Road trips

Want to take an epic road trip in the USA, but you don’t own a car? It’s not an easy goal, but it can be done. For a whole lot of reasons, the United States of America has a reputation for being a pain in the butt for independent travelers. On many other continents you …

After you’re done visiting the Alamo, then what? Texas was once part of Mexico, it had a major port, and for a little while it was an independent nation. Texas history is convoluted, the area claimed at some point by France, Spain, Mexico, the USA, and the Confederate army. Oh, and there were Native Americans …

The USA is blessed with some amazing national parks that draw visitors from around the world. Some of the most impressive and best-known ones are in a cluster that’s relatively easy to get to, however. You can start in one of the country’s best travel value cities (Las Vegas) and make an inexpensive small town …

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I just took a long weekend family trip to Huntsville Alabama. Down the road from Huntsville about 45 minutes (and about an hour from Chattanooga) is the Unclaimed Baggage Center. It’s been on my list of places I wanted to go for a long time. It started out …