A Brief History of Travel and Some Ideas That May or May Not Help You Keep Your Sanity While Taking Trips With Your Offspring

Traveling, especially with kids, can bring out the demon in almost anyone. You love seeing new places and you love your little tikes, your rugrats, your ankle biters, your prepubescent child, your pubescent teens with their raging hormones, etc., but let's face it, sometimes they get on your nerves. Now, you finally have some time off from work and your daily grind and you are supposed to travel long distances while confined to a small space with them?!?!

YOU ARE NOT ALONE!!!

Step 1 Some History (skip to step 4 if interesting history doesn't interest you)

Since the dawn of the human race, we were nomads.  Travel was a way of life and it has almost always sucked whether you've got your kids tagging along or not.  Moving from one place to another was necessary as weather changed, as food sources lessened, as water became scarce, and of course to have a nice vacation from the everyday humdrum of trying to discover fire, hunting mammoth, running from saber-toothed cats, grunting at each other, and other monotonous activities.

The invention of the wheel and axle, the use of tools, and the domestication of animals soon allowed for swifter travel.  Unfortunately, even at this early stage of our existence, that travel was still filled with freaking whining!

Comments

[bajablue]

LOL!!!! You get 5 Stars for the demon baby!!!!

[LAWNMUSIC]

Hey, that's a little forward of you calling me baby when I don't even know you. ;0)

[bajablue]

LOL! ;-D