Traveling for 8 hours in a car
 

What do you do to keep busy and awake when you are a passenger?

if you really want to keep awake, put on loud music you hate like rap or something hard rock. hand sewing down a bumpy road will make you prick your finger, that will work also.

If I do anything other than look out the window, I get car sick. Most of the time I listen to audiobooks and try to sleep.

Ohhh, can't sleep in a moving car. scary to me. I must keep my eyes on the road but at times I can read. perhaps I'd take some hexagons with me and finish them individually(framed). Other than that, I'm not much for hand quilting. knitting or crochet would work be nice too.

I knit when traveling, if I tried to read I would get car sick, an like Lynne said if I tried to sew I would probably prick my finger. lOL

Talk to the driver
Crochet
Read
Give in and sleep with face smashed on window :confused:

Books on tape work great! I can't do any handwork as a passenger or I get car sick.

Lately I have been doing penny rugs in the car. Also crochet, knit, embroider (did most of my crazy quilt in the car).

Why do you need to stay awake if you are a passenger? Mr stitchnripper and I listen to recorded books from the library on long trips.

I can't sleep and wouldn't anyway. Don't think it's fair to the driver. We usually listen to an audio book and I knit or crochet.

I knit. Since my husband likes to do most of the driving, I can get a lot of knitting in.

Embroidery or hexies. I can't read or I'll get sick.

As the driver most of the time, I like it when my passenger and I can have conversation most of the way.

I have to stay awake to make sure DH is seeing all the potential hazards on the road, LOL!!! He just laughs at the running commentary coming from the passenger seat- " oh oh watch that guy, he doesn't know where he is going!" , "holy cow, what is that person doing????" , just an example of what the poor man deals with! For better or for worse, lol!

We play a game...Pick a letter....famous name...first, middle, or last...back and forth to see which one runs out first. It is so funny to see who pops in your head...some you haven't thought of in many years and the miles just roll so fast you're there before you know it.

Books on tape...YES! Also emails and anything else (games like solitaire) on iPad or iPhone. From Seattle to here is a LONG way...and many days, so it's when I learned to use the iPhone. Haven't stopped since!

Motion sickness- Should not travel.

I sometimes sleep, also agree not fair to the driver. I also knit. We don't take many road trips anymore. Traffic makes me to nervous.

We go back and forth from Ct top NC ..about 10 hour trip and I knit the american girl doll sweaters while traveling...easily get a couple of sets done in a trip...between dozing lol
and I love audio books...hubby doesn't want to listen so i just use my ipod and earbuds

I use sea bands for traveling, prevents car sickness. Works like a charm. Although, I still have trouble reading, or anything like that. Google "sea bands" and you will be amazed at how great they work.

Are you saying you can do hand work when driving?

Sorry could not resist.

I save hand work for long trips in the car - I get a lot done in that time span. That, and I have 2 little dogs that love to come up front, too. I have an oversized bed pillow (with a plush pillow case) that I use for them. The times I'm sewing they sure get frustrated, they want up front so badly. DH prefers to drive himself -- I rarely get the wheel. Have brought books on discs, too - it entertains both of us.

I'm with you quilts rock!! (Can you say Hyacinth Bucket of Keeping Up Appearances. hahaha) It's also my job to notice when he starts breathing deeply (a sign that he's getting sleepy) because he can NEVER SAY he's getting sleepy. :)

I also enjoy watching scenery, no matter what it is. It's just so nice to get away.

I do all the driving as my DH is on meds that won't allow him to drive. He sleeps a lot while on the road. To keep myself awake, I just keep looking back & forth from the road to the mirrors. Plus sing along with my God tapes. He keeps me wide awake.

I bring books. I am going to try some handwork. When I go with DH, we also talk alot and play music - usually loaded on our iPod that we can link to the car.

I use long road trips to attach the binding to quilts and wall hangings. I try to save that type of stitching for road trips. If I have nothing to bind, I do yoyos. Have to keep my hands busy on trips. Makes the time go faster.

I just give in and go to sleep.

I try to take photos of the scenery. I try to do what I can to entertain (not bore) the driver so he doesn't get sleepy. But we stop every 2-3 hours. Too dangerous. Sometimes if you turn the overhead light on and act like you're taking photos quickly of the driver in front of you they get out of your way. Wakes them up too!

Nag the person to let me drive:thumbup:

My husband says absolutely nothing when he drives. So that my brain didn't turn to mush over the years, I have read and read and read. Might as well learn something if there is no stimulating conversation.

I sleep and knit hats for charity, since we share driving time on long trips.

We take a fourteen hour drive to Colorado from Illinois every Christmas. I take a book to read, a travel pillow and a blanket. My DH doesn't mind if I sleep while he is driving.

Crossword puzzles, read the map and drive my DH crazy so he would rather have me sleep!

If DH is driving, we talk and I watch the scenery. If one of the sons is driving, I try to take a nap. Tell them I don't want to see it coming.

I use this time to do the filling in of stitches on a needlework project or binding quilts. I did try to do some beading on one trip. This was not a good idea as we were driving thru a construction area.

watch movies or downloaded quilt programs on my i-pad2......love it ;)

I always try to have a few projects for binding, do crosswords. read quilting magazines, also talk to hubby .

In the four years we've been married, DH and I have one a whale of a lot of traveling and we go at the drop of a hat. Early on, I was reading while we rode along and thought what the part I was reading would interest him. Since then, he does most of the driving and I read to him. We have "read" over 200 books together and still going strong!

Sounds just like me, except for the crochet, but I do a little hand stitching (not too long at a time or I get car sick, from looking down) so I have to look out the window regularly between stitches.

Drink coffee, music, cold air.