Road Trip Tips

On our recent trip

from Silver City, New Mexico

to Lake Tahoe, Nevada and back,

we logged more than 36 hours of driving.

I'm not going to say it was easy,

but here's how we made it enjoyable!

1.  Have a Partner in Crime.

Driving solo, 

no matter how many hours 

of ridiculously good tunes you have, 

can get boring... 

Real Fast.  

Or it can lead to sleeping at the wheel 

if you're like me - NOT good. 

So have a buddy.  

Take turns driving. 

Chat it up!  

Besides, 

who else will get overly excited with you 

when you drive by a wigwam motel?  

Exactly.

2.  Stop. See. Breathe.

About an hour before we got to Flagstaff, 

we stopped in Holbrook, Arizona.  

Why?

One word.

DINOSAURS.

On a road trip,

one of the best things you can do 

is make an effort to keep it 

interesting.

Seek out the weird things on your drive.

Go ahead.

Stop at that meteor crater.

Stretch those legs!

Making good time

is great and all,

but what's life 

if you're not enjoying the ride?

3. Prepare.

One of the smartest things we did - 

given that we don't have a GPS or smartphone -

was map out our drive

using AAA TripTik.

This program is GENIUS.

It made an OCD planner 

like myself 

feel more at ease about driving

the nearly 1,100 miles to Tahoe.

Plus, it can mark neat places to see

as well as festivals and events!

4. Listen.

Knowing how much time we'd spend in the car,

we charged my iPod,

stashed some Greg Bahnsen CD lectures (on apologetics)

burned some Paul Washer sermons to discs,

and grabbed an audio book 

(J.I. Packer's Desiring God).

It was really nice being able to switch between 

music,

chatting,

lectures,

sermons,

etc.

The variety helps keep the drive exciting,

even when the scenery isn't.

So there you go.

4 tips to make your road trip 

better!

Going on a drive anytime soon?