{"id":4356,"date":"2015-08-07T08:35:06","date_gmt":"2015-08-07T14:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/?p=4356"},"modified":"2015-08-07T08:35:06","modified_gmt":"2015-08-07T14:35:06","slug":"road-trip-hacks-family-vacation-03","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/2015\/08\/road-trip-hacks-family-vacation-03.html","title":{"rendered":"Road Trip Hacks: Family Vacation 03"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"road<\/a>If you are like me, and childhood memories of being\u00a0bored stiff while your\u00a0parents observed the Jimmy Carter 55 mph speed limit on the way to who knows where have scarred your\u00a0for life, then passing the time on a long road trip is more than a minor concern. Maybe that\u2019s why I unapologetically\u00a0allow our kids to watch movies & play\u00a0video\u00a0games for much of the trip. But if your vacation road trip involves long hours in the car, then you\u2019ll need a few things you can all do together. Here are a few of the ways we spend the time.<\/p>\n

Conversation:<\/strong> It\u2019s still the best way to pass the time together. I\u2019m so glad I married an interesting person.\u00a0All of the rest of this stuff is fun mostly because we constantly stop and discuss. We sometimes play, \u201cpick a grade.\u201d Your kids pick a grade & you have to tell them a story from that school year when you were little. If it\u2019s a grade they\u2019ve reached, they have to tell one too.<\/p>\n

Radiolab Podcast<\/a>:<\/strong> This is one of my all-time favorite podcasts, and it\u2019s great on a road trip.\u00a0If you dabble in science and philosophy you will love this podcast, and even if you don\u2019t they tell such great stories you\u2019ll probably love it anyway. I especially love their use of music. Each episode is so different from the next that you can stream them for hours and not get bored. Plus the show has been airing on the radio for 12 years, so the back catalog is nearly endless. Here are a few episodes you can\u2019t miss:<\/p>\n