Question by alwayz_prazn: What are some tips for traveling cross country with Bearded Dragon in winter?
We are going on a cross country road trip, stopping in 2 hotels before getting to our destination. We will be traveling the last week of December and I would like to know how best to travel with my adult bearded dragon the easiest way possible, with no stress to him. I don’t want to lose him. It’s not an option to leave him unless we gave him a new home. How do I keep him warm throughout the car rides? It’s about 11 hours first day, 9 hours next day and 6 1/2 hours following day good weather permitting.
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Answer by kittenslayer
There is no possible way you are going to be able to do that with no stress to him.
It would be in his best interest to leave him at home with a friend or board him at a petstore. I’m sure there is some way you could find boarding for him.
Its going to likely be cold as balls and you’ll have to keep him warm by keeping the car heater up. There are outlet adapters you can put in the cigaratte lighter of a car that you could theoretically plug a heat lamp into, but I think that might not be very safe.
He’s going to be stressed out and not likely to eat; in all honesty he would probably be fine for a week left at your empy house with heat lights on a timer and a big meal before you go and some extra crickets in his cage
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Question by Ku-Wow: where’s a good traveling destination for a 2 yr. old?
We’re from Houston, TX and we have been wanting to go on vacation…our baby is 12mo right now – but we’re planning on traveling next December…so she’ll be 2yr and 3mo.
Any great destinations parents and baby will enjoy???
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Answer by KELSEY!!!
A park perhaps?
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Question by fan1906: Any safety tips for a couple traveling to DC in late December?
My boyfriend and I would like to travel to Washington DC in late December. However now that I’ve searched a bit over the internet there seems to be a lot of reports of crimes in the area and I was wondering if I should reconsider my destination of choice. We would probably be staying at the Renaissance Downtown hotel and would mostly visit the National Mall and museums. Do you have any safety tips or suggestions for us?
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Answer by pamelaneko
DC is one of the biggest tourist attractions in the country. There are plenty of white people here; don’t worry, you’ll be fine.
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Question by riversrightfoot: What to expect when traveling to North Carolina in late December/January?
So I’m from Texas and we don’t really get much action as far as snow goes – we have some ice/sleet to deal with but rarely does the snow actually stick to the ground. I was wondering what to expect if I take a road trip to North Carolina leaving in late December and returning early January. We’d be traveling through Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and SC. It’d be great to know if I’d probably encounter inclement weather on my way there or back. Would I need snow chains on my tires? Thanks.
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Answer by wndrlys
You may encounter some inclement weather, but you definitely do not need snow chains on your tires. If you do encounter any really bad weather, as someone who is not accustomed to driving in it, you should pull over and wait it out.
There is a trip planning feature on weather.com that can probably give you pretty sound advice. Some roadmapping sites might also have weather alerts built in.
I am from Virginia, and I drove an Elantra with a u-haul behind it from Virginia to Texas a few years ago.
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Question by imagine0218: Traveling over Christmas- how to deal with family?
My husband is deployed right now and will be coming home late November/early December ’08. He left for deployment training shortly after we are married in October. Last Christmas we spent the entire two weeks traveling between Ft. Bragg, Virginia (where we live) and the 2 locations in PA where our families lives. It was exhausting for both of us, and it was anything but relaxing for my husband, who said he refuses to do it this year. Here’s my thing. It’s not that he doesn’t want to see everyone when he comes home from deployment, but is it wrong for us to say, “Hey, we’re spending Christmas in Hawaii, alone, for a week, to get away from it all to to have some us time”? Since we’ve been married we seriously haven’t had any time to ourselves and the only time he’s been home his entire family has been around invading our privacy…seriously it’s like we’re dating. And since we’re taking a trip, is it wrong for us to skip exchanging presents? We’re not asking for presents
This will be our late honeymoon (since we couldn’t take one….Army sent him to training 3 days after the wedding)/ welcome home/ Christmas present to ourselves trip. And its probably the last thing we do before buying a house etc.
I’m not worried about my parents. They’re 110% supportive of our decision and always have been. I”m more worried about his family, and they’re the ones who guilt tripped us last year and caused us more stress into making an extra trip only to ignore us when we got there. They’re the ones who are less understanding. They’re also the ones who never visit. They’ll go all the way to NC, but they’ll never stop in VA. I’m more wondering how I deal with them. But yea I agree I shouldn’t feel guilty, I just want to know how to respond without flipping out on them and being a b*tch. =o)
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Answer by sydjuliaddd
I think it would be a pity if you didn’t do exactly what you are talking about….Hawaii, etc.!! Go for it! You all both deserve that time alone definitely!
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