[TroutStalker]

I found this to be of interest as we are leaving this weekend for Colorado and Wyoming, in our '03 Explorer with 8' cargo trailer, GPS, two way radios, cell phones, laptop, etc.

From my youth in the fifties, I remember traveling on all two lane roads, before interstate highways. Had to drive right through all the towns along the way; if it was a holiday, you might have to wait for the parade to go by.

My wife's parents drove to Yellowstone over fifty years ago. That must have been a very long trip.

[KellyAdmirer]

My mother drove with her family round-trip New York to San Francisco in the late 1930s. It was one of the few experiences she ever mentioned from her childhood, obviously a highlight of her life. While in San Francisco they ran into "Mr. Giannini," as she called him, the founder of Bank of America, who charmed her. Travelling experiences were very different in those days and memorable.

[nkycincinnatikid]

My recently deceased Dad drove from Cincinnati to Los Angeles and back as a teen in the early 1930's. In one of our last conversations he could still remember the entire itinerary, where the brakes were fixed , the radiator repaired. What a trip and what a mind.

[thatsnotnice]

One touring party of two cars reported 172 tire punctures and 17 blowouts during a round trip between Cleveland and San Francisco…

Making tires is an interesting process. They’re a lot better than they used to be.

Tire Basics part 1

Tire Basics part 2

[Hegemony Cricket]

A few years ago, I read a biography of Thomas Edison, that included an account of several similar expiditions taken by him and his two good friends, Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone. I guess they had quite a caravan of vehicles and were out for weeks at a time, with the journey being the destination. Pretty interesting stuff.

Also, I recall a two-week vacation we took when I was about twelve, from Indiana to Colorado. We packed up in a mid-sixties Ford Fairlane and meandered across, stopping wherever something looked interesting. Much different than the hurry-up-and-get-there vacations I've had since then. I hope to have another go at a really relaxing time like that again.......

[Bubba_Leroy]

My grandfather was born in 1880, in a house with no electricity or indoor plumbing. He died in 1969, shortly after Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. It boggles my mind sometimes to think of the changes that occurred in his lifetime.

[Bubba_Leroy]

My grandfather was born in 1880, in a house with no electricity or indoor plumbing. He died in 1969, shortly after Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. It boggles my mind sometimes to think of the changes that occurred in his lifetime.