Roadtrip Fun

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So this morning Riley and I are catching a flight to LA and then making the drive to Lancaster to pick up his truck so we can drive it back to Texas.  I love a great road trip but this one will be super long with not nearly as many fun stops along the way.  I’m hoping to embrace the extra time I’ll have with my boy and I have no doubt we will find a way to have some fun along the way.
As I was planning our route home I decided to go ahead and look for anything fun along the way that might be a possibility depending on the time of day we are passing through.  I didn’t even realize until I started looking that I-40 is along the historic Route 66.  

In Winslow, Arizona at mile marker 233 is the Barringer Meteor Crater.  I figure why not if it’s “just off the road”.

We are actually staying Saturday night in Albuquerque, New Mexico and if we make it in time I am so planning to take a ride on the Sandia Peak tramway.  There is also a restaurant at the top so we will see how that might work depending on the time of day.

I’ve also been interested in seeing Cadillac Ranch at mile marker 62 but traveling to Amarillo has never been on my radar.

The Route 66 Diner is also in Albuquerque and it looks like a fun place to pop in.

I really hate how close we are going to be to the Grand Canyon, the Petrified Forest and the Painted Dessert without stopping to show Riley the views but I really just do not think this will be in our timeline.  
So what else do you do with an adult child in the car on a 23 hour road trip? I have no doubt Riley will keep me entertained with all kinds of politically incorrect gab.  He also downloaded some apps that are suppose to provide us locations of “famous” places along the way to eat (my heart skipped when he told me this).  I did find 14 Road Trip Games for Adults on Buzz Feed and while most of these need more than one passenger to participate, I think the Regional Food Master game will definitely be something Riley and I can both appreciate!  

The Rules:
• At each gas station you stop at, you have to find a local snack
• You can only get one food item per gas station
• The food item has to be created within the region the stop is located
• Whoever has the most snacks by your destination wins
• Duplicate cities don’t count

I also was thinking that listening to podcast might be fun but I am totally clueless in this arena. Please share if there are Podcasts you love!

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Hope you all have a super weekend!