Road trip rules! What are yours?!?

wife drives,,, i drink......taa daa!!!!!!

 

A few years back my in-laws got me started on getting away from Subway, MickyDs etc. We look for a mom and pop restaurant and SIT DOWN to eat a good meal. Now, traveling with a toddler it is a welcome break. Unless you try and eat in Chamerlain Sd on Thanksgiving day, not even the fast food places were open! Sure am making Sodak sound desolate

 

Gotta play the cemetary game. As you go by farms you count the cows, horses, boros, llamas etc. on your side of the road. If/when you go by a cemetary you gotta bury them and start the count all over. If you miss a cemetary and you traveling partner sees it on your side of the road, thye get your live stock and you start over.

Loser buys dinner, bee,r pizza or next supply of snacks.

Other rule in old car or truck, stay off the "I" roads, travel the highways. It ok to jump on to get through or around a large city, but see the country.

Watch Diners, Drive Ins, and Dives on the food channel and pay attention.

 

leaving from phx to colorado next week. Homemade jerky (circlejerky)red bulls and diet pills. haha.. no mexican food and some skynard playin! plan backroads as much as possible

 

I wanna ride with youuuu!!!! Hee hee.....

 

Plan on something going wrong, then when it does everything is going according to plan.

 

MMMmmm... combos - I like the pizza flavor.

My only 'rule' is I have to stop about every hundred miles / hour and a half or so to stretch. My back's all fucked up and if I drive or ride longer than that I can't feel my feet anymore.

On longer trips I'll try and stretch it a little but I figure "it's a journey, not a destination" so what's the hurry?

 

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If it's for an event we leave WAY early so theres plenty of time to waste on the way.
If me smoking weed on the way bothers you, or makes you nervous, then ride with someone else
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got any extra room?????? byob......

 

Me and my son gonna take some road trips soon as the weather breaks.Got to get a better radio in the 48,stay off the big road as much as possible,stock up on Diet Dew,puffed corn,little doughnuts,and spearmint gum.

 

SD is desolate... And I like it that way! Was Al's Oasis in Chamberlain closed on Thanksgiving day too? Mmmmmmm, I want a buffalo burger.

 

Bring tools and a spare and be nice to the people that used to have a car just like yours even though it was a different color and make and model than yours

 

1. Always have AAA premier card. Its also good for hotel discounts, and always take an emergency credit card.

2. Depending on who Im with, One night in a hotel one night sleeping in the car usually.

3. always take an extra blanket for sleeping in the car (someone also mentioned the nasty hotel sheets etc.)

4. Try to stay away from McDonalds and other chain restaurants you can always have at home, and hit the local spots and Mom & Pop restaurants.

5. Be willing to change plans at any time to go somewhere else cool.

6. 2 or 3 pairs of jeans, one or 2 pairs of shorts, and one nice outfit in case you go somewhere classy.

7. Dont forget the maps! (AAA gives them free too)

8. Stop at every cheesy roadside attraction possible.

9. Take lots of pics.

10. Drink the local Beers. If you get too tossed, find a good place to sleep it off and start fresh the next day.

11. Try and plan it so you end up in a cool town friday and saturday night to party and see the local night life.

12. Drive through texas at night, and atlantic city is a shit hole.

13. Always be aware of your surroundings.

 

Cracker Barrels are off limits for this driver! Twice I've been there, twice I've gotten miserable.

 

Only Rule:

NEVER TRAVEL WITH PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT FINANCIAL POSITIONS.... that is all.

 

Wep, we get "Pizzaria Pretzel"

 

No interstates if physically possible.

At least one mom and pop meal per day.

Photograph every neon sign between point A and B.

Try to visit each small town historical society.

Stop at a "giant" anything.

Souvenirs from gift shops a must.

Mom and pop motel if available.

No time limit to reach point B.

Travel the "business loop" of each town.

Patronize businesses with vintage signs or buildings - drug stores, gas stations, etc.

 

My dads was"DONT MAKE ME STOP THIS CAR!!!"

 

Gotta take photos of the car when stopping for any reason.

 

Road Head!!!!

 

Nice ride Rocky

 

Don't EVER plan on stopping in Utah. 2 cross country trips, 4 times we couldn't get a room

 

Damn right,that ruined my last summer trip!

Next time its just me and the dog again,
OldschoolOlli

 

Bring gas money.
Be expected to either bring your own food and drinks, or pitch in on mine.
I stop only for gas. No fast food or restaurants. Unless they are by the gas station. I don't eat that shit, you can.
If the car breaks, help fix it.
Take a dump before you leave the house.
No smoking .
This is a road trip, not a frickin safari.
The FUN occurs once you get to where you are going.

My kids hate it when I drive. I always did roadtrips that way with my grandparents and parents.

thats if I'm driving. If you are driving, things change. I get to drink beer.

 

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No farting?! Hell we wouldn't make it 20 miles with my crew if we stuck to that one !

 

A few friends and myself took a VW bus that looked pretty much like that one to San Felipe Mexico when we got out of high school.

we were there screwing around for a few months. When we got deported for working there, they escorted us to the border.
The US border patrol guys locked us up for 3 days and beat us up pretty bad.
Then they finally let us go. We had to put the van all back together, and and left.
We get to Brawley and the CHP pulls us over and tows the van with whats left of our shit in it.

we make it home 3 days later thumbing it.

No pot or anything involved. Just bad luck.
No more VW vans after that.

 

i always go to a dirt track that i have never been to before. take my own beer, food, extra cleaning supplies, garbage bags. plenty of money.

 

don't let "dragfoot" drink to much tea, takes longer to get to california!! hahaha

 

1) Breakfast where the locals go, Lunch in the weirdest place you can find, Supper at the nicest place in town.

2) Strawberry Zingers are like power pellets.

3) Whenever possible stop at the rest area overlooking Lake Chatauqua NY .

 

I agree.