’90s Family Road Trips Before Smartphones
Maps in the glove box. Snacks everywhere. Somebody asking how much longer every twelve minutes.
Family road trips used to require a weird amount of faith. You had a paper map, a vague sense that Dad knew where he was going, and maybe a handwritten set of directions somebody printed before leaving the house.
The adults were exhausted. One kid was asleep against the window. Another was absolutely planning something that would become everybody else’s problem within thirty seconds.
Entertainment meant books, snacks, staring out the window, arguing with your sibling, counting license plates, or asking “Are we there yet?” until someone threatened to turn the car around. There was no tablet mounted to the headrest and no GPS calmly rerouting after a wrong exit.
Somehow, those trips felt enormous. You watched the scenery change. You knew when you were really far from home. And every gas station stop felt like a small event.
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