Road Trips: Then and Now

So now that you have picked one of our top 5 road trip destinations, your favorite (but healthy) snacks are carefully prepped and located within arms reach, you have become a master at tetris via packing your luggage, and the stowaways (um, kids) are buckled up and ready to go, you’re probably either fantasizing about how wonderfully this trip will go, or dreading all of the potential mishaps along the way. Well, to ease the mood and give you some chuckles before you hit the road, here are our top “then and now” moments of the road trip process.

Then:

As a kid

Why would any kid want to be trapped in a car for hours on end?

Now:

As an adult

This is going to be AWESOME.  Open roads means freedom!

Then:

As an Adolescent

Cruel and unusual punishment

Now:

In College

Parties on parties on parties

Then:

Before Marriage

Too Cool!

Now:

After Marriage

Enough said...

Then:

Before Kids

Young and free forever!

Now:

After Kids

What did I get myself into?

Then:

Before Smartphones

Trying to read a map

Now:

With Smartphones

All the power in the palm of your hands

Then:

Before Pets

Now:

After Pets

All sense of pride...gone

Then

Listening to the Radio:

Every song was great

Now

Listening to the Radio:

What are these vile sounds coming from my speakers?

Have any then and now moments we missed? Share them with us!