If you don't want your travel partner (s) to kill you when you start singing your own version of Lady Gaga, I suggest you decide on a travel playlist together. A good mix of upbeat songs, rock classics, and a bunch of mellow beats for the long evening drives should do the trick. Or better yet, bring your own i-pod so neither you nor your roadtrip buddies have to come to blows over your crappy taste in music.
Whether you're going for a long haul or you just need a pick me up, this is necessary. You don't want to be crabby, especially if you're going on zero hours of sleep after being traumatized from that questionable motel. But don't overdo it, nobody wants a tweaky driver swatting at invisble bats while going 180 on the freeway.
How else are you going to entertain yourselves once the music is off? There are endless possibilities with these simple tools. Like, "Honk if you like candied bacon." or "Help me! My driver's descended into paranoid psychosis!"
If you DO get lost in the desert, you might as well take advantage of the hot sun before you use your GPS to get back on track. To prevent turning into a lobster, I suggest putting some kind of sunscreen on (or you might have more pictures to delete). But if you tan easily, that coconut scented human basting oil will do just fine!
This is a MUST to remember your road trip. Plus, the advantage of the digital camera is that you can delete unwanted pictures as you go to make room for new ones. Especially the one your friend snapped of you while you were sleeping with your face squished against the window, little strings of drool pooling on your shirt. Delete! And then plan your revenge
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