I don't think I can emphasize enough the value of documenting and preserving the wonderful memories of a family road trip--especially since digital cameras make it so easy and inexpensive to take tons of photos. Even more than still photos, we love video because with a movie you can better capture the whole experience, for better or worse. You'll never regret having taken too many pictures or video, but you will regret the ones you didn't take. Those images you don't take are gone forever.

Pictures and video are also useful in that you can use them later in life to prove to your children what great parents you were.