One of the biggest drawbacks when using trip mapping tools is that they take you from one location to the front door of your desired destination. However, that doesn’t necessarily mean you can park there. Especially if it’s in a city or downtown area. We …
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Road Trips in Remote Locations – What to Know
When driving across the US, we are often faced with driving through long stretches of remote areas. Regions like the Great Plains, Rocky Mountains, and Great Basin have miles and miles of road with very few service areas in between. Does your road trip involve …
Road Trip Essentials Check List – What You Didn’t Pack
What do you need to take on your road trip? Your companions? Check! Your luggage? Check! Money? Check! Maps and GPS? Check! What else? To figure out what else to pack, you just need to go through some ‘what if’ scenarios and decide what you …
Don’t have time for a Road Trip? – Think Again
I’d like to take a road trip, it sounds like fun. Maybe someday. Does this sound like you? Stop thinking about all of the reasons why you can’t take a road trip and start thinking about how you can! But how? Read on! Redefine the …
Cooking on the Road – What to Bring
Let’s face it, on road trips, especially long ones, we can get really tired of eating at restaurants. It is also easy to blow a budget just on eating out! One way to get around this is by cooking some of your meals while on …
Best Road Trip Ideas – Top 8
Often times when we plan vacations or road trips, we think big. Really big. Like how to spend the two-weeks a year we might manage to get off. Or, what we’ll do when the kids are grown. Or where we might go ‘someday’. Or what’s …
Things to do On a Long Road Trip
Taking a long road trip can be an enjoyable experience or it can be the most boring time of your life. How do you make it more enjoyable? Read on! Break Up the Monotony The key to enjoying long road trips is to break up …
Best Road Trip Food – How to Eat When On the Road
Eating on a road trip can be challenging. Especially if you want to eat healthy, not get bored, and stay on a budget. If you’re looking for some tips on how to keep it interesting, good for you and easy on the pocketbook, read on! …
Best Road Trip Vehicles – What should you take?
The sandhill cranes are back along with other migratory birds, signaling the return of spring, one of my most favorite times of the year. The days are getting longer and the sun is getting warmer, causing a resurgence of energy and motivation to get out …
Water Taxi Tours on a Road Trip? Yes!
As you know by now, I love road trips! Which means, I love jumping into my car or SUV and driving down our highways, byways, and gravel roads. But, what about all of the congestion and expensive parking in large cities? What then? I’m a …