John Steinbeck can’t “write hot.” In Travels with Charley, his famous road trip narrative, he says…
As we made our way out of San Diego east on I-8, I realized how completely overwhelmed I’d been since we’d…
On the road, we rely on other people’s comments to get around — where is the good coffee/food/place to stay? Yelp! and TripAdvisor are key…
Heading west, the vistas change as fast as I-90 will carry you. Fields of bright yellow sunflowers in Minnesota. The burnt rock…
Connectivity is a problem on long stretches of interstate. So is forgetting to plug in your laptop the night before. We’re…
The word my 8-year-old daughter says as we drive through Western PA — “exquisite!” I remind her she’s seen the Appalachians before — “wait…
My husband Jerry and I started joking about driving cross country with the kids (6 and 8) about three months ago. We aren’t tied to a desk right now and have lots friends on the west coast. We had already lived in a 425 square-foot studio in New York together. Couldn’t we survive in a car for 30 days? Ha…