Summer road trip season is in full swing! According to an Expedia survey, 14% of American travelers were significantly more likely to take a road trip this summer than in summers past because of an improving economy. More families than ever are hitting the road to explore the country.
Top Ten American Road Trips
Forbes Travel editors have created a list of the Top 10 American Road Trips
- Badlands National Park, South Dakota
- The Road to Hana, the Hawaiian island of Maui
- New York City to Niagara
- San Juan Skyway, Colorado
- Columbia River Gorge, Oregon and Washington
- Ocean Drive, Oregon
- Highway 61, Louisiana to Minneapolis
- Route 66, From California to Illinois
- Big Sur, California
- The Pan American Highway, from the Arctic to the edge of Antarctica (focused on Vancouver to Chile)
Road Trip Travel Games | Summer Fun
Last Fall Matt and I traveled the Blue Ridge Parkway and splurged, staying a night at the Inn on Biltmore Estate. We also spent a wonderful Gets vacation on Cape Cod at Chatham Bars Inn. And our all time favorite road trip is always up the Pacific Coast Highway. We are still hoping to pack the kids in a van later in the summer and hit the road but having done this once or twice before, we are not leaving without a small sack filled with travel games. Not only do the games serve to pass the time, they also keep us talking, communicating. Years later we still laugh at Izzy’s answer to the question “what kind of car would you most like to be in right now?” Her answer – a powder blue Bentley convertible. Not sure we would all fit. One year Robbie surprised us all with a rollicking version of Barry Manilo’s “Copacabana” . And Daniel never failed to win just about every other travel game including Spot It!, Hangman, and Bingo.
Travel Games
Family Travel Games >> Scavenger Hunt For Kids Cards | Melissa & Doug Travel Bingo | Melissa & Doug Family Road Trip Box Of Questions | Spot It! on the Road | Melissa & Doug Travel Hangman
Update!
Fidget Spinners & Fidget Cubes
Our friends over at MomMeMatch.com have come up with a few must adds to our travel game basket >> Fidget Spinners and Fidget Cubes! They talk about how their “boys are already planning team vs team battles. Just like they create their own sports team games when they play outside, they are already thinking about the how many variations of fidget spinner games they can create during a 5 hour road trip. Hence, buying a basketful of “just in case” team logo fidget spinners to keep in your car, or to throw in your carry-on bag for a plane trip, can easily amount to hours and hours of quiet, seated fun.” We love it!
Team Logo Fidget Spinners & Fidget Cubes
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