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by the Editors of RoadTrip America. Please let
us know if you have comments or suggestions.
Do
you read French?Suzette and Gilles Samson are
currently traveling around the USA and posting photos
and trip journals about their travels. Very nice photos
and descriptions! (2/8/08)
Photo
Safari: 4360 Miles in Five Days: Photographer
Troy Paiva, author of the critically acclaimed Lost
America shares a memorable road trip through Arizona,
New Mexico and Texas. (4/29/07)
California
to Ontario and Back: Dusty Davis has created one
of the finest roadtrip journals we have seen on the Web.
This field report features several excellent photographs
taken during his motorcycle journeys in July 2004 and
June 2005. Motorcyclists and roadtrippers of all persuasions
are in for a treat. This link was suggested by long-term
RTA contributor Adam Pasion who has been wandering around
Asia for the last couple of months on an extended roadtrip
adventure. (1/14/07) 29-Day
Solo Road Trip:Tag along on Joseph Curtin's 11,626-mile
round trip journey from Johnson City, New York, to Texas,
California, Oregon, and a zig-zag through the Rocky Mountains
before his return run home to New York. Joe's journal
entries are both timeless and a record of his of-the-moment
experiences - plus there are some awesome photographs.
A very enjoyable road memoir. (9/18/05) RoadTrip
Across America: Truly stunning photographic memoir
by Douglas Sonders captured while on a recent roadtrip
from Delaware to Colorado and back. (09/11/05)
RV
Travelers and RoadTrip Blogs: Jon Vermilye, who
has contributed a number of stunning photographs and a
report on Wi-Fi to RTA, has compiled a list of Web
site travelogues and journals posted by RVers and other
roadtrippers. What makes his list quite useful is that
he updates the records regularly. A great resource for
anyone seeking information about living and traveling
on the road. (6/12/05) US-Hwy
41: A road trip journey from the north woods of
the upper peninsula of Michigan to Miami Beach, Florida.
Undertaken by Larry Sarsoun in 1997, this travelog is
written in an engaging manner with plenty of illustrative
photos. (05/15/05) Six
Summers of Road Trips: Travel along with the Gaidus
family as they explore the United States and Canada. This
is the best travelogue site we have ever seen. It has
excellent photos and descriptions of their roadtrip adventures.
They have traveled cross country five times, covered 50,000
miles, and visited 48 states and 10 Canadian provinces.
(3/27/05) "CowBop"
Hits the Road: In May, 2004, four country/jazz
musicians left Chicago in "Clementine," a bright
orange truck, on Route 66. Their mission was to travel
the entire lengh of the Mother Road paying all expenses
with income from gigs & CD sales. Their site includes
photos, journal entries, and message board posts about
their amazing adventure. On October 18, 2004, they're
going to set out again, this time traveling along California's
famous Gold
Rush Trail. (10/17/04) Family
Road Trip Vacations: Three articles in Sunset
Magazine profiling trips through the Colorado Rockies
by RV, car camping on the Oregon Coast, and houseboating
on Lake Shasta in California. (8/1/04)
Truly
AWESOME National Park Photos: Join Jon & Carol
Vermilye as they journey from New York to Yellowstone,
Glacier, San Juan Islands, Olympic, Crater Lake, and Yosemite
National Parks. (5/1/05) Back
Roads and Corvairs: Pat & Jennifer "The
Road Mavens" Bremer's fascination with 2-lane highways
and vintage Chevys come to life in this very entertaining
site. There is a great
collection of photos of the Wigwam Motel in Cave City,
Kentucky, and extensive info about exploring historic
Route 66. (6/13/04) Eighteen-Month
Solo Road Trip in USA, Australia, & New Zealand:
Del Leu has created one of the most enjoyable road trip
Web sites we've ever seen. Del documents his personal
quest to learn about his ancestors with keen insight,
humor, and over 4,100 photographs. Spend some time looking
around the site—you'll be amazed! (5/30/04)
Roller
Coaster Madness! Honeymooners Michael O'Shea and
Clarisse Miller report on their mission to ride 335 roller
coasters at 83 parks in 111 days. Excellent field reports
and commentary. (5/23/04)
June
2004 Road Trip: Maizy, a frequent poster on the
RoadTrip Forum is embarking on a solo road trip around
America. In her words: "…i will do what they
say can't be done; i will make myself homeless, i will
drive thousands of miles on the backroads of America,
i will talk to strangers, i will see history, i will make
my own history, i will get lost, i will camp under the
stars, i will swim in both oceans and everywhere in between,
i will stand in the middle of the world. and i will do
all of this by myself…" Should be a great adventure
to look in on from time to time! (5/2/04)
SW Travel Planner: In 1999, Dutch tourists Peggy
de Jong & Maurice Moriën embarked on a 3-week
road trip in the southwestern U.S. This site is a compilation
of their experiences & includes some excellent information
about the motels they stayed in, a list of their favorite
road tunes, and a list of the Web links they used to plan
their trip. "The
Best Pizza in the World:" University of Nevada
professor Howard Goldbaum reports on his recent road trip
to New Haven, Connecticut. (3/14/04)
Drive
Around the World: An epic road trip in Land Rovers
to raise funds for Parkinson's disease research. The team
expects to cover 50,000 km in nine months. (3/8/04)
RoadTrip
Los Angeles: A virtual road trip from Ventura
County to Los Angeles by Scott Kozel, a well known journalist
from Baltimore. Kansas
Road Trip: Englishman John McNally has a passion
for road trips around America. Check out his
index for more interesting articles about trips all
over the United States. Virtual
Travels — North America: Thousands of photographs
and hundreds of travelogs from road trips in Canada and
the U.S. Five
Weeks—25 States: Bob Tabaddor's 2002 road
trip has excellent daily logs with detailed expense information
and colorful commentary. Route
66 Summer Road Trip: Los Angeles to Amarillo with
plenty of stops at famous hangouts like Oatman, Tucumcari,
Santa Fe, and the Cadillac Ranch Exploring
Los Angeles with Huell Howser: A series of video
clips of LA roadside attractions, including Union Station,
"Little India," and the famous "Bridge
to Nowhere." Ricky's
Great American Road Trip: Daily journals from
a trek across the southern US Quest-4:
Brian Ardinger and Chris Moeller hit the road in July
1998 in their quest for insight into what makes life successful.
Their Website is packed with excellent interviews and
stories from the backroads of America. RoadTrip
2001: Ben Kane and three other intrepid twenty-something
adventurers took a 59-day roadtrip from Toronto through
18 states and 5 provinces last summer. Their quirky site
is worth a visit! 11/01 HitchItch.com
The mission of Ron Bunge's new website is to be the one
place to find online journals and travel adventures, and
it just may well be the best collection of links to on-the-road
wanderers. This site is an excellent place to find insider
tips about living and working on the road. Filmmaker on Wheels John Holod drives over 50,000 miles a year
giving over 140 lectures around the country from September
to May. In the summer he makes films, most recently a
travelogue about RVing in Alaska. Check out www.rvadventurevideos.com
for info about his videos and appearances. In addition
to Alaska, Holod has chronicled tours of Hawaii, Cuba
and Czechoslovakia.
