And for those opting to join the hordes, these numbers may translate to spending several hours in a car with family members.
That way madness lies — and the best of us might lose our wits, but for the grace of car games.
We shouldn’t be looking at our devices in cars, anyway, and friendly analog competition can make time on the road feel like a passing memory.
In my family of highly competitive wordsmiths, car games could be a source of either entertainment or ire depending on the rules: Whenever the “X” of crosswalks wasn’t fair alphabet game, things got ugly.
After all, the only real game of the car ride is keeping everyone on speaking terms until you reach your destination.
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