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Family Road Trip Essentials

With the onset of summer comes summer vacations. Yaay! For many of us, that means rounding up the family, packing up the car, and hitting the road! Remember those college age road trips of your not so distant past? You know, those spur-of-the-moment ROAD TRIP adventures? Well, this is nothing like that. Because, you know… kids. And we want our family road trip to be fun! So with that in mind, here are some essentials for your family summer road trip!

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Family Road Trip Essentials

Snacks

Beef jerky, cause… obviously. It may be a throw back from college days, but it’s still legit. It travels well and needs not refrigeration. Energy drinks or coffee for mom and dad. They need to stay focused and alert, eyes on the road! Juice boxes for the kids. These are handy for family road trips because they are healthy alternative to soda. Also, don’t forget bottled water! And, my new favorite snack – Fisher Nut Exactly Snack Bites! What? Seriously guys, you have to check this new snack out! It’s uh-may-zing! They have 5 flavors – my favorite is the Almond Popcorn Milk Chocolate! Think almonds and popcorn dipped in milk chocolate to create the ultimate savory and sweet scrumptious snack! Crunchy snacking at it’s best on family road trips the whole family will love! I’d take these over plain old greasy chips any day of the week!

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Entertainment

When we were kids, we didn’t have portable DVD players, tablets, or smartphones with games. Nope, we had to talk to each other on family road trips of yester-year. We also shared a single radio station (if we were lucky enough to be able to pick one up), and play “I Spy”. And it was GREAT. For about an hour. And then we all wanted to kill each other. While this can be a great time for family bonding and you should absolutely play those game and maybe even add in counting all the states license plates you see, lets face it – Sometimes everyone needs a break. Some quiet time. Bring those tablets and phones with apps! Get a DVD player with screens in the back of the seats, or a portable DVD player even! Use it! Headphones? You bet! The driver will appreciate you for bringing those along. Embrace your technology, just remember – all things in moderation. And don’t forget all your chargers!

Toiletries

Are we there yet? Cause I gotta gooooo!!! Yes, you will have to stop for bathroom breaks during these family road trips. The more kids, unfortunately the more stops you’ll make. Be prepared. Throw some hand sanitizer in your glove box, purse, and/or console. You can never have too much of that stuff when it comes to truck stop bathrooms. Also, bring a roll of toilet paper that you can stash somewhere easily accessible in the car, just in case. Finally, bring along some baby wipes. They’re not just for babies anymore, am I right?

Maps

Do people still buy these things? Personally, I love them, but I’m old school like that. Look, if you’re going on a really long family road trip into unfamiliar and uncharted (by you) areas, it wouldn’t hurt to have an actual map. You never know when you may lose cell and satellite coverage, and then whatcha gonna do? Why, you’ll pull out your old handy actual paper map, and save the day, that’s what! Parent preparedness for the save!

Comfort

If you’re lucky, the kiddos will nap at some point during your epic summer road trip. Make sure you have some blankets and pillows to make that as comfortable as possible! Or, if you didn’t follow my entertainment advice above, you can put the pillows between the kids to separate them, and maybe block some of the blows while they fight. Bet you wish you had that DVD player now, huh? It’s okay, I’m sure they’ll be happy to sing “Row Row Your Boat” again.

Medical Supplies

And that brings me to the final necessity of my list, the medical supply kit. You already have this stuff in the house, just gather it all up and throw it in a easily accessible bag. Bandages, antiseptic ointment, lip balm, sunscreen, Calamine ointment, Benadryl, Pepto-Bismol, ibuprofen, and of course don’t forget any prescription medications you may need!

All righty then! Ready? Let’s hit the road!

FAMILY ROAD TRIP!!!!

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I'm a 40 something lifestyle blogger living in Connecticut with my husband and our 3 kids, plus our two rescue pups. We love to hike, travel, play games, watch movies, and just be outside together! Having 3 active kids makes for a hectic schedule and I try to share content, recipes and other things that can help to make today's busy family life simpler, easier, or just plain more fun!

I started working full time at a local middle school in fall 2021 and some of my students are insistent that I am mean.

Comments

  2. Eugenia Hall says

    They all sound delicious, but I think I’d love to try the Pecan, Popcorn and Salted Caramel one first.

  4. Brian E. says

    Thank You for the giveaway… we would like to try the Almond / Popcorn / Dark Chocolate !

  10. Trisha McKee says

    The Pecan Popcorn dipped in salted caramel would be my first choice, although they all sound so delicious.

  27. Betty C says

    Pecan Popcorn dipped in Salted Caramel or Almond Popcorn dipped in Milk Chocolate. They both sound fantastic.

  51. Sarah L says

    I’d first try the Pecan Popcorn Dipped in Salted Caramel
    Thanks for the contest.

  54. Sandy Weinstein says

    i have already bought these and loved them, i had the peanut popcorn dipped in peanut butter. they are very addictive.

  76. Jennifer Reed says

    I would choose the Fisher Nut Exactly Peanut Popcorn dipped in peanut butter.

  79. Carrie Conrad says

    The sounds of “Almond Popcorn with milk Chocolate” makes me smile! That is what I would choose for sure!

  86. Pat B says

    I want to try them all, but would start with the Pecan Popcorn Dipped in Salted Caramel

  89. Stacey b says

    I think the Almond Popcorn with milk Chocolate sounds more like something I’d like.

  99. Bridgett Wilbur says

    I would choose the almond popcorn dipped in milk chocholate. Sounds so yummy.

  102. Laura J says

    I would love to try the Peanut Popcorn dipped in Peanut butter! I am a huge peanut butter lover…I bet that would be so good!

  111. Birdiebee says

    I would choose the Pecan Popcorn dipped in Salted Caramel. This look and sound so yummy.

  122. stephanie buchanan says

    Oh goodness. The pecan popcorn looks irresistible. There isn’t one I wouldn’t try, though.

  125. Kathleen says

    I would choose the Almond Popcorn with Milk Chocolate.

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  128. kathy mcclanahan says

    I would love to try Almond popcorn with Milk Chocolate – sounds yummy~

  129. susan smoaks says

    i would choose the almond popcorn dipped in milk chocolate, it sounds delicious.

  130. Debbi Wellenstein says

    Pecan popcorn dipped in salted caramel-it doesn’t get any better than that!

  131. christine burd says

    I think I would like Peanut popcorn dipped in peanut butter! Doesn’t that sound wonderful!

  149. courtney b says

    im not sure what I would pick since I can’t STAND almondsi would do the peanut butter popcorn dipped inn peanut butter.

    thanks!

  150. Andrea Williams says

    I would try the Almond Popcorn dipped in milk chocolate or the one with dark chocolate first.

  153. Ann Fantom says

    I would like to get Fisher Nut Exactly’s Almond Blueberry Dipped In Dark Chocolate Snack Bites.

  158. Patty says

    I love road trips. In fact I was on one continuous road trip when my hubby and I lived in a fifthwheel for three years and we traveled about the country. Snacks were very important – and they had to be good snacks! I sure wish these had been available!

  162. Brigitte B says

    Ahhh my two favorite flavors combined into one. I would chose Pecan Popcorn as my favorite Snack Bite.

  165. Allison Swain says

    I would choose the pecan popcorn flavor!

    Thanks for the chance to win this

  177. Betsy Barnes says

    I would like to try the Fisher Nut Exactly Snack Bites Almond Popcorn dipped in Milk Chocolate 🙂

  179. JESSICA says

    I LOVE the pecan popcorn… It is so good but the only problem is when I open the bag it is gone by the end of the day… lol it’s that good. if you haven’t tried it please do. thanks for sharing

  183. Julie Ferguson Gould says

    I would pick the Pecan Popcorn dipped in salted caramel flavor , They look delicious and would help for those midnight snack cravings. 🙂

  212. Maria says

    Flavorful and healthy are so had to find in the snack section. I love that this gives me the flavor and sweetness I crave but is so much better for me than a bag of chips.

  219. Elizabeth P. says

    The pecan popcorn looks delicious! I definitely want to pick up some this weekend 😉

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