throws up and my father loses his temper...

... it starts out with a mug of coffee (which might have to be refilled at some stop if the trip is too lengthy).

...you get Dunkin' Munchkins at the start of your trip.

....you got really old country western tapes playin, the camper on the back of the pick-up and a bag of jerky.

...there's a cannister of cheddar cheese popcorn next to the driver.

........ a big cup of fresh coffee and a bag of powdered sugar mini-doughnuts !!!

I see some messy cars here!

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Originally posted by kland01s

I see some messy cars here!

That's how you can tell ya been on a Roadtrip!!

...you swear on all that's holy that the diet starts the moment you arrive back home.

Clothier - then you will have one child listening to the Red Hot Chili Peppers, one to C&W, and another Metallica, all on headsets playing so loud it makes you want to jump out the window.

Lone Star- RE the different taste in music...
It doesn't have to be the kids!! My wife likes the blues/jazz sounds. I can take it for an hour or so, but that's enough.
I like to have my scanner on monitoring the railroad radio traffic to see if there is a nearby train to check out.... get the picture?? It's headsets for her, and the scanner is placed on my left to keep it as far from her as can be.Actually both of us tend to not use any sound stuff when we ride together...it is the time for good talks and discussing the meaning of life itself !!

1 Meantime count the coke cups or FF bag/boxes in the front seat--divide by 3 then multiply by a factor of 2 The result is the number of days since you left home. (2 adults and a dog...no kids)

2. Rest Area Bathroom break x 4 plus the meal stop x 3 plus Wal-Mart stop (or 2) added together will equal one day on the road.

3. Excessive speed stop by county or local cop..warning issued instead of ticket because you asked about good nearby BBQ and Cop's brother runs one. He/she escorts you to the place . One Stop per day ! (Except in Georgis raise it to 2 stops per day)

.... you pick a compass point and drive, not knowing what you will see or where/what you will find to eat. Good idea...heading out NOW.

....unless I have to cross at least one bridge and have to pay at least $4.00 in tolls to get home.

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Originally posted by hilldweller

....unless I have to cross at least one bridge and have to pay at least $4.00 in tolls to get home.

Ah, the challenge is to make a detour, just giving more opportunities to find a new, exciting place to chow down or catch a snack.

Unless I've gotten sick of Radio Disney.
Unless the sign says "next services 37 miles"-------and someone says "i gotta go".
Unless no one can agree on the next stop.

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Originally posted by dendan

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Originally posted by hilldweller

....unless I have to cross at least one bridge and have to pay at least $4.00 in tolls to get home.

Ah, the challenge is to make a detour, just giving more opportunities to find a new, exciting place to chow down or catch a snack.

Unfortunately there are no detours because I live on an island and I have to cross a bridge to go anywhere that's not local and I have to pay $4.00 or $5.00 to cross the bridge to get home.

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Originally posted by Al-The Mayor-Bowen

Lone Star- RE the different taste in music...
It doesn't have to be the kids!! My wife likes the blues/jazz sounds. I can take it for an hour or so, but that's enough.
I like to have my scanner on monitoring the railroad radio traffic to see if there is a nearby train to check out.... get the picture?? It's headsets for her, and the scanner is placed on my left to keep it as far from her as can be. Actually both of us tend to not use any sound stuff when we ride together...it is the time for good talks and discussing the meaning of life itself !!

1 Meantime count the coke cups or FF bag/boxes in the front seat--divide by 3 then multiply by a factor of 2 The result is the number of days since you left home. (2 adults and a dog...no kids)

2. Rest Area Bathroom break x 4 plus the meal stop x 3 plus Wal-Mart stop (or 2) added together will equal one day on the road.

3. Excessive speed stop by county or local cop..warning issued instead of ticket because you asked about good nearby BBQ and Cop's brother runs one. He/she escorts you to the place . One Stop per day ! (Except in Georgis raise it to 2 stops per day)

I can take anything but Metallica

For me, it's ESSENTIAL to load up the 6-CD carousel. Listening to music is half the fun of the trip.

Beyond that, while I like stumbling into finds, I also like to have at least one place I already know I'm going to try: it makes me look even more forward to the trip.

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Originally posted by clothier

unless Raffi or Shrek is playing on the CD. Man, I can't wait until the kids musical taste changes.

No You Don't!!!!!!!!! It only gets worse........Trust me I know, I have kids 4,11,16, and 17. Buy Headphones and individual CD players NOW! Happy Halloween Ya'll

Must have those packaged orange peanut butter crackers (by Lance?) and a coke.

unless....

You have referreed the ever-changing rules of "shotgun" at least 5 times (must know the difference between "inside the house shotgun" and "outside the house shotgun", and the variations that can occur if one of the disputing parties touches a mirror first.

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Originally posted by clothier

Nope, no head sets in the car. That was always my dad's rule, and I'm sticking to it. Everybody get's a turn to pick, and everybody has to listen to everybody else's music. Makes for very interesting trips. My dad likes jazz and big bands. My Mom likes folk and classical. My brother liked Cream and Dylan. My sister always used to pick an hour of no music. I liked Beach Boys and country.
It made for interesting rides.

Great idea,especially when WE were kids----but----are YOU really ready to listen to WHATEVER your kids want to hear!? We tried it but i have to admit that though i am an old rock and roller hippie and a blues fan---Metallica and MegaDeath brought out the headphones in our car!!

Man, I'm glad my wife and I have the same taste in music...

When I moved cross-country lst year, we had a Ryder truck that only had a radio. Thank god for NPR and half-decent oldies stations, because the radio landscape is pretty damn bleak.

It's not a roadtrip unless my wife's in the passenger seat, looking through the map book and figuring out what towns we're going to be near at mealtimes and postulating what kind of local restaurants will be there.

Oh, and unless we're stopping at local convenience stores to gas up and looking for regional brands of soft drinks and potato chips to try!

One More--
You know it is the day before leaving on a multi-day trip when all of the gas stations raise their prices "Big Time".
Yesterday we had $1.34 cent regular all over Louisville....Today it is $1.59...must be time to leave !!

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Originally posted by Al-The Mayor-Bowen

One More--
You know it is the day before leaving on a multi-day trip when all of the gas stations raise their prices "Big Time".
Yesterday we had $1.34 cent regular all over Louisville....Today it is $1.59...must be time to leave !!

I gassed up today (in Manhattan) for an overnight trip to Philly (yes, I'll work in a cheesesteak), and was thrilled to see that the price of regular had gone DOWN to $1.87.9. It was more than $2 during the summer.

So, I guess it's all relative....

It's not a road trip unless we have Route 44 sweet teas from Sonic (downside - lots of pitstops), a couple of bags of regional brand potato chips in various flavors, and the tablet PC, so that I can get on-line, en-route, to check roadfood recommendations for the towns we'll be passing through. This particular habit drives my husband crazy ("drive faster, sweetie, so that we can hit Virginia around lunchtime and stop at Mrs. Rowe's"). I loooove the tablet...