Anyway yes, looking forward as always to some road-trips away with the kids and my hubby again this year. Last year we travelled from Toronto for 3 weeks making our way to Nova Scotia. and back. Had lots of fun singing and playing eye-spy… Stopped at lots of different places a long the way and some wonderful camp sites. It’s the first time the kids have been old enough to do some rambling so there was lots of exploring and trekking.

If I had some tips on must take items for any trip then my two favourite things are the ‘j-pillow’ which is a ‘j’ shaped travel pillow. It supports your chin and neck, allowing you to manoeuvre it in all kinds of positions. Great when there’s a long drive, the kids are asleep and the hubby is taking over the wheel. Secondly, an external battery charger. This is most useful when you are camping in the tent and want to keep everything charged up in case of an emergency. I get most of our stuff from used.forsale as you get a mixture of used and new items being sold from different classified ad sites. Makes it a bit easier to find and compare similar items.. Some great bargains to be had if you want to keep the budget down. Just make sure you read the seller reviews but I’ve always been more than happy with my purchases so far.

Hope everyone enjoys their holidays this year – just got to decide now on a route we like the look of and some more places we’d like to show the kids.

Thanks Paula for the article,

Kathy

We typically have a close neighbour look in and also gather mail and packages. There have been times in the past when so many packages arrived during the week away that it was a miracle they were all still inside the front screened door. Now I don’t take chances. I have learned. Then we do the same for them when they go away too.

Yes the mail is important too and getting flyers out from the door so people don’t know you are away.