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Items to bring on road trips

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Road trips are great fun - until something goes wrong. If you are prepared, everyone will be happier! Following is a list of items you may want to bring with you on your next road trip. Don't forget to also look at the items on the "road trips - pack for safety" list as well.

  • 72 hour kit
  • Atlas
  • Baseball bat for protection, in case of emergency
  • Beef jerkey
  • Blanket
  • Book about the place you are visiting – culture, history, landscape
  • Caffeinated drinks or pills
  • Calling card for phone calls
  • Camera
  • Cash
  • Cell phone
  • Cell phone charger
  • Cell phone extra battery
  • Change / coins
  • Clorox wipes – great for quick clean up
  • Clothing appropriate for possible weather changes
  • Cooler
  • Dish towel
  • Disinfectant
  • DVD player & DVDs
  • Electronic games
  • Empty (clean) gas can
  • Entertainment for children
  • Extra keys to your car
  • First aid kit
  • Flashlight
  • Food
  • Full tank of gas
  • Games
  • Good book
  • GPS system
  • Gum  (for when your ears plug up due to changing elevation)
  • Insurance card
  • Insurance, auto club, roadside assistance information
  • iPod or MP3 player
  • iPod or MP3 player convertor/adaptor – so you can play the music on your car stereo/speakers
  • Items for your trip
  • Emergency supplies from "road trips - pack for safety" list (see on this web site)
  • Jacket
  • Light jacket
  • List of recommended rest stops & bathroom locations
  • Magazine
  • Maps
  • National or States Park pass
  • National Parks Passport stamping book if visiting a National Park, monument or site
  • OTC - Over the counter drugs (allergy, headache, …)
  • Paper
  • Paper cups
  • Pen
  • Phone numbers of family members, emergency contacts
  • Pillow
  • Pocket knife
  • Power adaptor
  • Prescription drugs
  • Puke bucket
  • Roadside emergency kit
  • Snow scraper, if any chance of snow
  • Sun flower seeds
  • Sun glasses
  • Tire changing kit, spare tire
  • Tissue
  • Trash bags
  • Travel guide books
  • Travel itinerary, hotel phone number & address, travel plan details
  • Travel pillow
  • Umbrella
  • Water
  • Wet wipes
  • Windshield wiper fluid
  • Work & projects to get caught up (if you are the passenger)