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Hello (soon to be former) neighbor,

I suspect what you're thinking of for the mountains of Tennessee are the Smokies. The Great Smoky Mountains NP is along the NC-TN border, west and southwest of...

AZ Buck's suggestion to head northwest from Grand Island on NE-2 to US-83 is a marvelous tour of the Nebraska Sandhills, a unique terrain. The Sandhills are about 20,000 square miles of virtually...

I spent some time during lunch at my desk looking for the motel we stayed at near the Navy Base at Port Hueneme inasmuch as we'll likely stay there in the July-August time frame when we again go to...

On my sole trip down the PCH, we got on at Monterey at around 9:30am, had a late lunch at Cambria, and took US 101 on down to Ventura, where our son's Navy base was during 2007. Earlier in the trip,...

Hello staceyyes,

My only contribution is to look carefully at AZ Buck's suggestion of going directly along the NC coast as you leave Virginia Beach for Myrtle Beach, SC.

Caveat #1: you should...

That is of course a great point, glc. As we have collectively discussed a great deal herein, there is a wide variety of terminology among rental car contracts. Some say "no unpaved roads" while...

Hello &,

What a nice trip you're planning, and at what seems to be an entirely leisurely pace. I'm envious. I do have some suggestions for your consideration:

While in the SD, NE border area,...

Hello Aaron,

Despite having lived in VA or NC all of my 57.5 years, I had never driven the Virginia section of BRP much south of Mile 0 at Rockfish Gap until a spur-of-the-moment 70 mile drive in...

Hello Mama Bear,

I assume you mean heading immediately west from Loveland on US 34, which is Trail Ridge Road through Rocky Mountain NP, to link up with US 40 at Granby on the west side. Should be...

Hello johnnyfingers,

I often mention the combination of slow travel speeds, crowds, and incessant curves to those contemplating driving the entire BRP as being "too much of a good thing" for some....

Hello hippyman,

I took the liberty of assuming you're Texas point of departure is Amarillo, so that means US 287 to US 385 all the way to the Black Hills would be the most direct route. Departure...

The widely used Blue Ridge and Smokies weather forecasting service Ray's Weather Center, based in Boone, NC, has announced the pending establishment of a network of webcams scattered throughout its...

......a couple more tips.

We often mention the westbound route to I-84 from WY to northern UT, ID and then OR as including "I-80 to Salt Lake City", when in fact I-80 intersects I-84 around 30...

Hello Techsan,

As you fine-tune your day-by-day plans, keep in mind a few general purpose thoughts:

Staying connected to the WWW will be very helpful. In addition to Weather.com's close-up...

Hello spud,

I am quite familiar with central Virginia from Fredericksburg southwest to Lynchburg so I have some thoughts which you may find useful.

I've never been into the town of...

Oh yeah, to be sure some of the cabins in the Yellowstone area, particularly the north side towards Cooke City and Red Lodge, MT, have their own resident bear populations who stop by regularly. The...

Hello mac,

The US Department of Agriculture includes the Forest Service among its many agencies, and the Forest Services manages tens of millions of acres of National Forests (NF) all over the US,...

YCK,

On my summer 2011 RoadTrip, I passed through Twin Falls once and Idaho Falls twice but didn't stop in either place save for a very interesting stop at the bridge which carries US 93 across...

YCK,

It's just over 200 miles from the airport at SLC to Idaho Falls, and only 325 from the airport all the way to West Yellowstone. You're looking at a 3.5 hour drive to Idaho Falls and only 5.5...

Malia,

I'm finding Idaho DOT webcams at www.511.idaho.gov. There you may select either streamlined (for smartphones primarily?) or full feature. I was able to select the I-90 cams on the...

The above are all great ideas for a "look" ahead at weather conditions. Be also aware of real-time webcam images of I-90 in Montana provided by the RoadWay Information System (RWIS) operated by the...

On December 31, 2010, I entered Nebraska westbound for Utah near Lincoln in a full-on ice storm, having traveled the previous day from North Carolina in balmy 60 degree (F) temps. By the time we got...

......on what your plans are once you reach West Yellowstone.

Hello YCK,

As Midwest Michael so aptly noted, most of YNP is closed to vehicular traffic by mid-December. West Yellowstone, Montana...

In October 2005, my wife and I endured a 9.5 hour flight from Cincinnati, OH to Honolulu. Until airlines find a way to reach Oz more quickly than that, that flight will be the high water mark of my...

My pleasure to provide some information, Kate.

The 2013 NASCAR schedule is out, Kate, and it shows Saturday night, 12 October as the Bank of America 500 date. Be aware of the numerous Sprint Cup...