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Here’s the short list of our favorite road trip phone apps: AAA Trip Tik – Find AAA discounts (mostly for hotels). The best feature seems to be that it gives you pricing on gas at nearby stations. Sit or Squat – Since not everybod is compfortable popping a squat on the side of the road, here’s...
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While not technically the first state of the Great Plains, Nebraska is the beginning of flat roads and corn fields. Knowing that it was about to be a few days of hypnotic straight driving, we didn’t make many stops in this state.  Our most interesting find was the Mormon Island State Recreation Area.  Immediately off highway 80, it’s a roadside...
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Home to Bryce Canyon, Zion Canyon, and Monument Valley, Utah has a crazy other-planet kind of landscape- and sky high campsite fees to match it. Make sure you have a camera on hand- the landscapes are out of this world!  One of my favorite views along the road was after we left highway 15 and...
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Before you get on the road go through the checklist.  Yeah, I know, it can be seem like a pain because it takes a little time and you already have plenty of packing to get done.  But this is just a basic list and it’s worth the time.  Just think, rather than sitting by your overheating...
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The summer is coming to an end and its about time you get in that summer road trip.  Every summer we’ve done a road trip series here at soelsewhere- and we’re not about to stop now. This time we’re featuring a California to New York adventure for those West Coast ladies getting reading to head...
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In my last blog, Roadtrip America, I gave Eat Local as my number one piece of roadtrip advice. First, there’s the obvious reason that it just tastes better; nothing beats some home made eggs, real sausage, and fresh hash browns before a long day of driving through the Kansas cornfields. But more importantly,...
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The road trip season is over for the year and I've just completed my third cross US trip, so I thought I’d offer a list of my top five tips.
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