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Games To Play When Traveling |
by:
Steve Gillman |
Car travel games aretradition wherever families take vacations or long trips by automobile. Long drives are always more tolerable with some diversion or entertainment, and reading might not bebest choice, at least fordriver. Why not try some games that everyone incar can play?
"Blue Car" Travel Games
These are travel classics. Each person guesses how many blue cars will pass innext ten miles or ten minutes. Of course it can be red cars, or trucks, or whatever everyone agrees to. Byway, it's considered bad form fordriver to slow down, letting more cars pass, so his guess will beclosest.
Another classic travel game involvesalphabet. Everyone tries to spot something starting with"a", and befirst to call it out ("apple tree!"). SinceQs and Xes are difficult, they can be skipped. The person withmost "firsts," iswinner.
Educational Travel Games
These are car games that get you thinking, learning something, or at least showing off what you know. In one game,driver, or another designated host, asks questions like "At what temperature does water boil?" or "What isCapital of Columbia?" or "If sales tax is seven.six%, what'stotal cost ofsweater priced at $twotwo?" If you wantkids to love this one, pay twenty-five cents for each right answer.
In another car travel game, someone looks outwindow and randomly selectsobject. Everyone incar then tries to imaginecreative way to make money with it. Overpasses become places to advertise, cows are rented out, andtruck becomestraveling discotheque.
Other Car Travel Games
Turn onradio and you can havegame in which everyone tries to befirst to call outname ofartist whensong starts. You can changestation, so you do not have to wait throughwhole song to continuecontest.
In another car radio game, each person incar choosesword. Then you turn onradio. The person whose word is spoken (or sung) first onradio iswinner.
Finally, have one person incar startstory withsentence or two. Each person in turn addsline tostory. This can get personal, but usually createsstory that has everyone laughing.
Aboutauthor:
Steve Gillman hitroad at sixteen, and traveled alone acrossUnited States and Mexico at oneseven. Now fourzero, he continues to travel with his wife Ana, whom he met in Ecuador. His stories, tips and information on travel, can be found at: http://www.EverythingAboutTravel.com
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