Can I say FURIOUS?!!

I am so furious with my government right now - well actually I'm furious that I don't have a government right now.  The arrogance is out of control - I live in a republic and yet my voice meant nothing.  I took my kids to a protest rally and we held signs in front of Joe Donnelly's office.  What does he do?  Votes Yes on health care even though the majority of his constituents detested the idea of government health care.  I wrote emails, I called, I sent faxes and still these congressmen and women leave their backbones at home and spit in the face of those they represent and the Constitution of the United States.  I am quite an opinionated person (gasp!) and I let my opinion be heard.  Just wait until November people because I will do all I can to make you go down.  I'm just glad Indiana plans to sue the government over this ridiculous bill.  I'll keep my guns, I'll keep my money, You keep the change!  Happy Tuesday everyone. :)
p.s. Patrick Henry gave a pretty famous speech on this day in 1775.  Read the whole thing.  It is quite a speech and quite ironic that ObamaCare was signed today.

Non Media Travel Ideas

My sister-in-law Kristin called me today and asked for some travel ides.  They are moving cross country in a month and have a 2 yr old  and a 5 month old.  I had some ideas for her from our last summer trek out to WA but I'm always up for new ideas.  So ladies I know there are plenty of you out there who have to travel cross country to visit family and I want your little travel gems.  I want ideas that are non-tech as much as possible.  Maybe you have a good sing-a-long CD that doesn't drive parents crazy or something like that but plug in the DVD player isn't quite what I'm looking for.  I know it has it uses but I prefer it as a last resort or at least for the trip home when all other mental mom powers are exhausted.  I'll compile your ideas in another post and we'll see how much fun we can have keeping our children (and ourselves) happy while we hit the road.  Thanks for your help!