Road Tripping with Chesco Mom Sarah – Fun Games to Keep Your Little Road Trippers Entertained

Vacation Season is upon us and I have lots of Road Trips planned this summer. Below are a few games and activities that keep my little ones entertained as we travel.

Yellow Car!

My daughters BFF, introduced my family to playing “Yellow Car” while we are in the car. It is pretty simple to play.. you just keep your peepers on the lookout for.. you got it, yellow cars. You will be surprised just how many there are on the road.

I get in on the game too and have even found myself blurting out “yellow car” when I am in the car by myself. In our car, school buses and construction vehicles are fair game.

My kids are a wee bit competitive with each other and have taken the game one step further and have a running tally (small notebook that we keep in the car) of who has spotted more yellow cars. So far my 3 year old son is in the lead. He has hawk eyes!

In our car we give bonus points for “smurf cars”, (electric blue, smurf colored cars/trucks) again, you will be surprised how many are “smurf colored cars” on the road.

To keep this game going and your little passagengers occupied, you could count motorcycles, police cars, big rig trucks, tow trucks, certain makes and models.. and so on and so on.

Oskie Wah Wah (pronounced Oz-key Wa–Wa)
My family has been playing this cow counting game since my Grandfather was a kid. None of us know where the silly name came from and I am sure there are many versions of this game with different names, but here is how to play my family version.

Divide the car occupants into two teams (left side of the car vs. right side of the car). As you travel keep your eyes open for cows in pastures on your side of the car. Once you spot a pasture of cows, yell out “Oskie Wah Wah“, count the cows you see on your side of the car. If you pass a field full of lots of cows, you’d better count fast! If you pass a cemetery on your side of the car, you lose all your cows. The team that spots the most cows on their side of the car at the end of the road trip wins! If the team with cows on their side forgets to yell out “Oskie Wah Wah“… they don’t get the count for cows and the other teams will get the count. By yelling “Oskie Wah Wah“, you give the other team an opportunity to count your cows and verify that in fact you counted X amount of cows.

Licence Plate Game

My kids are a bit young for this, but I used to play this game growing up. Way back then my Grandfather didn’t Google to print out a map, he made photocopies and we got a fresh page every trip.

To make this game a little more eco-friendly, I suggest printing out an easy to read map of The United States and have it laminated. As you travel ask your kids to look for licence plates from different states and as they see license plates they cross off the state on the map with a crayon or dry erase marker. If you want to re-use your map over and over then instead of crayons use stickers. They are easier to remove. The first kiddo to get all of the states wins.

If you have any road trip activities that you would like to share please email us.

Bear Creek Resort, Spa Week and a great Giveaway!

Last week, Sarah and I were given the opportunity to get away overnight with our good friend Kelly from The Centsible Life. We headed just about an hour north of our homes in Chester County to a place called Bear Creek Mountain Resort. I had never heard of this resort, but was eager to see what this destination was all about in Lehigh County.

When we arrived on Friday evening, we were at first struck by the beauty of the surrounding area, as well as the gorgeousness of the resort buildings nestled into the mountainside. The resort is impressive with ski lodge details in every aspect of their decor from large lobby fireplaces to wood carved chairs and warm, inviting paint colors. We were invited to stay in one of the loft suites at the resort, and it was clearly one of the nicest hotel spaces I’ve ever stayed in. It was so clean, cozy, comfy and very spacious!

That night we got to enjoy some of the dinner dishes at the The Grille and loved their vast menu and yummy food. I had a plate of Ribs (quite a diversion for me) that were DELICIOUS! Sarah and Kelly enjoyed their meals also and we were able to relax and unwind without having to cut up meals for our kids, referee our kids’ fights, or navigate a kids menu…. so wonderful!

The next morning, we went down to the Spa at Bear Creek for some much-needed treatments! We were thrilled to be given a preview of the Spa Week services that Bear Creek will be offering starting Monday October 11th for JUST $50 each (read more below)!

Since I’ve recently been dealing with tension headaches that turn into migraines, I was especially looking forward to my massage appointment. I wanted all of that stress to be massaged right out of my neck and shoulders! I was not disappointed… I felt like a new woman walking out of that room.

I followed that up with a facial. I have to be honest here and tell you that I don’t generally like getting facials. I know that they are necessary occasionally, but it’s not something I enjoy. The facial at Bear Creek was fantastic, and I actually liked it and was so relaxed. They have these wonderful facial products that they use there and the scent is so light, but so relaxing that I just loved the experience. And, let’s not forget to mention how great my skin looked and felt afterwards!

Bear Creek is on the MUST VISIT list. It is a perfect overnight or weekend destination with plenty of activities in both the winter and summer seasons. I can’t believe this high-end resort is located so conveniently to the Philadelphia ‘burbs and am already planning a return visit with my husband!

The Spa at Bear Creek is participating in Spa Week next week, and the Spa Week services that we previews there were superior. If you can’t make it to Bear Creek, there are over 800 spas participating in this week-long event from October 11 – 17th and MANY in the Philadelphia and surrounding areas. Go to www.spaweek.com to find a location close to you that is offering several spa services for just $50! That’s a value that you just can’t beat! Book now!

For additional information, you can also find Spa Week on Facebook: www.facebook.com/spaweek and Spa Week on Twitter: www.twitter.com/spaweek

*Disclosure: I received complimentary overnight accommodations, 2 meals and spa treatments in order to facilitate this review.