Hello, fellow lovers of travel. You may or may not have noticed, but our most recent ice age has finally passed. The ground is no longer blanketed in 20 feet of snow and the army of zombie snowmen have all melted away. Which can mean only one thing... Spring Break, Baby.
(*Note: If you are over the age of 22, you are no longer allowed to call it Spring Break. By law you have to say you are just going on a plain old vacation.)
Whether you call it Spring Break or vacation doesn't matter. All that's important is you are going somewhere fun that isn't work or school.
My favorite part of the trip is the time right before you leave. When you are still wandering around the convenience store buying multiple bags of beef jerky, candy, bottled drinks, chips and maybe a little bit of fruit. We aren't barbarians after all.
This is also the last point where a 10 hour car ride seems like it is going to be the most amazing time of your life.
In your mind's eye, you picture you and your friends rocking out to the radio and eating tons of that beef jerky while laughing and sharing funny stories that never seem to end.
The cool thing is it really does happen that way... for about two hours and then reality sets in. You realize you are listening to the same songs over and over again. You feel nauseous from all the beef jerky you consumed, and you run out of things to talk about during the first half hour of the ride.
In short, things can go from good to bad super fast unless someone gets creative and is quick on their feet.
For example, have you ever heard of a game called, Catch The Rainbow? I'm going to guess probably not since Pam and I just made it up a few days ago.
It's actually a pretty simple game. All you need is a couple King or Family Size bags of Skittles. The flavor doesn't matter.
Each person starts with 10 Skittles. The game begins whenever you pull up next to a car or truck with its sunroof open. The object of the game is to toss as many Skittles as you can through the other car's sunroof.
Each Skittle you get in is worth 10 points. You get a bonus 50 points if the car speeds away in confusion. You get a bonus 100 points if the car starts to follow you and another 30 points if you manage to lose them.
If the other car catches up to you and forces you to pull over you get 0 points, because let's face it, you have bigger things to worry about than points.
You can either start a new game with every new car or carry the points over for a much longer game.
Give it a try on your next trip. You will never laugh or smile so hard.
