Yesterday there were gusts of wind in Boulder that clocked up to 115 mph. That's not a typo; we had hurricane-force winds throughout the Front Range for the better part of twelve hours. Due to our three recent snowstorms, this created some rather memorable driving conditions and led to several major highway closures. My twenty-minute commute into work took an hour and a half, but at least all the drivers around me were being sensible and cautious.
A question for parents, aunts, uncles, babysitters, caretakers, or other occasional hapless drivers of toddlers: Any suggestions for what to do to keep the small ones amused during an unexpectedly long drive? I'm good at planning activities for road trips--coloring books, picture books, music, and on really long trips a laptop for DVD-watching. But when the car is empty except for the emergency kit, and driving is taking a whole lot of attention...any ideas?
We ended up turning on the radio and listening to music while I asked her to pretend to play all kinds of instruments, by the way. But she still got her whine on for a significant stretch there, so I want to be prepped with some fresh ideas for the next time.
2 comments:
what's next Heather?
swarms of locusts??
We keep an assortment of toys in the car - mini-magnadoodles, big plastic dinosaurs, and some other random things that have, for no reason in particular, come to be considered "the car toys". It makes for a slightly sloppy looking car, but provides entertainment when needed.
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