Road Trips with Tom |
As reported in today’s Los Angeles Times travel section, Artist Drive in Death Valley National Park has reopened after having been closed due to flood damage. The road had been blocked by eight tons of debris. Artist Drive is a must-see nine-mile loop off the Badwater Road south of Furnace Creek. However, the floods that occurred […]
Want to travel back in time? You can go to the ghost town of Bodie (see previous post) and travel back 150 years. Or, you can visit Dinosaur National Monument and travel back 150 million years! Dinosaur National Monument has a split personality. It has two distinct sections – one in Utah and another in […]
We’re going to central Nevada this week. This post combines two closely related articles – one on a highway and the other on the national park it leads to. Some of the photos you’ll see were taken during a prior trip in winter 2010; the rest were taken last month. The loneliest road in America […]
The first big snowstorm of the season recently hit California’s Sierra Nevada. As a result, the seasonal east-west passes are closed by snow. The National Park Services says it’s possible Tioga Pass (SR 120) could reopen, but I think it’s unlikely. Other roads affected include Sonora Pass (SR 108), Ebbetts Pass (SR 4) and Monitor […]
Interested in a winter vacation? Coming in late November will be this blog’s first suggested vacation itinerary. It’s a week-long trip to southern Arizona that’s ideally suited for December through March. It’s also ideal for people who have the week between the holidays off. In March, it can be combined with a visit to a […]
After bouncing down a dirt road so washboarded it seemingly can shake your fillings loose, you come upon a large collection of wooden buildings strewn across sage-covered hills. You’re miles from anywhere. The wind is constant. At an elevation of 8,500 feet, it has a bite to it on all but the warmest summer days. […]
If you’re like a lot of people, you love to drive and you love road trips, but you hate the daily combat of a freeway commute. Podnuh, I have a treat for you. It’s the Natchez Trace Parkway, which cuts a graceful 444-mile path through the rural countryside of Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee. Like the […]