Road Trips 101

This weekend I traveled with my team to Marshall, Minnesota, so I thought it was an appropriate time to share the inside scoop on team road trips.

For starters, its crazy what goes on inside a charter bus with a team of 28. From the outside it may look like a typical bus, but inside it is a constant combination of movies, music, food, and sleeping girls. There isn't much leg room or personal space to yourself on the bus, so typically we improvise. Girls spread out all across the floor and chairs with pillows and blankets preparing themselves for the 5+ hour ride. The bus wifi is usually skeptical, so Netflix isn't always an option. But that never stopped every single girl from getting out their ten-foot chargers and trying. There's a lot of time to kill, so you get to know all the fun facts about your teammates that nobody really needs to know, but it gets shared anyways.

The trip back can either be really good or really bad. If you lose the game, then the mood is down for everyone, especially the coach. In that situation the majority of your travel time is spent sleeping or keeping to yourself with headphones in the ears. On the flip side if you win then everyone is in a great mood. If this happens then frequent stops to gas stations for snacks are usually made, as well as the opportunity to use the restroom in a place other than the cracker box sized bathroom stall on the bus.

When you finally get back to your returning destination, you never realize how comfortable your dorm bed really is in comparison to the hardwood floors of the bus. But as cheesy as it is, you appreciate your time spent with the team on a charter bus because you know that one day you'll look back at the memories made on road trips and be thankful for the laughs that were shared.