One of my long-term travel goals is to visit all 50 of these here United States of America, and I've been making steady progress over the last decade or so, twice visiting six new states in a single year (2011 and 2015). Despite the pandemic slowing things down for a couple years, things have picked back up and I continue to inch closer toward realizing this monumental task. Follow along, won’t you?
Read MoreMy first road trip in what seems like a great while came to a close with a spontaneous stop in America's third largest city, Chicago, on Monday.
Read MoreI cannot claim to be a fan of NASCAR or racing generally ... But we all picked out a car that we thought would win before things got underway, and it wasn't long before I found myself actually, genuinely rooting for the driver I'd chosen.
Read MoreThough I generally spend more time in vehicles than your average bear (seems that way, anyway), it was nice to be on the road again yesterday heading off to parts unknown for the first time in a while.
Read MoreHappy first day of summer, Northern Hemisphere! To celebrate, I decided I'd scour the internet and create a list of some of the cheapest places to travel to in the next couple months in North America.
Read MoreHaving just sung the final lyrics of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" — as a gang of five college students are apt to do, apparently (or was that just us?) — the front of another vehicle collided with the rear passenger door of the Ford Focus, sending us flying off into the ditch.
Read MoreThe City of Angels is just about everything I imagined it would be — a lively, sprawling mass of palm trees and expressways full of endless possibilities.
Read MoreAhh, the open road. You make up a special playlist, cram every last thing you might possibly need into the car, and set off for parts unknown, ready for adventure around every turn.
Read MoreOn the crisp cusp of a mid-March morning, my vehicle’s headlights were pointed at Detroit’s Ambassador Bridge and the thought broadcasting through my brain was something along the lines of “Am I really doing this right now?”
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