There is a remarkable amount of
philosophy in the new book by Phil and Carol
White, Live Your RoadTrip Dream: Travel For a
Year for the Cost of Staying Home. One of my
favorite examples is, "Saying it makes it real,"
the notion that the mere act of speaking a desire
can provide the means to transform the concept into
action. The authors used this phrase to illustrate
a vital component of the pre-planning work that
often precedes a road trip. At RoadTrip America
we are strong advocates of the belief that a road
trip is more a state of mind than a description
of movement from one place to another, and this
new book is a masterful example of such a journey.
The book is based upon the real-life experiences
and lessons learned over the course of a one-year
odyssey that covered nearly 40,000 miles between
June 2000 and June 2001...[Read
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