I found out about ten years ago that in the daylight as a car passenger I can sew. I can't read or even read a map b/c I get terrible motion sickness. I suppose it's bc you can't really read a jiggley book. It seems that when the sewing moves so do the eyes (my theory - lol) so that's okay... To get to Southern Ont is about 3-5 hours depending on where we go... and of that I can sew/stitch about two thirds of the time. When we travel at night, since looking at darkness speeding by is pretty boring, I sleep while DH or the bus driver drives. I'm not allowed to drive :) and that's just fine...
If we had kids, I suppose I wouldn't take a travel kit, but talk to and entertain and referee the little ones...