Comments on: Let's go on a road trip

By: Nicki

Nicki — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:14:22 +0000

Or to Little Nicki, Little Donna, Little Mark and Little Scott; then fill up both back seat foot wells and put a twin-size mattress over the entire back seat area; then to maximize the fragile peace, put one child up front with the parents and always place the remaining opposite sex sib in between the two same sex siblings at either window – this poor child the only barrier to the venom and wrath of the window-siblings. And don’t forget to add at least one unique circumstance to pressure the road trip family to the breaking point – it may be an extra cousin or a grandmother. One summer it was the window-seat box with the family dog and her five 3-week old puppies traveling across the summer desert to California with open windows as the car air conditioner, the three back-seat siblings squeezed into the space for two, mopping puppy-heads with melted ice-chest water to cool them and stop their otherwise incessant high-pitched yipping complaints. Oh, those were the days that confirmed we Americans still had the pioneer spirit!

By: ApplyCreditCards

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By: Friendly Bling

Friendly Bling — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:45:46 +0000

[...] Holly because she is the Picasso of stick figure art and she understands the importance of the Imaginary Line of Death. [...]

By: Octamom

Octamom — Sun, 03 May 2009 13:58:00 +0000

I am absolutely astounded at the similarity of rules, seating configurations and packing pride that our families shared a la the 70's. It's uncanny! And I have to say, I was quite surprised at myself, when I began having to road-trip it 700+ miles with our then six kiddos between our old home and the new at how many of these rules and regulations came back to the forefront of my travel strategies...

(absolutely LOVE this post)

Blessings!

By: Eli's Lids

Eli's Lids — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 04:27:00 +0000

OK!! I love this I did something similar… but so not as funny here: http://elislids.blogspot.com/2007/01/crash-new-car-back-aches.html
I’m going to have to get out the markers again…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:35:00 +0000

i was smart …. i could talk my mum into switching seats with me so that she could sit next to brother

but the rules were still the same (and they still apply today – even when i am driving ….ummm might have to change them for the next trip)

By: Deborah at Coco Bonbons

Deborah at Coco Bonbons — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:40:00 +0000

Love this article! Love the drawings! My family of 6 also took long road trips in a minivan from Indiana to Florida almost every summer. Very similar rules. One of our games was that “whoever smells the ocean first gets a dollar!” Yeah, my parents were brilliant. Kept us quiet (except for all the sniffing) for at least an hour once we crossed the Florida state line.

By: Colleen - Mommy Always Wins

Colleen - Mommy Always Wins — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:33:00 +0000

I {big puffy heart} Holly's animated life.

When there were three of us, we had a third lay across the floor.

Once there were four we were pretty much doomed to backseat anarchy.

By: Roger

Roger — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 02:39:00 +0000

OMG!!! We had the same line of death if ever crossed! AND the window ledge in the back – we were so lucky not to have died! Naw, it was way more fun then the boring road trips we go on now. I mean every.single.child. has something to keep them entertained, and the van doesn’t even have a ledge. Our childhoods were so much better than our kids, no?

By: Alicia (aka Dr. Mom)

Alicia (aka Dr. Mom) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:40:00 +0000

best. post. EVER. i can relate to much of it. we traveled in a bright orange VW station wagon with no seatbelts and no A/C. roll down windows, baby. cross country. PA to Cali. A family of 6 with an aspergers-ish dad and a mom with a flare for melodrama.