See the USA!
About
I originally started Road Trip Memories as an “online scrapbook” and information resource for my first Route 66 vacation, back in 2000. The original site changed over time to include a section for myself, one for my husband Pat, and lastly, our road trips together. We expanded it to include new road trips to a variety of places and U.S. Highways and camping trips in our new T@B Trailer! The U.S. has plenty of two-lane roads to experience!
I hope you decide to slow down and take the old two-lane U.S. highways whenever possible. I know the Interstate is safe, fast and reliable, and has its benefits…but really, how much fun can you have on that endless slab of monotony? Aren’t you tired of visiting the same boring, generic rest stops over and over again? Or would you rather…
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See a large ball of twine?
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Visit a pharmacy shaped like a mortar and pestle?
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See unique neon signs?
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Have a burger and a real cherry coke from a fountain?
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Visit snake farms and buffalo ranches?
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Visit mystery spots?
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See uniquely painted water towers like peaches, smiley faces and even a ketchup bottle?
See America – not Generica!
Our new teardrop trailer has given us a new way to experience travel by going on weekend camping trips in our area. Someday, it is our intent to be “fulltimers,” to sell our house and live fulltime in an RV. That time is quite a way off, but in the meantime, we’re planning and preparing for a life spent seeing the U.S.A.! We want to see the mountains and the prairies and all the rest of that song! Look out America, here we come!
Jennifer
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Hi Gary! Yes, Pat did just join the forum. I have too, but haven’t had a chance to post yet. We are VERY excited about our T@B, and we’re already having fun. I’m not sure exactly where the photo was taken, but it is definitely Ohio, on US 40 west of Columbus. I took it 50 minutes before a photo in Columbus, that’s the best I can say about where it was taken. That’s why I try to geotag my photos now!
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#4 written by DON 2 years ago
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Not on this site, this is my personal travel blog. But try here: http://tab-tada.ning.com/ or here: http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/tabtrailers/
Jennifer
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#6 written by JoDee 1 year ago
Hi Jennifer,
I am thinking you did an article or a website about holyland usa- in waterbury connecticut. it has a bunch of old slides that were scanned into the computer and put up on the web– -my grandfather- Joseph Coviello and his children were some of the volunteers making the stone walls there– do you have any pictures of the workers doing the job or anyone I can contact to further investigate this- I am a News Anchor by day in Upstate New York– by night- very interested in geanology. thanks a bunch! JoDee Kenney-
Hi JoDee, I did write an article, which appeared in AMERICAN ROAD Magazine back in 2008 (I think it was the Autumn 2008 issue).
I also do have photos of Holy Land taken during construction by my great-uncle, Donald Lucian. No one in the photos is identified, though. All of my photos, which includes present day photos, postcards, and my uncle’s slides are here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadtripmemories/sets/72157603616821181/
I have a TON of articles I got from the Waterbury Library. If you would like, I can peruse them (when I figure out where they are) and see if there is any mention of your grandfather.
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Hey Jennifer,
Thanks for this great website – these pages inspired me for over a year now where you used to have a page named Planning Route66 Trip
[http://roadtripmemories.com/roadmaveness/planning.htm].
Do you still happen to have a copy of that website you published? You had all travel times, prices etc. and I took that as a guideline. Just several weeks ago I checked it back again and the website was gone.
Couldn’t get to you by e-mail directly – but please do let me know if you still have a copy, or if you can share it. I take that website as the “Codex” of my future travel !
Thanks already,
Burak-
Hi there and thanks for writing! I had been meaning to convert every page from that old website into the new blog format and have been chipping away slowly at it. The other site still existed until a few months ago, until due to a technical glitch, my hosting service did not renew. I still have the original site stored on my hard drive and will get that page up and running just for you! I’m pleased you found it helpful; I might even see if it needs some updating with current info.
When are you going to travel Route 66? Soon?
Look out for that page coming back soon, thanks again!
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Hey Jennifer,
Didn’t expect you to reply *that* fast, thanks!
I wanted to get on Route 66 this year but I’ve been visiting friends this summer, so I had to postpone. So the trip will be next summer, but I’ll be planning everything this August the latest for the next year. My only problem would be to find a vintage red-hot cabrio to drive with..
The only problem is that I have to take a 13-hrs flight from home in Zürich to Chicago first, and from LA to Chicago, then from Chicago to Zürich back so I need well more than 2 weeks to go with the full trip, being jetlagged is not a good idea before driving miles and miles through unfamiliar places.
Your old website had been almost an “enigma” =) I’ve been sharing that site with friends all over the world who wanted to take a similar trip. The way you put your trip was very straightforward, frank, and with no shiny-images, ads etc..To the point. Thanks for putting it up and sharing it with all of us.
I’ll check the website regularly to see if it’s up.
Thanks already!
Burak
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#12 written by Robert 2 months ago
Love your blog! I would like to do the same thing myself! If you ever do Federal Hwy 34 or 150 please stop in Galesburg, IL at Vintages. It is a wine shop that my wife owns. http://vintagestaste.com/
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Hello. Found your website from a posting I believe your husband made on thr Teardrops & TTT Forum about your new T@B trailer. Congrats! I was wondering where the picture of the ALT I-70 US 40 signs were taken?