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…
Road Trips
Road trip: Michigan to Alaska and Back Airstream-style
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 Unchained: Crossing The Country on a BMW K1600 Grand America
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…
Road Trip: On the Tamiami Trail of Bob Dylan and Pablo Picasso in a Camaro Convertible
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…
Road Trip: Exploring Australia in a Ford Ranger Wildtrak. Familiar, but Different.
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…
Road Trip: Petit Le Mans in Le Grand Tourer, The Lexus LC500 goes down to Georgia
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…
Road Trip: The California Coast in a 2019 VW Beetle Final Edition, A Dying Car for the Almost Dead
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…
Destination Los Angeles: BMW 430i Convertible and the Wisdom of Change.
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…
Destination: Elkhart Lake, WI and America’s National Park of Speed
I consider myself blessed. I’m lucky enough to live an easy 90-minute drive from one of the great race tracks and motorsports towns in this country, maybe even the world.…