After a long road trip through British Columbia, we made it to our final destination: Hyder, Alaska. Hyder, "the friendliest ghost town in Alaska," is about a 20 hour drive from Seattle and is the only town in Alaska that's accessible by road from British Columbia....
Our road trip from Seattle to Hyder, Alaska lasted three days. It was about 20 hours of driving. Each way. Which was a long journey to get to a town that, basically, held nothing. But it was definitely worth it. There really is nothing to...
We made it to Hyder, Alaska! We again awoke pretty early and hit the road...
Day three of my vacation consisted of driving. A whole lot of driving. Luckily I wasn't the one behind the wheel on our road trip through British Columbia. This time and I learned that it is a whole lot easier (and perhaps a whole lot...
Sunday (as in LAST SUNDAY), our third and final day of road tripping around Missouri started in Springfield to find more Missouri roadside attractions. The World's Largest Fork was definitely the world's largest fork. And the giant paper cup, while merely an entrance to a...
FYI, Missouri radio plays three songs: Lady GaGa's Love Games (I want to take a ride on your disco stick...
Saturday I woke up at around 8am and enjoyed the hotel's continental breakfast. Actually I just ate cereal and then kicked myself when I saw that around the corner they had biscuits and gravy that I missed! Brian skipped the breakfast, he didn't want to...
Friday morning I woke up at 5am and was out the door around 5:45 on my way to Urbana to pick up my friend Brian. We were heading off on a Missouri road trip from Chicago to Kansas City. I picked up Brian around 7...
Apparently Michigan is in the Eastern time zone. In retrospect I probably already knew that but it never occurred to me to even check. Luckily, I was alerted to this fact the night before I went on my road trip to Southgate, Michigan, and, therefore,...
Things learned on my Metropolis road trip: 1. I am a good driver when I am paying attention. 2. Louisville Kentucky is three hours from the Illinois/Kentucky border. 3. When someone says "It's $3 for this museum or $5 for both" the deal isn't always a good deal. 4....