{"id":627,"date":"2009-07-22T14:55:37","date_gmt":"2009-07-22T14:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/2009\/07\/calming-summer-travelin-essentials.html"},"modified":"2009-07-22T14:55:37","modified_gmt":"2009-07-22T14:55:37","slug":"calming-summer-travelin-essentials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/freshliving\/2009\/07\/calming-summer-travelin-essentials.html","title":{"rendered":"10 Calming Summer Travelin’ Essentials"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\"airplanewing.jpg\"<\/span>Tomorrow I leave for vacation! Eep! I love nothing more than being in a beautiful place and nothing less than actually getting there. I would be a major candidate for Harry Potter’s floo powder, or Samantha’s nose-twitch, or just a little space-time-continuum ripping. But if all goes well, tomorrow I will be in a cab, two planes, a shuttle, two ferries, and a car. Fourteen hours later, I will be in Canadian paradise. Not that I’m complaining, because as problems go, this is a very, very good one. But I am complaining a little bit, as someone who gets motion-sick at the drop of a pothole, a cold at the first germ, and all scrinchied at loud noises, screaming children, long delays, and eternal waits. So as my own adult mommy, here’s what I bring in my calm-me-down-while-traveling satchel.<\/p>\n

1) Healthy snacks galore–unsalted raw almonds and walnuts; snack bars (these raw food spirulina\/cashew<\/a> guys are awesome); a big bar of dark, organic chocolate (for the real cranky moments); apples; and prunes <\/p>\n

2) Lots of tea bags–caffeinated and not<\/p>\n

3) A good stash of books and mags–both smarty-pants like the New Yorker and junk-foody like Us or Self<\/p>\n

4) A fully charged iPod with a specially made “airplane” mix<\/p>\n

5) A pillow–working on that, but I’m angling for one of those u-shaped buckwheat neck thingies–especially since I’ll be in a middle seat for six hours<\/p>\n

6) Essential oils–lavender and peppermint for calming my mood, headaches, and bellyaches<\/p>\n

7) Bonine–It’s non-drowsy Dramamine for when I know I’ll be in a car for a while<\/p>\n

8) A notebook to complain and doodle in<\/p>\n

9) Eye-mask and ear-plugs, just in case I get to sit next to a baby who’s a worse traveler than I am<\/p>\n

10) Very comfy clothes–usually jeans a few peelable top layers and an uber-comfy sweatshirt and scarf<\/p>\n

What about you? How do you make the best of traveling?<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Image via: http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Plane_wing.JPG<\/a>] <\/strong> <\/p>\n

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