Road Trip!

With 6 days off from school plus 4 weekend days, we decided to go on a ROAD TRIP!  We drove from Ames, IA to St. Louis, MO to visit my mother, sister, and her family.  After a few days, we headed to Tulsa, OK and then Amarillo, TX to visit my husband's parents, sister, and her family.  I forgot to bring our travel Bingo cards so, with crayons and sketch paper, I did my best to make some.  When we arrived at my mother's, I made some on the computer.  This helped quite a lot even though I wasn't exactly sure what to expect to see on our road trip (I should have added "tumbleweed" in hindsight).  To save you some brainstorming, here are some ideas:

* Restaurant

* Specific restaurant (McDonald's, Burger King, etc.)

* Hotel

* Specific hotel (Holiday Inn, Hampton Inn, Best Western, Motel 6, Super 8, etc.)

* Emergency vehicle

* Specific emergency vehicle (police car, fire truck, ambulance, etc.)

* Type of vehicle (car, truck, semi, motorcycle, etc.)

* Color of vehicle (blue car, red truck, etc.)

* Make of vehicle (Kia, Ford, Chevrolet, Nissan, BMW, Mercedes, etc.)

* Construction equipment (orange cone, bull dozer, dump truck, etc.)

* Church

* Lighthouse
* Windmill
* Rest Area
* Toll booth/toll plaza
* Hospital
* Train, train tracks
* Body of water (ocean, river, pond, lake, etc.)
* Cemetery
* License plate from specific state (look below for state list)
* Sign ("Yield", "Stop", "No U Turn", "Speed Limit", "Railroad Crossing", etc.)
* Sign shapes (octagon sign, triangle sign, rectangle sign, etc.)
* Animals (horse, cow, dog, deer, etc.)
* Trailer
* Camper
* Water tower
* Satellite

To keep my husband occupied, we made a list of the 50 states and counted how many we saw.  Don't forget Canadian provinces!  If you didn't learn the state song like I did in elementary, here is a list:

Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Lousiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

Canadian Provinces
Ontario
Quebec
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Manitoba
British Columbia
Prince Edward Island
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Newfoundland and Labrador

Hopefully these ideas will help you ward off the "Are we there yet?" and "How much further?" questions!