Posts Tagged ‘road trip’

Travel Information:Family travel in New Mexico: the 50 state series

Article Summary:

Online Traveling Journal with Free Advice and Guides on Travel, Hotels, Bed and Breakfast, Lodging and more. Articles and tips on travel and travel accommodations.I took a 50 state series hiatus there for awhile, but we’re back! Until we run out of states, I’ll be posting about family-friendly vacation ideas, attractions and events in each one of the US states, taking input mostly from Twitter and Facebook. Yes, I know how to search

Read the rest of this entry »

World Travel Guides:A Route 66 Oklahoma landmark: Johnnie’s onion burger in El Reno

Article Summary:

Online Traveling Journal with Free Advice and Guides on Travel, Hotels, Bed and Breakfast, Lodging and more. Articles and tips on travel and travel accommodations.While blasting north through Oklahoma enroute a speaking engagement, I saw on my map that I was passing through tiny El Reno, OK (located on historic Route 66.) The town has three different places listed in one of my favorite references, Jane and Michael Stern’s Roadfood. I

Read the rest of this entry »

World Travel:Photo of the Week: Fun but icky Colonial medicine at Yorktown

Article Summary:

Find information before your trip from quality travel guides, travel reviews and travel articles on Asia, Europe, Australia and all destinations around the world.Nothing like a semi-gory discussion of 1700’s battlefield medical procedures to make kids appreciate the simple comforts of a modern FluMist squirt. At the Yorktown Victory Center in Virginia, there are all sorts of kid-friendly demonstrations like this one on Colonial-era doctoring,

Read the rest of this entry »

World Travel Guide:Family travel in North Carolina: the 50 state series

Article Summary:

Research destination guides, get inspirational world travel guide recommendations, see photos, videos, trip plans, and more here.Every week until we run out of states, I plan to post about family-friendly vacation ideas, attractions and events in each one of the US states, taking input mostly from Twitter and Facebook. Yes, I know how to search for travel ideas on a destination or attraction Web site, but a

Read the rest of this entry »

Travel Information:Kansas Underground Salt Museum: the tornadoes can’t get you here

Article Summary:

Research destination guides, get inspirational world travel guide recommendations, see photos, videos, trip plans, and more here.You won’t believe what’s going on 650 feet underneath those Kansas wheat fields (about the height of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis from top to bottom.)
It only takes 70 seconds going straight down an elevator shaft to see one of the 8 Wonders of Kansas.A mining museum 

Read the rest of this entry »

World Travel:Family travel in North Dakota: the 50 state series

Article Summary:

Research destination guides, get inspirational world travel guide recommendations, see photos, videos, trip plans, and more here.Every week until we run out of states, I plan to post about family-friendly vacation ideas, attractions and events in each one of the US states, taking input mostly from Twitter and Facebook.Yes, I know how to search for travel ideas on a destination or attraction Web site, but

Read the rest of this entry »

Travel Guides:Family travel in Oklahoma: the 50 state series

Article Summary:

Online Traveling Journal with Free Advice and Guides on Travel, Hotels, Bed and Breakfast, Lodging and more. Articles and tips on travel and travel accommodations.Every Tuesday (this week I got a little behind so it’s Wednesday) until we run out of states, I plan to post about family-friendly vacation ideas, attractions and events in each one of the US states, taking input mostly from Twitter and Facebook.Yes, I know how to search for

Read the rest of this entry »

Travel Guide:Family travel in Ohio: the 50 state series

Article Summary:

Online Traveling Journal with Free Advice and Guides on Travel, Hotels, Bed and Breakfast, Lodging and more. Articles and tips on travel and travel accommodations.Every Tuesday (or Wednesday if Twitter crashes, which it did late yesterday as I was compiling this post) until we run out of states, I plan to post about family-friendly vacation ideas, attractions and events in each one of the US states, taking input mostly from Twitter and Facebook.Yes,

Read the rest of this entry »

Travel Guides:How to plan a tailpipe-kicking road trip

Article Summary:

Find information before your trip from quality travel guides, travel reviews and travel articles on Asia, Europe, Australia and all destinations around the world.Epic Road Trips. Yeah, I’ve done a few. They are hard to avoid when you grow up in a Navy family, as I did, moving from state to state. When I joined the Navy myself, there were more cross-country treks between US East and West Coast duty stations (RIP my 1973 Gran Torino, the Road Trip [...]

Read the rest of this entry »

World Travel:Family travel in Pennsylvania: the 50 state series

Article Summary:

Providing up to date information on Travel guides and guidebooks, Travel advice, tips and destination information to give you the best possible ideas.Every Tuesday until we run out of states, I plan to post about family-friendly vacation ideas, attractions and events in each one of the US states, taking input mostly from Twitter and Facebook. Yes, I know how to search for travel ideas on a destination or attraction Web site, but

Read the rest of this entry »