The idea of the Sunday drive might seem a little archaic, it is. That’s probably why I like the idea of it. When thinking of things to do to spend time with our families often we’re overwhelmed by the notion that it has to be something flashy or high energy. Sometimes those thing are really great but sometimes a simple drive in the country can be just as rewarding.

As I write this I’m sitting in the truck on the way to Weyburn for a change of scenery. Ironically enough I just asked my husband, “Did you bring the DVD player?” and when he replied “No.” I cringed! His answer to that was “He can survive a forty five minute drive without a movie.”

So in essence I guess we are on our Sunday drive right now and yes, my son will survive without his Buzz and Woody or even Lightning McQueen. So what do you do on a Sunday drive you may ask? Well, for starters you can just pick a general direction in which you’d like to go or perhaps head for a small town you’ve driven past a million times but never ventured into. Growing up my family went on Sunday drives all the time (No I’m not 80 but my mom is incredibly nostalgic and probably should have been born in the late 1800’s because we did old school stuff like this all the time!) Small town explorations were frequent and on one particular Sunday we even found a beautiful old character home in a tiny little town that we bought a month later!

Since we’re driving right now I’ll give you a list of how we are passing our time without the DVD player.

Pointing out absolutely everything we see such as pump jacks, cows, tractors, power lines, you get the picture.

Singing silly songs.

Opening the windows and letting the wind tickle our fingers.

Stopping to pick wildflowers (a.k.a. pretty weeds.)

My son asking to watch Diego every five minutes and us saying “No.”

The thing about a Sunday drive is that you shouldn’t be in a hurry. Give yourself the liberty to take that little dirt road just to see where it goes or to stop and just watch a swather.