it's so crazy everyone's wearing masks now
just craziness going on but what do you do
hello everyone thanks so much for coming back and joining our channel
my name is Charity and in 2018 my husband Ben and I
set off with our two kids to travel the country full time
in our rv today we are going to talk about some things that we have done to
help make those travel days a little bit
easier and when you are putting some hours in
on the road especially with some kids we've learned some things on
the way that make those travel days a little bit easier to handle so today
we're going to share our tips with you and some of the things
we do just for ourselves but then also with
our kids to make traveling as a family a little bit easier so one of the first
tips that we have is helping to keep the kids entertained
now i remember that when i was a kid and we were
traveling across the country just to go see grandma that entertainment consisted
of things like coloring books and crayons and maybe if
we were really lucky some magnetic letters in a cookie pan
but today with traveling in an rv the nice thing is is that we actually
have some better options to help keep the kiddos engaged while we're
going down the road now it doesn't always have to be things
that are technology related although our kids do have the ability to
watch a movie or something like that while they're
going down the road we also use things like books and then of course
our camping journal is one of the favorite things that we like to use on
travel days what we do with our camping journals is
as we are going and leaving that campground for that first day
we have our kids fill out their camping journal regarding the campground we just
left and so they have an opportunity to journal
about their experience at that campground what they thought
what site we had what were some of the fun things that they enjoyed doing at
that campground and so that's a great way that we start
off our travel days that keeps them busy in a way that
doesn't employ the use of technology to be able
to help them as we travel down the road so who would know that while you're
driving that your kid's phone would slide off
the dinette table slide across the rv and under the slide
do you have it
sure about that yeah get over this lift I just don't understand
how like how
um...
Oh my goodness this is RV life
so another tip that we have that just helps with everybody whether
it's myself and Ben and our kids is to keep those
travel days on the shorter side so a lot of RVers have the rule of
threes where they will only travel 300 miles in a day
be off the road by three o'clock we don't always stick to those exact rules
but we like to keep those travel days shorter usually about six hours worth of
driving is our max and that's really about the max where
our kids don't start losing their minds as well
so as you plan your route keeping those travel days a little bit
shorter in splitting the distance up if you need to
so if you have a destination let's say is maybe
you know 10 12 hours away from where you are
splitting that trip up into a couple of days definitely helps those travel days
to not feel so fatiguing the next tip that we have is to try to
avoid travel days back to back now this is one of those
scenarios where if we need to split up a trip
travel a certain distance one day a certain distance the next day
we do that but what we really don't want to do is try to do too much of that
back-to-back travel or do more than two days of travel back
to back it gets really fatiguing it gets really
wearying on the drivers even though we do both drive
yes i drive the big rig just as much as my husband does
but it gets fatiguing after driving for you know a certain amount of hours and
then of course if you're doing that back to back to back
so if you can keep those travel days to a minimum
as far as doing a back-to-back travel day
find a spot that is maybe in between a destination
plan on hanging out for a couple of days go check out
a local museum or a park or whatever is available
to go check out but take a break try not to put in too many of those travel days
back to back and you're going to be a lot happier camper
and you're going to be a lot safer on the road as well because you won't be as
fatigued another tip that we have for travel days
is stopping when you need to stop now obviously if you're the driver
you're gonna have to stop for a potty break every now and again so you're
gonna have to pull over in those scenarios and give yourself a
break but stretch your legs a little bit stand up
for me when I am sitting in that driver's seat
for an extended period of time it does start to bother my hips a little
bit so getting up standing up moving around from time to
time really helps to keep you alert it also
helps your body to not feel so fatigued when you're behind the wheel
on those travel days and if you're keeping those travel days
a little bit shorter on the shorter side too then you don't feel quite as
fatigued after sitting in that driver's seat for several hours
so they've got free hot cocoa for kids so I'll see if I can get a couple of those
and I've got two kids in the rv can I get two hot cocoas
thank you so it's so crazy everyone's wearing masks now
there's craziness going on but what do you do
I just love in and out burger it's amazing
tasty so good, hmm I guess you can tell I'm hungry right
how are you doing ketchup, please hey, guys, we got in-ann-out burgers
and one thing I think that we all have probably learned in our adult lives when
it comes to travel and whether that's just maybe a trip to
the next town an hour away or a longer road trip is
snacks now we all love our road trip snacks and our travel snacks but if you
are driving one thing that is a great tip
that we have learned is to limit the things with
carbohydrates and with sugar in them doing a lot of carbohydrates which the
body converts to sugar or things that are already high in sugar will make you
feel tired faster so using snacks things like
cheese or beef jerky some mixed nuts that are higher in protein
will help to give you just you know that snacky type of thing
and keep you full but it will also help you to avoid
feeling that carb dump or that sugar dump
that can cause fatigue when you're behind the wheel and our final tip is to
have fun while you are on the road so find a
great playlist or download some of your
favorite podcasts or some podcasts that contain information for things
you're interested in we'll put a link below for some of our favorite road trip
podcasts that we enjoy but there's tons of podcasts out there
that can keep your mind engaged as you're going down the road and throw on
some good tunes and have fun one of the things I love about
travel days is especially in our class A motorhome
is it has such a huge windshield and you have the opportunity to just see the
beautiful country the one thing that Ilove about rv
travel versus even flight travel is that ability to see the
landscape change gradually versus when you take an
airplane trip sometimes it can feel like you landed in another planet because
where you leave and then where you arrive is such
a dramatic difference in the landscape and in the climate but
as you're doing rv travel you see that gradual change in the landscape you see
that gradual change in the climate and it can just be absolutely gorgeous
there are some of the highways and byways that we've traveled in this
country that are absolutely breathtaking and so
remember that travel is part of the fun of living the rv life it's not just
always about being in that one destination but the
traveling from place to place and seeing the landscape along the way
is all part of the fun so enjoy the travel days if you can take
a route that's a little bit more scenic and that's still RV friendly do it enjoy
the beautiful scenery that you're going to see along the way
and have fun so I swear RV life with kids is never a dull moment
this morning as I was putting away laundry I noticed that there was a
missing sock of our sons which usually missing socks
doesn't happen as much in the rv because i'm doing laundry every single day
in our small unit so this morning when I noticed
that one clean sock came out of the washer hold on
I need to go to the bathroom like number two
yeah well you're gonna have to turn the water off yeah go to the
bathroom and get back in the shower I know
I Am
Alright
all righty then case in point so anyway as I'm putting away clothes
this morning I noticed we're missing a sock
we're filming that's right and I'm thinking okay well we have to look
around for it later I kind of look around a little bit
I don't see it so I'm kind of clueless as to where the sock might be but
I figured it'll turn up somewhere I just found the sock where was the sock
guess where the sock is on the toaster
on the toaster how did the sock get on the toaster
sorry mom and I put it there you put the sock on the toaster yeah i
kind of like kind of like I was kind of like um like I pulled the
sock off and then I just kicked my my foot and it ended up going in
the like slot in the toaster so I just pulled it out
okay I swear never a dull moment
what are you doing right there
I have our whole foods for the week and guess what they had
they had bison steak so thank you so much for watching this video
on our tips for travel days we would love to hear
some of the ways you've made travel easier is you live the rv life down in
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