In the Whirled: The death of the family road trip, and why it needs to make a comeback

Oh, yes, yes! Our father could ill-afford a 30-day vacation but he did it for us, driving from Utah to Connecticut and back, camping out all the way in any grassy place we could find. We had history books in the back window that were read between More..

I will always take my family on road trips. I would rather spend a few days driving to a national park and having my kids experience nature and beauty and learning to appreciate those things than fly them to Disney Land for a week. It's cheaper More..

Our family too has great memories of driving across America several times. Most of the time we stayed in motels, but camping at the beach, by lakes (oh it was so cold), in mountains and valleys was sometimes added. We shared family stories of More..