Commentary: The Temptation of Flight
When the world was put on lockdown, the airline industry took a major hit on all sides.
Category: Travel
Historiography: A Personal History of Road Tripping
This year, it seems that I am indeed living my best life as a road trip journalist. Or, at least that is how things are transpiring. It has been an extension of the things I love – driving and travel. Road tripping stokes the fire of discovery, curiosity, and adventure.
Commentary: Welcome to 2023
As I have said over the years, I do not make resolutions. Only goals. Most of the goals can be achieved realistically. Others become pipe dreams rather quickly.
Driveify Your Life
If you need to step up your rental car game, may I suggest a company with a wide range of vehicles, including supercars and modified SUVs.
Travelogue: The RV Experience
I headed down to the Winnebago Industries facility in Forest City, Iowa to check them out and take one of their RVs out for a weekend away.
Travelogue: A Quick List of Things To Do In The Twin Cities
No matter the weather or time of year, the Twin Cities has plenty to offer.
Reporter's Notebook: Going Solo
It a frequently told story that explains why traveling solo seems to work for some people.
Travelogue: Along The Great River Road (Part 2)
Behind the wheel of the aforementioned GR86, I drove all the way down the mighty Mississippi on the Iowa side. I made it all the way to Keokuk intact.
Travelogue: Along The Great River Road (Part 1)
It starts with collaboration, then onward to planning, alignment with publications, then execution. Similar patterns, but different destinations.
Travelogue: Heaven or Las Vegas
I have been to Las Vegas once. I was changing planes in 1996 en route from the Bay Area to Philadelphia. I never left the airport. Therefore, that did not count.