{"id":9163,"date":"2017-07-10T13:50:23","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T20:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/isobaresoffit.com\/?p=9163"},"modified":"2017-07-10T13:50:23","modified_gmt":"2017-07-10T20:50:23","slug":"road-trips-are-an-american-tradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isobaresoffit.com\/2017\/07\/10\/road-trips-are-an-american-tradition\/","title":{"rendered":"Road Trips are an American Tradition"},"content":{"rendered":"
Most people who grew up in the United States have memories of strapping themselves into the backseat of the car and taking a road trip to someplace for vacation. Unlike Europe, there aren’t convenient transportation options, so the only affordable way to get anywhere is to drive. We certainly took our kids on many different road trips, whether to Yellowstone, Mount Rushmore, Carlsbad Caverns, or Disneyland. We used to tease the kids that it was survival of the fittest, whoever survived the trip in the back of the car would get to enjoy the vacation, that we would leave with three and arrive with two. We used all sorts of tricks to keep them entertained on the long drives, like the license plate game, count the number of different animals that they could see, or handheld games (this was before the world of smart phones, DVD players, and true gaming systems). If we had the time, we would stop at some of the odd places that you find along the way, the aligator farms, bug museums, and other tourist traps that are just there to take your money, but provide a diversion on a long drive.<\/p>\n