Comments on: The Great American Road Trip: Thoughts on Driving Across the Country (+Book Giveaway)

By: Gretchen Leaf

Gretchen Leaf — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:40:41 +0000

To go -or- not to go…THAT is the ‘question’. Travel on, young soul…to become whole. Eternally young in trials & tribulations – all ‘adventures’ are ‘good adventures’ (a bit like the saying, “If it doesn’t kill you, it only makes you stronger.” Go forth.
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Criss-crossed here, there, & everywhere with my family – we travel EVERYWHERE together, but when my husband brought up ‘taking a whole YEAR OFF’ & traveling OUR-USA country…I stuttered, I stammer. I am dumbfounded, COULD this possibly be done together?…you never know – until you try, eh?!…but maybe, just MAYBE – I’ll be more comfortable ‘biting off’ a month here, another month & a half there…THEN go for ‘the big one’. WHEW! Next question – which WAY to go? *put up the map, put on a blindfold, & throw the darts (x3, x4, x7…x?), ‘arrange’ your ‘sane insanity’ & DRIVE. Someday…someday. One day, maybe – tomorrow? Hmmm.

By: Billy

Billy — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 19:11:18 +0000

About 10 years ago in my mid-30′s I got a bug to buy a Series 3 V12 Jag. From my home in Cheyenne, WY I scoured the net until I found one in West Palm Beach, FL. We made a deal and I flew a red-eye down, bought the old Jag, stopped at a Pep Boys and bought a tool set, and headed the 2000 miles back to Wyoming. In Fort Pierce I stood in the Atlantic for the first time in my life.
That night I stayed in Valdosta, GA and met a guy who used to sell carpet wholesale to a friend of mine in Cheyenne who owns a carpet store.
The next day driving by Dalton, GA I smelled antifreeze and found a radiator hose had split. Pulling off I pulled into a dilapidated old gas station with a guy sitting with a fly swatter. He came out and looked at the hose, and said, “I’ve got a box of hoses in the back, let’s go look.” As we walked to the back of the dingy station, I thought I could hear banjo music,but he reached into the box and found a hose, gave it to me for free, and I slapped it on and took off.
The whole trip back was one of seeing country I’d never seen before, meeting interesting people, and trying to keep a thirsty old Jag on the road.
I want to do it again!

By: Grace Aubin

Grace Aubin — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 09:56:43 +0000

My husband and i have been on Social Security disability, I have never dreamed that we would end up with this mess. Our big dream would to travel west (from Connecticut) and go through the Dakotas, Yellowstone National Park, the Grand Canyon, We would love to be able to visit with my brother and his wife, Kathy. After that, we would fly up to San Fransico and take a cruise up to Alaska. Once we reach & visit via the cruise, we would rent an RV and drive thru the outbacks of Alaska. The whole trip would probably take us 3 – 4 weeks. I know that it is not good to pray for “THINGS” when there are so many other people that truly NEED the basics. How do you pray for all the needy and the precious families who are grieving in the loss of their children. Thank you for letting me write my Bucket List in this format. If I do win the sweepstakes, i will use half of our prize monies to go to those people who so need help in so many ways,

By: bloody cardinal

bloody cardinal — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 00:00:03 +0000

Living in a small country in Europe, my friend and I went on a road trip around it – about 2200 kms in total. It was great, I want to do it again some day.

By: Castus

Castus — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 06:13:58 +0000

My friend and I are from out east in Canada (him New Brunswick and Ontario, and myself Montreal) and we’re planning on taking a road trip from where we’re stationed in Shilo, Manitoba, all the way down the west coast and mountain states.

We’ve got 3 weeks of summer leave, going to drive through Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Colombia and then cross the border. From there, Washington State, Oregon, California, Nevada (Vegas!), Utah, Wyoming and Montana then back up to Alberta and the #1 highway back to base.

It’s going to be a good trip, I think.

By: John

John — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 03:45:42 +0000

The American road trip is one of the reasons that helped me become a conservative.

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 13:53:34 +0000

I’ve been planning a trip across the country this summer, but have not said that I’m definately going yet. After reading this article, I am absolutely going. I’ll be leaving in a little over a month and will be on the road for 28 days. Trip of a lifetime.

By: erik

erik — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 14:16:05 +0000

Live in Iowa and my favorite road trips have been west to Oregon. Did it in 1991 and 1994 in a 1988 Dodge Caravan. Took 2 different ways out and 2 differtent ways back. Saw Yellowstone, Glacier, Seattle, Salt Lake City, Mt. Rushmore, and San Fran to name a few. The best moment was when we decided to leave the interstate in Montana and ended up on a road that was being constructed. Driving next to dump trucks, excavators, and the like with the construction workers looking at us like we were idiots. Great time.

By: Nik

Nik — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 15:45:47 +0000

Joshua – you were curious about how folks afford these road trips and I can shed some light on at least my situation…

My trips were in part paid for due to change of stations with the US Army. I drove from Flroida to California and then made the return trip two years later. Army pays for 7 days of cheap hotel and gas for the most direct route from point a to point b… I combined the 7 days of travel time/hotel with an extra 10 days of paid vaction time and took a more scenic route, paying for the additional fuel/hotel stays out of pocket.

By: Mitchell

Mitchell — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 16:33:55 +0000

Driving from Detroit to the badlands in South Dakota was one of the best road trips i have ever been on. Camping in the badlands, surrounded by breath-taking senery was better than my dreams