Anna and Sandy's Rules for Road Trips

1. Take the Scenic Route whenever possible

Interstates are great for getting between destinations quickly and serve a great purpose but their purpose is not road trips. Road tripping is about seeing the country and all that is has to offer in my humble opinion, and the only way to do that is on the back roads. Interstates have the most boring scenery ever and bypass the most interesting small towns you could happen upon and give no opportunity to make snarky remarks at all the fun things you get to see along the way (which may be my favorite thing about road trips - bringing out the puns and wit - we crack ourselves up). Give me the curvy, hilly back roads any day over the straight through boring interstates.

2. Take Selfies at every opportunity

And opportunities will abound. The fun of taking back roads is scenic turnoffs or being able to stop in the middle of the road (everyone else is on the interstate - hardly ever a car around) because you saw the most awesome view to the right or a crazy cool old barn to the left or four deer having breakfast. Selfies must be taken to share the bounty of the world around us and so those poor people on the interstate get a taste of what they're missing.

3. The Passenger's Job is to find fun things to see on the side of the road

Keep your eyes peeled - beautiful vistas, interesting historic markers, and fun tourist attractions (traps) come upon you at a moment's notice!

4. The Driver's Job is to keep passengers ALIVE!

Not to find interesting things on the side of the road. KEEP PASSENGER'S ALIVE! That is the totality of the driver's job.

On our road trips Anna drives - she likes driving and I'm perfectly happy being the passenger and finding the fun things to do along the way, we make a good road trip team. She forgets rule #4 sometimes and tries to kill us, it's a running joke among mutual friends that we will die at 80 in a fiery car wreck because we're to senile to be road tripping anymore - we're okay with going out this way, at least we'll die doing what we love with a smile on our faces probably laughing all the way.