by Renee Burchfield

This year for vacation my hubby and I decided that we would drive from Central Arkansas to Orlando, Florida, that is a 15-hour drive. On the way there we would be driving through the night so that we would get there with plenty of time to enjoy a full day in Orlando.  I tend to fall asleep after an hour in the car anyway so I decided to find some things that would keep our minds busy so we would be able to stay awake. 

Road Trip Games

• 20 questions – One of us thought of something then the other asked questions until they could guess it. We actually played this the most and had a lot of fun with it. I was surprisingly good and able to pick some tricky things for him to guess. 
• The Alphabet Game – Our rules were that the letter had to be the first letter of a word on a sign or on a big truck. We played this a few times each way. It was a lot of fun to see who could find the letters first. Q, X, and Z are by far the hardest letters to get.
• The license plate game – Not sure if this counts as a game but we kept a look out for different plates, and recorded each state we saw. This trip surprisingly did not have as many as a shorter drive to Atlanta a few months back did. 
• Spouse Questions – We did not get to this one, but I think it would be great. The questions dig a little deeper into each other. Here is the list of questions I had found.  I just printed them out and would have asked him and then gave my answers. 

To help keep us from stopping all the time for food, because I get hungry very often, I packed us some yummy travel snacks. My first thought was to get something that would keep us full and give us some energy, so I went for my favorite chewy protein bars. Then our favorite candies, Sour Patch Kids, Swedish Fish, mini Oreos, and some Lays Stax chips. They made the drive a little more fun and tasty.

Listening to a variety of music and comedy tracks was another great way to keep our minds off of the amount of time that we had been in the car, and how much longer we had left. We listened to quite a bit of Blue Collar Tour and it kept us pretty entertained.

We did survive though both ways and had a blast in between that it almost made us forget about the drive.  Hanging out in a car with my Husband for 30ish hours was pretty fun and seemed to go by pretty quick. 

What is the longest distance you’ve driven or rode before? What were your favorite games or things to do to keep your mind off the drive? 

Renee shares her favorite things in life at Married and Hungry. Hoping that her newlywed situations and thoughts will help another new wife out there, and to let them know they are not alone. Being a self-proclaimed food nerd, with a degree in Food and Culinary Science, she shares her recipes and experiments. Her and her husband call Central Arkansas home for now. You can find her at home making the kitchen a mess, trying to cross stitch, or playing with their dog. Follow her on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram.