Road Trip

DrFumblefinger enjoys his drive down Tree Tunnel Road, on Kauai's south shore. The road of gum trees is about 3 miles long and was planted more than a century ago.

America is driving again, including sharp increases in leisure driving, and miles driven are nearly back to pre-pandemic levels.

DrFumblefinger enjoys road trips. His travels in India gave him plenty of time to study and photograph the changing scenery from his tour van window.

PortMoresby recalls a moody sky over a sliver of land and a lighthouse between Puget Sound and the Straits of Juan de Fuca.

The Mackinaw Bridge is currently the fifth-longest suspension bridge in the world and the longest bridge in the western hemisphere. Samantha shares her visit and some facts.

PortMoresby leaves the Empire of Cheese in Tillamook and drives 90 minutes down the Oregon Coast, to the place that’s been waiting since her road trip planning began.

In honor of the cheese she never tires of, PortMoresby drives down the Oregon coast on a pilgrimage to the home of a famous domestic cheddar.

December 27, 2021: Port Townsend, Washington January 5, 2022: Starbucks Reserve Roastery, Seattle January 12, 2022: Seattle's Volunteer Park Conservatory January 19, 2022: The Tillamook Cheese Factory, Oregon January 26, 2022: The Sylvia Beach Hotel, Newport, Oregon February 2, 2022: The Garden at Shore Acres State Park, Coos Bay, Oregon February 7, 2022: Point Wilson Lighthouse, Washington February 21, 2022: Fort Worden, Washington March 7, 2022: The Bremerton Ferry More of PortMoresby's...

On a cross-border jaunt from Buffalo, Samantha finds a memorable park, and completes her collection of all five Great Lakes

While in Memphis, Samantha and her husband toured Sun Studio. No matter what type of music you like, you will appreciate the history of this studio.

For lack of a well-known public face for Starbucks, PortMoresby’s brain keeps substituting Jeff Bezos. But that’s not today’s issue, rather, do you think you know what a Starbucks looks like? Well, so did PortMoresby.

An historic small town in a spectacular setting was the reward at the end of a long drive, an auspicious beginning for a fall road trip and where Gumbo was taking us in last week’s 'Where in the World' puzzle.