John Steinbeck can’t “write hot.” In Travels with Charley, his famous road trip narrative, he says…
After 26 days on the road, my laptop contracted Black Screen of Death. Instead of my home screen, I get a blank black void with a…
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…
Driving around Lake Michigan from Detroit to Minneapolis and beyond, I’ve had trouble seeing…
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…
