“Look – deer” …pointing to the shoulder, hand right in my wife’s face.
Rumble strips and a slight twist of the steering wheel while she’s asleep…
Surprise speed bumps…
And that’s all in the first 15 minutes.
7
The snack bag on all road trips should look like you gave a 10 year old a $100 bill.
h/t someone else
9
When I took my ex-wife anywhere she spent the whole time knitting!
4
Pabst Brewery in Jersey, hot and humid summer night, 2 AM on the way to the Jersey shore. Ain’t nothing like that aroma. /s
6
If someone likes driving and you never run out of things to talk about, it’s a breeze.
If you’re with a selfish, inconsiderate butthole then it saves a lot of time you were going to waste in the future.
4
2007. After a couple years of dating, then-gf and I decided to head west from Ohio by car with no reservations. We went west on I-90 (generally) and back east on I-80 and 70 (mostly). We saw cities, plains, massive mountains, snow, Pacific, redwoods, awesome Creation.
After nearly four weeks we returned home, and I realized that, all that time in a cramped fully packed car, sometimes seedy motels (tent one night in Yellowstone), no reservations, no itinerary… and we hadn’t fought once. I decided I better put a ring on that one.
25
Mr. Illustr8r and I love road trips and do pretty well on them. His pet peeve with me is my inability to read maps, even on the iPhone, but I am getting better at it. I think he drives too fast. Full tank of gas, clean windshield. many breaks at scenic lookouts (with snacks), water and tunes. All good…especially because we are usually driving to Montana.
9
Every road trip I’ve ever taken was with a dreary, pain-in-the-ass, asshole who screamed at cars, showed fingers to everyone, whined, complained, only wanted to stop to pee, can’t read a map, drools while cursing, tries to take photos while driving, back-seat drives when not driving … sheesh … I can’t stand a road trip with ME.
izlamo delenda est …
11
I have found that after I retired, road trips are a lot more fun, mainly because I’m never in too much of a hurry. Sucks if you’re following behind me.
7
Most of our time is arguing over what orders are being barked from the backseat by the kids.
3
Mrs. M and I took a 10 day road trip to Maine from Ohio thru upstate New York. And as I like to say: “10 days, 2400 miles, no blood was shed”
6
My wife thought the blue lines on maps were roads. You know the ones that are actually rivers.
4
He who controls the temperature controls controls the trip!
3
well, if you buy a car with a trunk it cuts down on the arguing if there is any.
usually the threat of riding in it is enough.
4
The last woman I drove to Florida with had a wine box behind her seat. Every time we would stop to either eat, pee or take a short break her giant plastic mug was filled. I didn’t catch on until we were in Atlanta. That’s what I get for offering to drive.
1
Running out of gas at night in a bad Los Angeles neighborhood while searching for ice cream. After a half hour a cop came along and said there was a guy on PCP with a machete running around terrorizing people. He pushed us to a gas station. True story.
7
Billy – machete? PCP? LAPD cop was talking about LAs mayor, amirite?
3
My wife and I found that the best way to go on a road trip after we had kids was to leave very early in the morning about 4 or 5 AM so the kids could sleep and we arrived to visit relatives in the Seattle area before they woke up or got really cranky. Road trips with just of the two of us were a different story, she always told me I was too pokey of a driver. I may have been but we always got there safely.
1
@ Billy
You know your in the wrong area of LA when the cops tell you to get before you end on the news.
1
Huh… My wife and I take road trips all the time and all we do is talk so much we miss exits, or end up someplace we didn’t plan on being. I am a road-combat kinda guy, but I almost always win. 😃
“Look – deer” …pointing to the shoulder, hand right in my wife’s face.
Rumble strips and a slight twist of the steering wheel while she’s asleep…
Surprise speed bumps…
And that’s all in the first 15 minutes.
The snack bag on all road trips should look like you gave a 10 year old a $100 bill.
h/t someone else
When I took my ex-wife anywhere she spent the whole time knitting!
Pabst Brewery in Jersey, hot and humid summer night, 2 AM on the way to the Jersey shore. Ain’t nothing like that aroma. /s
If someone likes driving and you never run out of things to talk about, it’s a breeze.
If you’re with a selfish, inconsiderate butthole then it saves a lot of time you were going to waste in the future.
2007. After a couple years of dating, then-gf and I decided to head west from Ohio by car with no reservations. We went west on I-90 (generally) and back east on I-80 and 70 (mostly). We saw cities, plains, massive mountains, snow, Pacific, redwoods, awesome Creation.
After nearly four weeks we returned home, and I realized that, all that time in a cramped fully packed car, sometimes seedy motels (tent one night in Yellowstone), no reservations, no itinerary… and we hadn’t fought once. I decided I better put a ring on that one.
Mr. Illustr8r and I love road trips and do pretty well on them. His pet peeve with me is my inability to read maps, even on the iPhone, but I am getting better at it. I think he drives too fast. Full tank of gas, clean windshield. many breaks at scenic lookouts (with snacks), water and tunes. All good…especially because we are usually driving to Montana.
Every road trip I’ve ever taken was with a dreary, pain-in-the-ass, asshole who screamed at cars, showed fingers to everyone, whined, complained, only wanted to stop to pee, can’t read a map, drools while cursing, tries to take photos while driving, back-seat drives when not driving … sheesh … I can’t stand a road trip with ME.
izlamo delenda est …
I have found that after I retired, road trips are a lot more fun, mainly because I’m never in too much of a hurry. Sucks if you’re following behind me.
Most of our time is arguing over what orders are being barked from the backseat by the kids.
Mrs. M and I took a 10 day road trip to Maine from Ohio thru upstate New York. And as I like to say: “10 days, 2400 miles, no blood was shed”
My wife thought the blue lines on maps were roads. You know the ones that are actually rivers.
He who controls the temperature controls controls the trip!
well, if you buy a car with a trunk it cuts down on the arguing if there is any.
usually the threat of riding in it is enough.
The last woman I drove to Florida with had a wine box behind her seat. Every time we would stop to either eat, pee or take a short break her giant plastic mug was filled. I didn’t catch on until we were in Atlanta. That’s what I get for offering to drive.
Running out of gas at night in a bad Los Angeles neighborhood while searching for ice cream. After a half hour a cop came along and said there was a guy on PCP with a machete running around terrorizing people. He pushed us to a gas station. True story.
Billy – machete? PCP? LAPD cop was talking about LAs mayor, amirite?
My wife and I found that the best way to go on a road trip after we had kids was to leave very early in the morning about 4 or 5 AM so the kids could sleep and we arrived to visit relatives in the Seattle area before they woke up or got really cranky. Road trips with just of the two of us were a different story, she always told me I was too pokey of a driver. I may have been but we always got there safely.
@ Billy
You know your in the wrong area of LA when the cops tell you to get before you end on the news.
Huh… My wife and I take road trips all the time and all we do is talk so much we miss exits, or end up someplace we didn’t plan on being. I am a road-combat kinda guy, but I almost always win. 😃
Billy,
You just described every day in LA…