Road Trips with Tom |
While the U.S. interstate highway system exerts a strong pull on road trippers anxious to put miles behind them, it doesn’t reveal any of the fabric of America. All you see barreling down the interstate are gas stations, chain motels, fast-food joints and Wal Marts. Like CBS’s Charles Kuralt once said, “Life doesn’t happen on […]
This post continues our list of North America’s most scenic highways. In this issue you’ll find Scenic Highways 21 through 25. That completes our five-part list. Each instalment will be archived so you can come back to it whenever you want. Please use the comments button to share your thoughts on the highways we’ve included […]
In this post we will consider the structure of a road trip. That includes your transportation options, accommodations and other major elements of life on the road. Pictured above is one option – flying part of the way, then road-tripping in a rental car. This Delta EM175 is waiting at Spokane Airport to take me […]
Lockhart is a nice Texas town – a leafy town square, an ornate courthouse, quiet streets, attractive-looking businesses, and well-kept houses. However, that’s not why we’re here. You and I are here to eat, bubba. Not one, not two, but three of Central Texas’s iconic barbecue joints can be found in this town of 12,000 […]
As a boy I was fascinated with the stories about the Lewis and Clark expedition. Now that was a road trip, wasn’t it? I would have loved to be part of it, and I’ll bet many of you would, too. (Of course, the road was a series of rivers.) Consider its objectives: First, to explore […]
After spiking sharply during what we’re told was a supply shortage caused by refinery issues, U.S. gasoline prices have been declining since mid-July. As of August 9, the national average was $2.71 per gallon. Looking for the cheapest gas? Head for South Carolina, where a gallon currently costs $2.41.Of course, it’s a different story in […]
I’m a lover of fall foliage. I take at least one foliage road trip every year – sometimes two. One of nature’s greatest spectacles is the annual color change in our deciduous forests. In a relatively short period of time, bazillions of trees change from green to every possible shade of yellow, gold, orange and red, […]