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Check out this roadtrip, literally AROUND the USA.
Brian DeFrees of DeFrees Productions recently finished a roadtrip around the United States. If you look at his map, you can see that he visited almost every state around the US perimeter (with the exception of the Northeast states). DeFrees, on his website, describes himself as “a filmmaker, video editor or photographer,” but qualifies this with his opinion that “titles are just limits.” Check out this amazing timelapse video he made during his travels. Shot from August to October 2011, he captured it using a Canon 60D.
On The Road: Blogger Heaven
Road tripping is an enlightening and unique experience that everyone should enjoy at least once in a while. Jack Kerouac’s On the Road remains one of North America’s most significant testaments to the value of road tripping. While Salvator “Sal” Paradise and his cronies might not be the most admirable of characters, their quest for transcendence across a vast land of varied culture and landscape is a journey that many aspire to take part of. The continual improvement of social media and mobile phone apps makes it ever convenient to share experiences across the country. Here are a couple recent…
Take a Drive Through History on America’s Historic Byways
On Friday September 23rd the Indiana Department of Transportation named The Michigan Road a historic byway. The Federal Highway Administration’s National Scenic Byways Program says on their website that their goal is “To create a distinctive collection of American roads, their stories and treasured places.” Their mission is to create a unique travel experience and enhanced local quality of life through efforts to preserve, protect, interpret, and promote the intrinsic qualities of designated byways. The Michigan Road is Indiana‘s first state-funded highway, built in the 1830s and stretching from Madison on the Ohio River, through Greensburg, Shelbyville, Indianapolis, Logansport, Rochester, Plymouth,…
Between Vermont and Alabama on the Appalacian Trail
A question mailed to roadtripusa.com asked which route two retirees should take to travel from Birmingham, Alabama, to a friend’s summer home in northern Vermont. While their trip will occur entirely within the United States, Canadian travelers can learn from what was recommended to them. For lodging, they prefer bed and breakfasts, but settle for motels when convenient. Their culinary preference is to picnic, and their activity of choice is hiking. The route that best suits their needs is the Appalachian Trail. It is one of the longest, continuously marked footpaths in the world, measuring roughly 2,180 miles in length. The Trail goes through…
Touring the Apostle Islands
Wisconsin’s Bayfield Peninsula and the nearby Apostle Islands were once part of the same land mass, but over time they were carved away by retreating glaciers. Much of the land underneath the islands and on the peninsula consists of sandstone. On the northeast shore, the coastal landfall has been eroded as well, resulting in the creation of sea caves. The Apostle Islands National Lakeshore is a national park consisting of 21 islands, a sandspit and 12 miles of coastline, and is a 720-square-mile area in the midst of Lake Superior. For kayakers, it is as near to heaven as one…
