Humor: Travel 72 Articles

by Denise Calaman

WEEKEND AT BLACKWOODS "Yes, oh yes, let's go camping!", I exclaimed, when my husband suggested, recently, that we go camping in Acadia National Park, located on the coast of Maine. We are both 'outdoorsy' people, an...read more

by Tom Sumner

The Pony Express, Aliens and Robots at The Walmart I love tabloid headlines like UFO ALIEN CURED ME OF AIDS WITH MIRACLE CELEBRITY DIET. But when you read the story it has little to do with the headline. This is about ...read more

by Blue State Cowgirl

Traveling with two 75-plus-year-old "Golden Girls" has it's challenges. But on a four day leisurely drive from San Francisco to San Simeon, little did I guess the unique nature of those challenges. Not to me, but to the Ce...read more

by Dave Knechel

The Road Trip A little over two years ago, my brother-in-law underwent a bone marrow transplant for Acute Myelogenous Leukemia. (He has been in remission since.) He and my sister were living in Houston, where he was a l...read more

by Lisa Legere

A note to all men if you leave us women alone long enough, we will find some way to entertain ourselves. This epiphany came during a recent tropical vacation. My husband, being sick spent almost our entire trip in the roo...read more

by Timothy Harrigan

Why I Need My Suit Cleaned I'm convinced that the mind has something like an immune system when in comes to annoyances and distractions, and like an immune system it becomes less effective if you get tired or otherwise ...read more

by Kary Wright

Parking a Travel Trailer After observing my father as a child, I have been trying to perfect the art of accomplishing the perfect-parking job on a travel trailer, and have come to the conclusion that it is far-more tech...read more

by Mark Weaver

The brochure said "bear-proof storage" was available. This is a reality check, a truth that militates against the propaganda of children's literature, an invitation to understand that children's books are more entertainmen...read more

by Rob Bryant

My two cousins and I had many interesting adventures when we were young. Our most ambitious trip was to Europe, where we bought bikes in England and traveled all over Europe for two-and-half months. We left in June, 1961 j...read more

by Sevki Bayrakdar

The Letter: Dear Mom and Dad, It doesn't feel like a week already since you went on holiday, because Johnny and I are enjoying ourselves a lot. I've actually got very bad news for you Dad. Old Anna that were supposed t...read more

by Norma Stamp

Our niece, Lois, was getting married on Saturday and had booked us a hotel room for Friday night. She chose it, sight unseen, because it was close to the wedding hall and not far from her apartment. When we decided to go ...read more

by Swan Morrison

THE BOEING 983 I estimated that the aircraft should be landing at Heathrow within 15 minutes. The flight had been fine although the "no frills" nature of these budget airlines meant forgoing some luxuries. On the p...read more

by Cindy Aycock

The Croup The beginning of the great camping trip is deciding where to go. My children sniff the air for scents of a wild theme park. My husband is driven toward the greenest golf cour...read more

by Matt Hofer

So I know this guy named Daniel Drake. I just call him "The Drake", as in "Hey it's The Drake" or "how's it going The Drake." The Drake works with me at the police department and from time to time I tell him stories about...read more

by Patricia Parker

If you can laugh because your plane has been delayed due to an excessive amount of bird poop on its wing, or keep life in perspective because the route book you're so religiously following suddenly ends with a missing page...read more

by John F. Kendall

Atlantis: Lost and Found. Last summer, having grown tired of the tedious and constant barrage of media speculation as to the whereabouts of the "lost continent", I decided to go out and locate the place myself. A co...read more

by Jimi Odell

"Moulin", I say, pointing at a signpost that would take us even further from the beaten track, "That means 'mill'". I'm keen to check it out, if only to use the word and show that I know what it means in some kind of conte...read more

by Michelle Alexander

What is it with men and not asking for directions? Are they worried about being embarrassed in front of the all might gas station guy? Do they consider getting lost and finding there way back to be worthy of a badge of hon...read more

by Karen Williams

Miami Nice It was time. I had lived in the Orlando area for four years and yet never ventured south of Magic Kingdom (the Flying Dumbo ride, to be exact). It was time that I journeyed to the land of foliage on steroi...read more

by Carolyn Wiezorek

There He Isn't When my sibs and I were young we lived for family vacations. Typically, we would pack up the car and head for a Midwest city that boasted an amusement park or zoo. Like most families we encountered a...read more