Road Trips

Three years ago just a few weeks before Christmas, fellow auto journalist, Nik Miles put out the call for people to help him pick up an adopted beagle from a…

We call dogs man’s best friend, yet too often man treats dogs as disposable property. Every year, 3.1 million dogs enter shelters and nearly 400,000 of those are euthanized because…

Driving to Alaska is the ultimate North American road trip no matter where you begin or what you choose as your transport. It is high on the list for most…

America may be the land of the free, but it is quickly becoming the home of the bland. Even as our population becomes more diverse, our towns are becoming indistinguishable…

Most of the people who leave Wisconsin for Florida over spring break go for the beaches and night life. I go to rent a Camaro convertible to drive through the…

Bill Bryson claims in his book, In A Sunburned Country, that Australia “has more things that will kill you than anywhere else. Of the world’s ten most poisonous snakes, all…

If you’re going to drive from Ann Arbor, Michigan to Gainesville, Georgia in a day you have to get up before the sun. Especially if you’re planning on taking a…

For driving iconic roads in iconic cities to hear iconic music in iconic venues, it’s best to have an iconic vehicle.  If the cities are in California, best to have…

As a child, I would marvel at old photographs of my parents when they were young.  The pictures were usually tinged with yellow and square shaped. What captured my imagination…

With all the talk coming out of Washington about trade, tariffs, and national security risks, it’s not surprising that Toyota was eager to share with me and a few other…