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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Phone apps to get you across
Let the Great Plains Begin…
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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Utah: Life Elevated
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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American Road Trip: 5 Point Prep List
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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Annual American Road Trip Series
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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Top Turn Outs on the California Coast
Here is a list of our five favorite highway turnouts along the California coast. These are roadside stops where you can have a peaceful stop and a free overnight in the car.
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Big Sur: A test of your road trip readiness
California Roadtrip: Big Sur is perhaps the most beautiful part of the California Coast. You find yourself overlooking the Pacific Ocean from the edge of tight turns on Highway One. The landscape is what I imagine a country road in Scotland would look like: green rolling hills with low brush and the occasional...
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