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These His & Hers travel baskets are the perfect survival kits for your next summer road trip! {Pedantic Foodie}

Summer has made her arrival. It is undeniable. Summer solstice or no summer solstice, her golden spell has been cast. The farmer's stands are overflowing with melons, berries, and sweet corn and the barbecues and cook-outs have begun. These warm days make adventurers of us all, and I find myself at my desk typing away, all the while dreaming of my next road trip.

Tomorrow Mr. Pedantic and I will head off on our first road trip of the year and I cannot wait to be out of my to-do list's reach. While I am excited to reach our destination, the mere call of the road is enough to get me giddy.

Growing up, the majority of our family vacations required a fair amount of driving, but I never remember minding very much because my mother always found a way to make the car ride nearly as exciting as the destination.

My mother would assemble travel bags for each of us children, stocked with new audio books, road trip snacks, a few car games, new sunglasses, and a blanket for when the drowsiness set it. Those bags were such a delight to unfold. They made the morning of our vacations a sort of Christmas as we pulled out each item with building excitement.

Though I am grown now and my mother will not be packing us travel kits, I thought that I would revive some of that vacation-morning magic by making Mr. Pedantic and myself His & Hers travel baskets. This summer, I have teamed up with Cost Plus World Market to create these adorable road trip kits for you and your sweetheart/car-buddy. Whether you are going near or far, these baskets make the venture a true delight!

Each Basket Includes

- a salty snack

- candy

- chewing gum

- travel journal & pens

- travel cup

- sparkling water

- blanket (because I am always, always, always cold in the car when Mr. Pedantic is driving)

I used this general outline for both baskets, but tailored the items to our individual tastes.

This sunny colored basket is mine - the "HER" basket.

Here's the run down of what's inside my basket...

salty snack - Hot Pepper & Vinegar Kettle Chips

candy - Chimes Orange Ginger Chews - I love having these little bits of ginger on hand for when car sickness sets in. Ginger is a natural anti-nausea. Alternatively, if you are very prone to motion sickness, tuck a bottle of peppermint oil in your bag - it's a lifesaver!

chewing gum - Grapefruit Melon - We love the Project 7 gum.

travel journal & pens - I love recording where we go and what we do each day.

travel cup - I love these colors.

sparkling water

blanket

bonus items - dried mango & hand lotion

For Mr. Pedantic's basket, I followed the same general outline, but picked out items that fit his tastes a bit more, and threw in some extra sweets for his insatiable sweet tooth.

Here's the run down of what's inside Mr. Pedantic's basket...

salty snack - Cheddar & Caramel popcorn mix

candy

Chimes Toasted Coconut Toffees - These are sooo good and one of the mister's favorites.
Sour Blueberry Candies - He will definitely end up sharing these.
Ritter Sport Coconut Chocolate Bar

chewing gum - Coconut Lime - He really loves his coconut.

travel journal & pens - If your man is not much of a journalist, try asking him to list his five favorite moments from your trip or record the best things you ate.

travel cup - I love this pattern so much.

sparkling water

blanket - For the off-chance that he lets me drive and wants a nap.

I will probably tuck in a few items from home before we leave, such as an audio book, sunglasses, lip balm (gotta have my EOS), and a set of headphones.