For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for July 13, 2010

He had to ask.

this is the time to stop the car,turn slowly around,pause,glare menancingly and drive away.

A kid does not understand 8 hours to go. I’m only semi-a-kid and I do not understand 8 hours to go.

8 hours…is that in kid time or adult?

My father used to say, “The longer you keep quiet, the sooner we’ll get there.”

It worked for a while.

More than eight hours just to get to a cabin? That’s a l-o-n-g time.

From the “Smurfs”:

Smurfs: Is it much further Poppa Smurf? Poppa: Not far now. time passes Is it much further Poppa Smurf? Not far now. time passes. Is it much further Poppa Smurf? YES IT IS!!

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“Are we there yet” every to minutes for the next 8 hours? That’s only 48 more times… hahahaha

The last time my daughter started asking that on a road trip, I just told her “yes”. I didn’t hear the question again although we were on the road for two more hours.

Thank goodness most cars/vans come with DVD players… keeps ‘em busy for hours… or so I’m told… :)

serenasakitty said, about 2 hours ago

More than eight hours just to get to a cabin? That’s a l-o-n-g time.

Without the kids, it would probably take 2 hours.

We eventually learned it was easier to drive all night.

Mom should have brought something for the kids to keep them busy. When we traveled, now not, we had hand held games and extra battaries for our two when they where young. Then they would take napes.

My response always was, “If we were there we wouldn’t still be driving.”

That’s when I started teaching my kids to read maps. (Or at least look at a clock and calculate the time left.) One road trip we put a flat screen monitor in the back where the kids were, so they could watch the GPS screen. (Ours run on a laptop computer.) Of course, I tried to make sure they brought reading materials & toys to pass the time. Now I check an audio book out from the library to make the time pass quicker. They still need something to do with their hands, so if they get too bored they have to take a turn at the wheel. Aaah, the advantages of having kids old enough to drive!

I never thought I’d miss “are we there yet, are we there yet, are we there yet???”

I usually answer the question in terms of a meal, like “we’ll get there after dinner.” Of course, then the next question is “when’s dinner?” LOL Time to learn how to tell time, Michael!

We always left in the middle of the night so daughter would sleep, after stopping for breakfast out would come the games… the license plate game, how many VW bugs, I spy, the ABC game… before she knew it we would be there. Oh, of course on the way to Orlando we added the count the signs for South of the Border LOL

I remember when we learned that crayons are not a good source of entertainment on a long trip, in the summer. ;^(

Rmom yeah! My eldest drives now and it’s great.

We dont ask that. My sister might ask “are we getting closer?”, but never that!