Spokane,
Washington to Joseph, Oregon –
The Bronze Foundry City
This
is a beautiful drive on U.S. Highway
195 through the plains of eastern Washington,
through the beautiful "Swiss Alps
of the U.S." in far northeastern
Oregon. The road is slow but gorgeous
as it winds down into a canyon and back
up again, emerging in Enterprise, Oregon,
where it is short drive into Joseph
and Wallowa Lake. [More]
RoadTrip
Gear
Insulated
Stainless Steel Coffee Press Don't give up the pleasure of pressed
coffee when you hit the road! This coffee
press is also a vacuum-insulated thermos that
makes slightly more than a quart of European-style
coffee and keeps it hot long enough for you
to watch quite a few miles disappear under
your wheels.
How
To Choose A CB Radio There are CB radios of all kinds
on the market, and they come with a dizzying
number of options. To decide which radio
will best suit your needs, keep these tips
from CB expert Andrew Youderian in mind.
Lost
Soles on Route 66
Life
Cycle of a Shoe Tree
We've been monitoring
the evolution of this tamarisk tree, which
stands on the edge of a dry wash near Amboy
ghost town on historic Route 66, since September
2006. The tree has suffered some setbacks
over the last few years, but somehow -- like
the road it graces -- it lives on and even
manages to flourish.
Check out the latest photos,
captured by Linda Brothwell of Sheffield,
England, Evan and Joe Salka of Las Vegas,
Nevada, Rodrigo Borguetti of Florianopolis,
Brazil, and Aleš Bravnicar of Ljubljana,
Slovenia.
Whaling
Wall This mural in Key Largo,
Florida, is Wyland's 95th of 100 depicting
whales and undersea vistas
Point,
Click & Drive:
RTA tests and rates the top Web-based road
trip planning programs
Personal
Trip Journals:
Blog from the road with your own road trip
Web site -- get started in five minutes, and
it's free!
New
& Updated
Off
the Beaten Path:
A Travel Guide to More Than 1000 Scenic and
Interesting Places Still Uncrowded and Inviting
This best-selling
Reader's Digest travel book has 40% new
content including over 200 new sites, over
200 new full-color photographs, and all-new,
up-to-date maps. Off
the Beaten Path spotlights over 1,000
of the United States' most overlooked must-see
destinations. In a state-by-state A-to-Z
format, this budget-friendly roadtrip planner
reveals the "best-kept secret"
spots so that no matter where you live,
you can plan an unforgettable road trip,
even if you don't travel more than an hour
or two away from home. [More
road trip books]
Featured
Audiobook
Deeper
Than The Dead,
by Tami Hoag
It
is 1985, and except for the torment from class
bully Dennis Farnum, fifth graders Tommy Crane
and Wendy Nolan are enjoying idyllic childhoods
in a pleasant coastal California town. Their
innocent existence is suddenly shattered when
they stumble upon a half-buried body while
running from Dennis on their way home from
school. When an investigating officer suspects
that the corpse might be the victim of a serial
killer, he calls a friend...[read
more]
Mix
and Match Granola
Homemade granola is often a
much better snack than anything you can find
in a convenience store, and healthier to boot.
Getting
Out There
A
Hundred Years of Olives 'Tis the season... for olives, that is.
Take a tour of Graber Olive House in Ontario,
California.
Caution:
Funny Signs Ahead
Reflecting over a decade's worth of
photographing actual mixed-up marquees, billboard
blunders and signs of all types discovered
along city streets, country roads, major freeways
and back roads, RoadTrip America's Caution:
Funny Signs Ahead features images captured
by 95 photographers from all over the United
States, Canada, and beyond. Makes a great
gift!
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