Destination: Davenport, Florida.
Miles: 1,105.4
Time: 17 hours, 10 minutes.
Every year around this time, Chris goes to Florida to visit his family. A few of them work for Disney so vacation is usually filled with tons of awesome Disney destination trips, pools, beaches, lots of food and family fun! I have joined Chris on his Florida vacation road trips the past two years and am so excited for our third trip together! Even more so because we are toting along little man! YAY!
In this post I will be talking about how I prepared for the trip- from what I packed to tips and tricks I used in the car to keep a 5 year old comfortable and entertained! I will also be talking about all of the places we visited and just documenting our trip! :) Hope my information can help or at the very least entertain you!
So lets get started..
What to pack?
I am going to break this section down into a couple categories.
1.Emergency Kit
2. Car Entertainment
a. Chris & Myself
b. Little Man
3. Car Comfort
4. Snacks, Drinks, etc.
5. Pool & Beach Bag
6. Toiletries
7. 5 Year Old Suitcase
8. Adult Suitcases
1. Emergency Kit
Any time you are going on a trip, especially one that is like ours- very long, in drive and stay, you have to be prepared! It is especially important in this case as we will have a little person with us! Of course you can always stop to grab something you may need but that is wasteful in gas, time, and money. SO BE PREPARED!
I just used a little OPI bag I had sitting around. Any small bag will work just fine!
This is what the inside of my Emergency Kit looks like. And if you remove the towel roll that is sitting on the top it looks like this....
Below, I have all of the items of my Emergency Kit laid out.
The items include:
- Kitchen Towel
- 2 Garbage Bags
- Hair tie
- Tooth Pickers
- Little Man's Sunglasses
- Bandaids
- Wet Ones
- Tissues
- Paper Towels
- Tums
- Children's Motrin
- Iburpofren
- Allergy Relief
- Vitamins
- Cough Drops
- Mucinex
That should about cover any emergency items that may be needed while in the car. I have other items as well such as Aloe Vera, Kids Avengers Vitamins, etc.- but those can be located in the Beach and Toiletry Bags. Hopefully nobody will be getting sun burnt in the car!
I have the baggies of pills labeled. (In case I ask Chris to grab something for me ;) I of course know what they are based on looks.)
You may be wondering why I have a towel with garbage bags tied up in it? Well...Sometimes, spills can be a bit too hefty for paper towels- so in the case of a larger spill, we will be prepared. I have garbage bags in case I need them for trash, dirty clothes, etc. I have them rolled up because I needed an extra hair tie anyway and it was helpful for saving space in the kit! :)
See..just some bags wrapped up in a towel!
This little Emergency Kit fits nicely in my Books/DVD tote that I will have with me in the car!
2. Car Entertainment
Being that we will be in the car for about 17 hours, we are making sure that we have plenty to keep us entertained. I know a lot of people have trouble reading in the car. However, I don't have that problem and reading makes my time in the car FLY! So I am packing tons of reading material!
Road trips seem to require lots of bags. So I picked this one up at Old Navy for $1.50! This is the bag I am using to hold reading material and DVD's.
The Emergency Kit will sit right on top as well :)
This bag holds more than it looks like it would!
This is the reading material that I am bringing and I am sure Chris will add a few more books to the selection! I have a good range in case I get bored. Everything from Cos magazine, a memoir, self help books- to educational teaching books. (Can you believe I fit all these in that bag?!)
These are only a few of the DVDs we are taking. We also have The Incredibles, Finding Nemo, and more! The DVD player will mostly be for Little Man, but we may take advantage of it as well while he's sleeping.
Make sure your Portable DVD Player is FULLY Charged before leaving!
TOY BAG!
We will be taking a bag of toys, not only for in the car but also for the entire week we will be there. While we will be busy and on the go most of the time, I wanted to be sure I had toys for any down time in the morning or before bed. :) He is only 5 and any unstructured time to him is play time! Keeping him busy and having fun is always a priority.
- I bought a couple clearance toys to bust out on the ride any time he might get sick of the car. Its just something he has never seen before that will hopefully grab his attention for even a short period of time.
- Leap Frog
- BOOKS!
- Angry Birds
My mom is AWESOME and also pulled through with tons of awesome stuff for him to play with in the car. She's been there, done that and her items are all pretty ingenious. THANKS MOM! :) Love you!
3. Car Comfort
There is nothing worse than being uncomfortable when you are in the car for hours on end. While it obviously won't be luxurious, the goal is to make the car as comfy as possible while being safe.
We are not willing to compromise our safety and especially not little man's. So the best we can do is bring lots of blankets and pillows!
The driver is the driver and they don't get to ride on the comfy train.
However, the passenger seat is a different story!
When I travel in the front seat I like to make sure I have plenty of leg room, a nicely reclined seat, a pillow for my back, a pillow for my head and my awesome fur blanket! Aahhh.
For Little Man, we covered his seating area with his Angry Birds sheet. For some reason laying a sheet down just seems to ALWAYS make things comfier. If nothing else it surrounds him with his favorite, angriest little birds! We have a pillow for his back, a pillow for his head, and of course all of his buds- his stuffed Angry Birds. :)
We have a good stock of cold drinks and snacks to keep our tummies comfy on our trip as well.
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