Best road-trip tales 47 Articles

by Mary Gillmon

It was NOT the best of times. No, it was definitely the other one. Dickens must have been peering through the years at my life... Well, maybe it wasn't the WORST of times, but it sucked. We were financially done, just ...read more

by Michael Mccormick

May 18th, 1980...The last words spoken by geologist David Johnston. "Vancouver, Vancouver, this is it!" 57 human lives were swept away when the mountain sneezed that day. I say it sneezed, because over the course of time,...read more

by Gail Davis

In 2004, I had a once in a lifetime opportunity to spend three weeks in Ireland! It was my first trip to Europe and I was over the moon with excitement and anticipation! I went with two friends, both of whom had been to I...read more

by Jennifer Blanke

We headed out of Logan International Airport in our tiny, red, rental car to begin what would be an incredible and memorable honeymoon. With my new husband in the driver's seat and a map unfolded in front of me, we navigat...read more

by Annalou Mack

A Motor Home Adventure Had we been a little more psychic one slight problem would have foretold what adventure was ahead for our summer's vacation. While sitting in the driveway, one of the tires on our motor home blew...read more

by Riem D

In July of 2005, the year I graduated high school, my father bought home his newest "toy": a campervan. It wasn't the biggest of vans, room enough for four people, but considering we are a family of eight it wasn't exactly...read more

by Joyce Marie Taylor

Stranded on an island! In the middle of a nor'easter! For a down-home, may-as-well-be-a-native Floridian, it was the opportunity of a lifetime for me when I was invited to spend an entire week at the Outer Banks. I've...read more

by Paul Schingle

As with most years, this past New Year's I resolved to be less judgmental. I didn't even make it to the third of January-which would have been a new record. If nothing else, I can promise that I will not judge people fro...read more

by Glenda Tyson

It was the summer I decided to drive across the country to California in my run down old Subaru; that had my friends and family questioning my sanity. The fact that it had 350,000 miles on it and a hole rusted through the ...read more

by Steve McCuaig

"Negotiations and Hallucinations" Leaving the Serengeti National Park via the North-West Ndabaka gate, we journeyed forth to Kenya, our northernmost stop on our pilgrimage through East Africa. Having been told that the ...read more

by Andrew Post

Late in the summer of 2006 I discovered that ideal conditions for a road trip consist of three friends, one mechanically unreliable car, a journey of nearly two thousand miles through civilization and wilderness, and a cer...read more

by Jon Coe

The best road trips that I have ever done, were in vehicles that should never have been allowed on the road in the first place! These vehicles defied the laws of maintenance and miraculously delivered me and whoever, to w...read more

by Stefanina Hill

As with a good many things in life the best road trip of my experience started out with fairly inauspicious beginnings. A friend of mine had to make an impromptu visit to an ailing relative and I accompanied them in the na...read more

by Sandra Vallender

The best road trip I ever had was in India. My friend and I were travelling from Delhi to Agra to see the Taj Mahal. The journey was around 4-5 hours long and belive me there were plenty of weird and wonderful sites on o...read more

by Cameron Weckerley

The Kill Zone Halloween 2006, Darkness falling, the purr of the Beemer comforting between my legs and in my ears. I had just spent the day with an extraordinary person. A type of hero actually, although some would consi...read more

by Jennifer Wallace

Reflection. Thought. That undeniable closeness that you feel to someone after you've traveled the road of undiscovered together. When you take an amazing road trip into the unknown, it changes you a little each time. E...read more

by Joyce Menyasz

Cousin Amy was scheduled for a visit from California to my new hometown of Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada. To save loads of money, she decided to fly into Syracuse, New York. Not too bad of a drive to pick her up, but the...read more

by Erik Pepper

There we were. Four men in 3 trucks going from Las Vegas, Nevada to Elko, Nevada. Five hundred miles. We didn't leave until eight at night. Trucks full of beds, tables and chairs, I was given a few passengers at the last m...read more

by Jen Atkinson

There comes a time, when this realization strikes some: I've got to leave town. Permanently. Being born and raised in the military offers many wonderful things. It also left me with a strange ailment. What I like to ref...read more

by Chris Messner

My most memorable road trip was just a day trip with an unexpected detour. Stationed in southeastern Italy with the Air Force in 1987, I was tapped to drive to Naples with a colleague in a US government vehicle, a Dodge...read more