Enjoy state- and nationally-designated road trips, which have been curated to give you the best Great American Road Trip experience.
“What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate.” — Cool Hand Luke, who could have been discussing the Kidder Massacre We wear a computer called a telephone, and tend to panic when we lack a signal. We often can’t endure being out of touch. In the 1860s, electronic communication was limited to widely-separated telegraph […]
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Order the must-read book Midwest Road Trip Adventures I’m so excited to tell you about the book — our book — Midwest Road Trip Adventures. The book is a detailed guide for road trippers, and you must have it. Order directly from the publisher and choose my name, Roxie Yonkey, in the author dropdown menu.
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Kansas Rocks: The best 7 places to see rock formations in Kansas It’s hard to imagine that high-and-dry Kansas was once buried underwater. However, that ocean, the Western Interior Sea, has left the state a beautiful legacy: The Ocean of Kansas has produced some astounding Kansas Rocks. Limestone and sandstone pinnacles, mushrooms, and balls dot
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“Midwest Road Trip Adventures” available for pre-order now From the Great Lakes to the Great Plains, a new anthology, Midwest Road Trip Adventures, helps travelers re-discover their home state. This book will be available in November, just in time for holiday gifting. Becoming an author has been my lifelong dream. That dream is now coming
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I went to Valentine, Nebraska, on a field trip in 1993. We canoed down the National Scenic River. The clouds built up and caught us in a pop-up thunderstorm. The storm was so severe that it made news in the Omaha World-Herald. What an adventure! I have raved about the Valentine, Nebraska, experience ever since.
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Meeting Leavenworth’s famed folks in 10,000 steps People know Leavenworth, Kan., as the home of Fort Leavenworth and the Leavenworth federal prison. People should know Leavenworth for its famous residents and visitors. Meet many of these influential people on the Leavenworth walking trails. They include Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, Susan B. Anthony, William T.
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On Western Vistas Historic Byway, travel back in time. If you dream of being a cowboy or cowgirl, take your imagination eraser with you as you drive Western Vistas Historic Byway. When you mentally scrub away 21st-century amenities and replace the cattle with bison, you’ll return to the 1860s and 1870s. The imagination eraser works
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Explore Land and Sky Scenic Byway Of all the roads we’ve traveled, the road closest to our hearts is our road — Land and Sky Scenic Byway. Every one of the byway’s 88 miles is dear to us. Come explore Land and Sky Scenic Byway with us. We’ll see gorgeous agriculture, art, architecture, and learn
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