It's the classic budget
honeymoon: hop in the car and hit the open road with a little cash
and a big spirit of adventure. Jamie Jensen, author of Road Trip
USA, has just the website to whet your appetite. At
roadtripusa.com, he
profiles eleven classic road trips: the West Coast from Olympic
National Park to the Mexican border; Highway 93 from the Canadian
Rockies to the Sonora Desert; U.S. 83 ("the Road to Nowhere") from
Manitoba to Texas; the Great River Road (see below); the Appalachian
Trail (by car); an East Coast route from Atlantic City to Key West
that runs within earshot of the ocean; U.S. 2 from Seattle to
Maine's Acadia National Park ("the
most stunning and unforgettable, not to mention longest, of all the
great transcontinental road trips," according to Jensen); the Oregon
Trail from Cape Cod to Oregon; little-known U.S. 50 from San
Francisco to Washington, D.C.; U.S. 80 from San Diego to Savannah,
Georgia; and the Mother of All Roads, Route 66.
Have you done this
trip (whether on your honeymoon or other travel)? We'd love to hear
about your experience so we can share it with others. . .just
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