I got to be a part of the Catalyst Road Trip Podcast yesterday, and everyone was asked what their favorite road trip experience was. I’ve been thinking about that question ever since, and I realized that a good road trip isn’t dependent on where you’re going, or even who you’re with. It has everything to do with whether or not you brought your road trip essentials. Here are mine.
1. Combos, Mambas, Milk Duds, and Mountain Dew – I have made sure to cover the four road trip food groups here: salty, fruit, chocolate, and drink. This balanced diet is essential. Interestingly, I don’t like any of these things outside the context of my car.
2. John Denver’s Greatest Hits - Thank you Mom and Dad for indoctrinating me at an early age. Now I’m unable to travel long distances without poor quality loops of Rocky Mountain High and Leaving on a Jet Plane.
3. Thick Skin – Without fail, when I start telling my wife a story on a long car ride, she is asleep in less than 2 minutes. She swears that it’s the car that puts her to sleep, but the jury’s still out.
4. Video Camera - Tripp, Dan, and I made this music video about 5 years ago on a road trip from Wisconsin to Minnesota.
What are your road trip essentials? Maybe I need to incorporate some of your stuff into my routine.
I like your non-chalant glance at the camera, somewhere around the 18 second mark.
You guys are too funny.
i can’t believe you noticed that. i’m embarrassed.
And Sam wanted to watch it no less than 5 times. Seriously, he’s whining right nwo because I told him that was enough. Oooook, one more.
The video camera seems to be a common “essential” part in a lot of the things you do. I guess it makes up for the times you don’t have a reflective substance to display vanity.
And your Combos and Milk Duds in a car setting only is similar to my Sprite at the movie theater only. And my watching “Stand and Deliver” in a school setting only.
You’re so right. Stand and Deliver is Oscar-worthy in the classroom.
thx greta for the 18 sec mark! hilarious!!! so subtle tyler!
print outs of tyler’s blog….and beef jerky (teriyaki please)
what about dave ramsey and sunflower seeds? i dont remember a road trip without these in a really long time.
Road trip essential with Baylor and Collier in tow…dual screen dvd player.
Totally noticed the look in the 18 sec mark.
Thanks for making me laugh every day :)
Since I have been married, the items you bring on a road trip has increased by about tenfold. Water bottles started appearing in the back seat, and the stops at the gas station become stops for just gas and the bathroom. No more cupcakes and Jolt cola for me…
I was hoping that particular video clip had been buried quite a bit deeper…..