Jul 8th, 2009 at 10:00AM: For the past seven summers, ever since we moved back from India, we've embarked on a Great American Road Trip. The first was the mega version that put 10,000 miles on a new Ford Taurus station wagon in three months. Mind you, this was in 2003 with a 10 year-old and a 1 ½ year old-and without video games, computers or a DVD player.
This year's version is a fly drive combo. Three months for ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Great American Road Trip 2009: The fly and drive combo New Mexico to Montana and back
Jul 8th, 2009 at 10:00AM: For the past seven summers, ever since we moved back from India, we've embarked on a Great American Road Trip. The first was the mega version that put 10,000 miles on a new Ford Taurus station wagon in three months. Mind you, this was in 2003 with a 10 year-old and a 1 ½ year old-and without video games, computers or a DVD player.
This year's version is a fly drive combo. Three months for ...Beer travel for Memorial Day: 10 options and more
May 20th, 2009 at 2:30PM: Head to any state and you'll find a favorite local beer with quite the following. At HalogenLife, Kyle Anderson has come up with a favorite 10 beers in 10 states list to add perfection to a Memorial Day weekend trip. The list doesn't mean you should drink and drive your way across America. Instead, use it as a guide to the best beers whether you're beaching it, going on a picnic, or throwing a ...Stories from and for the road: NPR Road Trips
May 11th, 2009 at 3:30PM: If you're like me, you already think that an NPR story is a good listen. But add a quirky travel destination or persona to the mix, and you're one happy NPR-listener. A new CD series--NPR Road Trips--has just been released by NPR and HighBridge Audio. It includes: Roadside Attractions, National Park Adventures, and Postcards from Around the Globe. I imagine the stories being enjoyed best at the ...Gadling Take FIVE: Week of May 2--May 8
May 9th, 2009 at 1:00PM: Sometimes a Gadling post grabs one's attention and you think, "Gaad!"
That's what I thought when I read Scott's post about the flesh eating bacteria that killed a man while he was on a cruise. I'm heading off on my first cruise in August. Naturally, a flesh-eating bacteria cruise story has impact.
There are other posts that make a person ponder about life in general. That's what happened ...Got road rage? Try using a different digit to express it
May 7th, 2009 at 1:30PM: I'm a bit of a road rager. Since I live 126 miles down a two-lane mountain road from a major airport, doctor, dentist, and multi-screen movie theater, I often find myself tailgating RVs and Sunday drivers who don't read the "holdup of more than five vehicles is illegal" signs. They also often neglect to move into the right lane when a passing lane opens on uphill stretches. The worst part of my ...Two guys, two thumbs, one week and no money. Hitchhiking across the U.S.
Apr 16th, 2009 at 5:30PM: There's a line in the "The Hitchhiking Movie" that made me laugh. Ryan Jeanes, one of the two guys who decided one fine day to hitchhike across the U.S. from New York City to Berkeley, California in one week to test out the kindness of strangers says, after one car dropped them off at what looks like the middle of nowhere, "Three miles further and only 3,000 miles to go."
There are the rides one ...Road trip tips
Mar 10th, 2009 at 4:30PM: Thanks to Tynan's continuing feature on the nomadic life, Gadling's been receiving an influx of requests on tips for big road trips. Those of us who are not quite as daring as Tynan might want to start with a cross-country trip, for example. There's much to consider before you embark on such a journey, so it's important to keep these things in mind:
The company: Road trips are not for the ...Five Great Road Trips From Around The World
Mar 9th, 2009 at 8:00AM: Australian newspaper The Age has put together a list of five of the top drives from around the world. These scenic byways encourage drivers to get behind the wheel, explore, and, as the article says, take the long way home. Some of the roads that make this exclusive list include the Hana Highway in Hawaii, which is lauded for its 80km of winding road, that includes 56 one lane bridges, that ...Great American Road Trip: Travel books for the road. 1 of 4: Sun After Dark
Aug 5th, 2008 at 10:30AM: I'm one of those people who haul books when I travel. I am ambitious, imagining hours of page turning. Usually, though, I barely crack a book. One advantage of riding in a car across a good portion of the United States, as I have recently experienced on my family's road trip to Montana, is the hours for reading.
There are miles and miles and miles between Ohio and Montana, particularly if you ...Talking travel with professional RV roadtripper Adelle Milavsky
Jul 24th, 2008 at 9:00AM: Adelle and Ron Milavsky, a lovely retired couple who live in Connecticut, have been road-tripping across Europe for years. They've written the definitive guide on RV trips, Take Your RV to Europe: The Low-Cost Route to Long-Term Touring and now here to share a few more tips about this rather under-rated method of travel. You recently came back from yet another RV roadtrip through Europe. Tell us a ...Great American Road Trip: St. Cloud, Minnesota, yak meat and Hoopers' Christmas Tree Farm
Jul 16th, 2008 at 9:30AM: When we pulled into the driveway of our friends' house in St. Cloud, Minnesota, as part of our Great American Road trip to Montana, we didn't have any plans except to visit. The last time we saw them was at our house in Columbus, and since then they had moved from State College, Pennsylvania to St. Cloud.
As with any visit, there's always something new to find out. about the town where friends ...Great American Road Trip: More road kill woes and how to clean a car
Jul 15th, 2008 at 10:30AM: The first mishap was when we nailed a possum in Illinois east of Chicago the first night of our road trip to Montana. The critter was lumbering across the interstate about 10:30 p.m. That was a sad moment.
Thursday, driving to and from Regent, North Dakota we had several sad moments. Honestly, there are some things that can't be avoided.
I already posted about the two pheasants we hit. The ...Great American road trip: Wisconsin curds and Georgia O'Keefe
Jul 11th, 2008 at 10:30AM: Even when whizzing through a state on the way to somewhere else, it's possible to make observations. One can discover something new or remember a detail known, but forgotten.
As I am writing this, we are whizzing through Wisconsin on our way to Minneapolis after a night at La Quinta Inn in Madison. This is one leg of our road trip to Montana. No time on this leg for stops--except to pee and fill ...Hedge your gasoline purchases with MyGallons
Jul 2nd, 2008 at 8:00AM: I was JUST thinking about this on the ride in this morning when I passed the Shell station at the corner of Platt and Ellsworth when I saw regular fuel at $4.25 a gallon: "Man, I wish I could buy gas at today's price tomorrow". That's basically what oil futures are: speculators decide that they think the price of oil is going to rise, invest in futures and watch their money go through the roof. ...3 men, 1 van and 48 states in less than 120 hours
May 7th, 2008 at 1:20PM: This morning, when there was one woman (me) in one car (a Toyota Corolla) going along 3 streets in 5 minutes on my way to teach a class, I heard about these 3 guys who are in a car traveling this week to all 48 states in the continental U.S. They're not traveling through each state, but are at least crossing borders to say they've been in each one.
One of the guys, Joshua Keeler, was being ...Another reason why flying is frustrating and driving is a plus
Apr 20th, 2008 at 4:30PM: When I lived in Albuquerque, going to New York to visit family meant flying there. It's too far to drive for a quick trip. Then, when I moved to Singapore from Albuquerque, flying was a definite must. The first time I visited New York after moving to Ohio, my brother asked me in a phone conversation, "So what time is your flight?"
'We're driving," I said.
"Oh, that's right. It seems weird that ...Trip to and from a funeral: White knuckle road
Dec 13th, 2007 at 3:30PM: We've written posts about dastardly roads before. (Martha's, Justin's , Willy's, Mine) Many are windy, narrow ones that snake around mountains. One of my worst stretches of road, I've decided is I-75 between Lexington, Kentucky and Cincinnati, Ohio. I drove along a several mile unlit portion of the highway after dark, not once but twice (!)this past weekend.
A relative of mine died earlier in ...Drive Along US 90: Seattle to Philipsburg
Aug 3rd, 2007 at 9:48AM: The drive from Seattle, Washington to Philipsburg, Montana is one that takes you through the Cascade Mountains and past expansive fields of crops being watered by elaborate watering systems that keep the landscape green where, around the green, the dryness is startling.
As we traveled the ten hours it took last Friday to get from Point A (our friends' house outside Seattle) to Point B (our ...Quick Road Trip: Washington, D.C. Part One
Jul 27th, 2007 at 9:39AM: As I struck out for Washington, D.C. two Thursdays ago today with my 14 year-old daughter and her best friend settled into the back seat of our car with their array of pillows, snack foods, MP3 player, head phones, Map Quest directions and who knows what else --there was so much back there, I felt that sense of freedom and adventure that gives me an energy boost.
I knew we were heading to ...A Sunday Drive: Flowers, Highways and Lady Bird Johnson
Jul 22nd, 2007 at 10:39AM: "We are obligated to leave the country as good if not better than we found it."
-- Lady Bird Johnson
When I drive along a highway and see bursts of wildflowers along berms and meridians, I think of Lady Bird Johnson. That's the actual truth. I figured that Lady Bird Johnson, wife of former U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, who died last week at the age of 94 needed a Gadling post in her honor ...
