Nothing spoils the trip more than a barfing kid (or worse, adult). If anyone has earned her car sickness badge, it’s my daughter Estee. A few years ago we took a 3,000 mile summer road trip and she got sick every time the car hit 50 miles an hour. Every single time. We had the…
Planning a Family Road Trip? These Fun Games, Toys and Activities Keep Kids Entertained
There will be no backseat bickering during this family road trip. Summer vacations are different this year. More families are choosing staycations as a safer way for their families to get a change of scenery. Sometimes these staycations can mean hours on the road. As a parent with 9-years’ worth of road trips under my…
Turn Your Family Road Trip Into a Learning Adventure
These are lessons your kids might actually love. Here’s another thing to love about homeschooling: the freedom to travel when you want. Growing up, road trips with the family are honestly the fondest memories that I look back on. And I’m just as excited to be able to create family road trip memories with my sons….
2017 Ford Escape Titanium Review: The Family Car for Road Tripping AND City Driving (And a Chance to Win a Britax Car Seat!)
Can this minivan family make it for a week in a pretty, but smaller, crossover? My family is not a stranger to road trips but when we were asked if we wanted to conduct a 2017 Ford Escape Titanium review on a ten day road trip, I was just a little nervous. We’re normally a…
Date Night, Family Time, Baby Sitter: How Do You Watch Movies in Cars?
From drive ins to built in movie screens, movies in cars have evolved. Growing up, watching a movie in a car meant my parents loaded my brothers, sister and me in a station wagon and went to the drive in. We hooked up our radio to the drive-in’s sound system and the tinny audio filled…