Let's Prepare for Our Road Trip

Road trips are the one thing many people enjoy these days; for instance, you want to travel from Nebraska to Colorado. You scurry around wondering what you should take with you, it feels as if your head is spinning and you're rushing to get ready to go right at the last minute. Your favorite canine D.O.G is playing tug-o-war with your suitcase and you just want to pack. When you make it out the door and half way to Colorado, you realize you don't have everything you need. You also wonder if you shut off all the lights and took out the trash.

I am here to solve that problem for you once and for all, ready? Let's go.

1. The night before you are to leave for Colorado, you need to check the weather and find out how cold or hot it will be by the time to get there. It wouldn't be a good road trip if you were to pack summer clothing and end up with a blizzard.

2. Pack only the clothes you will need while you are there, if you don't need it don't bring it.

3. Take a short stroll to the Dollar Store where you can normally find trial samples of different health and beauty items like; shampoo, razors, toothpaste, travel tooth brush, deodorant, and mouthwash.

4. One of the most important factors, make sure you have Tylenol, and Antacids. You never know when headaches or stomach upset might occur. These items along with the sample items from the Dollar Store will fit nicely in an over night bag.

5. Before you turn that light out and crawl into bed, make sure you put the bag in your car. It saves time in the morning.

Preparing the car for the road trip

1. Let's put together a First Aid Kit. Bandages, scissors, alcohol wipes, tape, gauze, a red colored flag, matches, flashlight and q-tips. You never know when you might need them.


2. Check your trunk; be sure to have a spare tire, tire iron, car jack and jumper cables. You never know when you might have a flat tire.


3. Make sure to let your family or a friend know that you are leaving. Then leave a number or tell them where you are going in case of emergency.


4. Have your oil and tire pressure checked before leaving. Check the water in the radiator too. This is a must considering you don't want to break down on the road.

5. Make sure to carry a cell phone for emergency cases only. You don't want to be stranded in the middle of no where without a way home. You also might think about bringing a blanket along too. You may need to keep warm if a breakdown should happen.

Most of all make sure that all your things are in the car, put the keys close to the door, and pick out something to wear that is comfortable

You need to make sure you get plenty of sleep the night before, turn off the lights and crawl into bed because you have a road trip in the morning.