The holiday season is upon us and that, inevitably, means that many of us will find ourselves cursing and screaming as we pack the station wagon full of luggage, gifts and road time snacks. Only during the holidays do you get to see the absolute worst, followed very closely by the absolute best of people. I’ll admit, it’s a weird time. But, when it comes to holiday travel, I have developed a few habits from early childhood that to this day stick with me. Holiday travel just isn’t holiday travel unless, (1) I have both a pillow and a blanket in the back seat with me, (2) we begin the trip by stopping to get one magazine and one candy bar, both to be rationed to last the entire trip (heading from Dallas, TX to Los Angeles, CA? You better eat and read REALLY slow), (3) Travel Board Games, more specifically: travel Trouble, travel Monopoly, travel Scrabble and of course, travel Guess Who?, (4) and finally, holiday travel just isn’t holiday travel if something doesn’t go wrong with the car as soon as you hit the middle of nowhere. If I’m not spending Christmas Eve in a mechanic’s shop lobby, then it might as well not even be Christmas.
Hope everyone has safe travels this holiday season! ;)
