Summer is the time when you take road trips with your friends or family for a day or a week or a month even. Being on the road can be incredible and can also be the worst time of your life. Here are the stages of a road trip that we all experience.

Stage 1: Pure excitement

When you first get in the car, you are so excited to get to where you are going, and it's a brand new adventure.

Stage 2: Blasting the music with the windows down

It becomes a private concert in the car. Honestly, singing at the top of your lungs with the wind blowing your hair around makes you feel like you're a star.

Stage 3: Really good conversation

When you're first in the car, there's so much to talk at first. Some of the best conversations I have had were in the car. Being trapped with people can lead to learning a lot.

Stage 4: The first complaint

Within the first twenty minutes, you get hungry. And then you tell everyone. With some sass.

Stage 5: Eating all the food you packed

You packed snacks, sandwiches, drinks - and then it's all gone...

Stage 6: The second complaint

After you have eaten and drank everything, now you have to pee. Like really badly. So you complain until you pull over to a rest stop.

Stage 7: Nap

Once you've eaten and peed, now you just want to sleep for the rest of the trip. Because who can resist a nap?!

Stage 8: More excitement

You wake up and realize you're five minutes away so the happy dance starts.

Stage 9: Arrival

Your whole group rolls in together and celebrates. Road trip was a success.