If the kids are watching telly and the wife's sleeping, whose going to criticise your driving?
Seriously ... ish ... we play supermarket sweep. Pick a major supermarket (or other firm with lots of trucks on the road) and every time you pass one of their trucks you score a point. First one to (pick a number) wins. Hours of fun for all the family! Well, OK, moments of fun.
------------- * You never know where you're going 'til you get there...
How about a Nintendo DSi? do a bit of Brain Training or crosswords, sudoku, murder mysteries..........................the list is endless. She could even take some photos with the built in Camera.
she sleeps then sleeps some more. plenty of chilled out music usually does the trick. id rather she slept than read the map anyway , not that it winds me up when you can see shes got it upside down or is looking at a page for the wrong end of the country.....
yep map reading is not my darling mother's greatest skill either
have got round it by writing out directions rally pacenote style and just get her to shout them out. then if I take a wrong turn it is my fault. wel even if DM had been RTFM it would be my fault anyway lol