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Road Trip Ready: Toyota Highlander Handles Like a Boss
Road trips are the jam on my wanderlust biscuits.
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Road Trip Ready: Mazda CX-5 Crossover is One Graceful Ride
Say hello to Grace. This elegant, nay, graceful lady is a Mazda CX-5 Grand Touring AWD Crossover, and I had the pleasure of her company on my trip to Roseville, Minnesota, to tour the Twin Cities and the Minnesota State Fair. Grace was on loan through a company called Driveshop. They provide vehicles to influencers a …
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How to Travel Without Killing Your Partner
Whether you’re taking an epic road trip or a quick weekend jaunt, here’s how to survive travel with your relationships intact.
How to use GasBuddy to Find the Best Gas Prices
One of the biggest expenses of any road trip is gas.
Our Perfect Road Trip Car: Cross Country in a Kia Sorento
We took a Kia Sorento on a 31-day, 6500 mile road trip and she handled it with sass and class.
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8 Life Lessons Learned from an Epic Road Trip
A road trip does more than just take you from point A to B. It teaches you and changes you.
Home Again, Home Again; Now the Journey Begins
After 6,479.5 miles and 144 hours 31 minutes in the car, Sunday evening Jim and I returned home. It’s Tuesday, and we’ve unpacked Mae and said goodbye to that trusty companion.
Day 27: Connecting the Dots
Yesterday we crossed the 5,000 mile mark. We watched Mae’s tripometer as it rolled over to that nice, round number and shouted a celebratory woohoo!
Day 14: From Cabins to Canyons and the Center of the World
We made it! We’re in Oceanside, California, at Jim’s parents’ for a week. This trip may be all about the journey, but this is certainly a delightful destination. I’m working in their backyard and tiny lizards are scampering, tinier hummingbirds are flitting, orchids are blooming, and the ripe oranges are calling me to pick them right off …
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Day 12: Surviving and Thriving
“It was an early morning yesterday.I was up before the dawn.And I really have enjoyed my stay.But I must be moving on.” When I woke up at 4:30 a.m. Sunday at a motel in Winslow, Arizona, that lyric kept cycling through my mind, rumbling along like so much tumbleweed. For the twelfth straight morning that’s exactly what …
Two Lane Gems Tour Day 4: Rose Colored Road Trip
The first three days have been as blurry as weeds on the side of the highway. We’ve already visited two museums, a wildlife refuge, two Native American memorials, and an art museum. We’ve driven four-lanes and two-lanes and one-lane over nearly a thousand miles. We spent a night in a century-old cabin, tooled around in …