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Originally Posted by karenjude
Our kids' favorite memory of camping is card games. You may want to invest in a book of card games for kids. I also used to bring a bag of surprises for a long car ride; small games like tic, tax toe, cheap handheld games, coloring books, crackers and peanut butter etc - these were unique to them in their plugged in world��) I used to collect these small things as I went shopping a month or so before the trip. When things started to go downhill in the backseat, I'd hand back something from the bag and it kept us all going. It's going to be the small things that your child remembers i.e. Cooking hot dogs over an open fire, being outside late at night etc., hot chocolate with marshmallows etc., doing things with you. Have a great trip!
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Cracker Barrel is a great place to get some of the old fashioned, non-electric travel games (the ones I grew up with like license plate bingo and alphabet search for things out the window), although they are much pricier than they were 50 years ago LOL
I grew up in the 60s traveling by car about every other summer from NC to OR/WA/CA with my mom and brother (Her family was all on the west coast). My mom was a teacher and we had impromptu "lessons" all along the way on everything from geology to alfalfa drying to the Oregon trail. Those are some of my most cherished memories. You are giving your child something that no amount of money can buy! Bravo!!
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