How To Prepare For a Road Trip

  • December 14, 2007
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A few skills and some well-chosen supplies are all it takes to turn your ride into a home away from home.

You Will Need

  • Map
  • Emergency kit
  • Spare tires & tools
  • Pillows & sleeping bags
  • Credit card
  • Food & snacks
  • Cooler
  • Ice
  • Power converter (optional)
  • 2 Extra car keys
  • Slice & bake cookie dough
How To Prepare For a Road Trip: Make sure car is in working order

Step 1: Make sure car is in working order

Make sure your car is in good working order. No sense spending half your trip stuck in some two-bit town waiting for a new camshaft.

How To Prepare For a Road Trip: Get a good map

Step 2: Get a good map

Invest in a good map. And make sure your destination is on it.

How To Prepare For a Road Trip: Pack emergency supplies

Step 3: Pack emergency supplies

Pack emergency supplies, including blanket(s), flares, a first aid kit, energy bars, plenty of drinking water, and a working flashlight with extra batteries.

Invest in an electricity power converter. For about $50, you’ll be able to charge up your laptop, cell phone, electric razor and a lot of other gizmos, just by plugging them into your cigarette lighter. You can even buy an adapter that accommodates two electric devices at once.

How To Prepare For a Road Trip: Bring spare tire

Step 4: Bring spare tire

Make sure you have a good spare tire or a donut in your trunk. Or, at the very least, one of those “tire-in-a-can” flat repair kits. And while you’re at it, make sure your jack and tire iron are where they should be. Jumper cables are a good idea, too.

Take along a spare car key, and leave another one with a friend who could overnight it to you in an emergency.

How To Prepare For a Road Trip: Bring pillows & sleeping bags

Step 5: Bring pillows & sleeping bags

Throw some pillows and sleeping bags into the back seat so you can snooze in the car or take advantage of camping sites. Super-store parking lots are also a popular place to crash overnight.

How To Prepare For a Road Trip: Bring credit card

Step 6: Bring credit card

Have at least one credit card with you for emergencies.

How To Prepare For a Road Trip: Bring snacks & meals

Step 7: Bring snacks & meals

Stock up on snacks, and meals to cook on your car engine while you drive. The Internet is full of easy recipes you can download. Basically, all you need is some nice chicken, fish or chops, some vegetables, a little seasoning, lots of aluminum foil, and a hot engine.

If you’re driving in hot and sunny weather, bake cookies on your dashboard with slice-and-bake dough and aluminum foil.

How To Prepare For a Road Trip: Take collapsible cooler

Step 8: Take collapsible cooler

Take along a collapsible cooler or two filled with ice to keep your beverages cold and food fresh.

How To Prepare For a Road Trip: Be realistic

Step 9: Be realistic

Always be realistic about how much driving you can handle. When you’ve had enough, pull over and call it a day – or night.

Ellen DeGeneres was voted the celebrity Americans would most want to take a road trip with in a 2007 survey.

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Comments (5)

Merocto

never thought of cooking meals on the car-engine O.o .. you really included everything - do ya ? =) nice work !

over 3 years ago by Merocto

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KatieL

nice video dude

over 3 years ago by KatieL

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Samo

Ya..everything...Im gonna try that cookie thing on a day to day basis

over 3 years ago by Samo

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Cis_Ahearn

IF you are driving 10 or more hours, it is a good idea to go to your local library and check out audiobooks on CD, mysteries will keep you alert! Write down the address if you are on a one way trip and ship them back at LIBRARY RATE.

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