Tagged With "Road"
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April 29, 2020: A Fork in the Road, Pasadena California
Jonathan L found a fork in the road in Pasadena, California
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November 13, 2019: Welcome to Montana
Samantha arrives in Montana, her 40th state, with a welcome that matches its name as Big Sky state.
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High Road to Taos Scenic Byway, New Mexico Highlands
Join Jonathan L off the main road through the New Mexico Highlands
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Feb. 26, 2020: Welcome to New Mexico
Samantha shares some pictures of the Road Signs she saw while traveling to New Mexico last October.
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University of Oklahoma, Home of Sooners Football
Samantha and her husband pay an unplanned visit to the University of Oklahoma Sooners' stadium. The found some of the nicest fans.
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Oklahoma Sooners Football - The University of Oklahoma
Samnatha and her husband enjoy a visit to the home of Sooners football, and find some of the nicest fans.
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May 28, 2020: The Barbican, Krakow
DrFumblefinger visits the Barbican, an old fortified structure that was part of Krakow's medieval defensive wall.
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Planning a Road Trip
I'm 33, and about to be between jobs for a month. I'm living (well...) in New Jersey, and my new job's in Seattle. I've gotten kinda hipped on the idea of an old-fashioned road trip, hopefully all the way across without touching a turnpike....
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, May 28, 2015: Logan Pass, Glacier National Park, Montana
Logan Pass (elevation 6,646 ft (2,026 m)) is located along the Continental Divide in Glacier National Park, in the U.S. state of Montana. It is the highest point on the Going-to-the-Sun Road . The Logan Pass...
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French road signs: "I'm supposed to do WHAT?"
Half the population of France, apparently, is confused by common road signs—perhaps because there have come to be so many—according to a recent survey. And if it's that hard for the locals, imagine the effect on tourists, especially...
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Spotted on the Road, Berlin: 13-person-power bus-bike
Not a car or truck this time, but a sort of bus: a 12-passenger+"driver" bicycle with 13 sets of pedals to keep it going. The more get on, the more powerful (and perhaps faster) it gets. We saw several other versions of multi-passenger...
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Spotted on the Road, Brooklyn: 1962 Plymouth Fury
Here's a car that hasn't gotten much respect. And that goes beyond its current "ready for restoration" condition; even when it was new it drew a lot of snorts and mockery. Laurence Jones of Curbside Classics...
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Americans still love road trips: 71% will take one this summer
A new Harris Poll tells us what we must have known. Beyond cruises and flights, the classic road trip is still the popularity winner for U.S. vacationers, with 71% planning some sort of road trip this summer. The poll, based on 2215 U.S....
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Tilt! Retro railroad offers retro pinball car
The Strasburg Rail Road, which bills itself as the “Rail Road to Paradise” has added a less-heavenly attraction to its steam-train rides through the Pennsylvania countryside near Lancaster. Using a dozen vintage...
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A 2400 Mile Classic Car Road Rally Begins in December
Americas Car Museum in Tacoma, Washington is going to hold a road rally for classic car fans in December called "the Drive Home." Three classics cars, a 1957 Chevrolet Nomad, a 1961 Chrysler300g and a 1966 Ford Mustang will...
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New travel guidebooks are all about the food
"Rice, Noodle, Fish" is the first guidebook to be published under Anthony Bourdain's partnership with travel and food website Roads & Kingdoms. This book by Matt Goulding focuses on Japan's food culture. Lonely Planet has also come out with a new line of From the Source, cookbooks that that focus on the cuisines of Thailand and Italy. Both lines target people that travel for food. Read More:...
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May 13, 2018: Good-bye Winter!
Pierre Renault shares a few part shots of winter -- a long and seemingly endless one this year in Canada.
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The Big Island of Hawaii (Part 4). Kohala & Saddle Road
My final blog post on the Big Island covers the driest (less than 25 cm of rain a year) and oldest parts of the island — the northwest and central regions. (Petroglyphs, King's Trail, Waikoloa village) The Kohala...
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, Oct. 23, 2013: Iceland's Black Sand Beach
Dramatic light and landscape mark the beach at Vik, Iceland, famous for its black sand, which is composed of basalt, worn down over centuries from volcanic lava. The day of our visit, fog moved in and out, shrouding the beach in fog and turning the...
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Spotted on the Road: Fontaine-de-Vaucluse, France
The cult favorite of many (I'm one), the Citroen 2CV was a true "people's car," designed to bring mobility to rural families. Designed before World War II, and with its heyday after, millions were sold. Legend has it you could fix any problem with a...
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Glacier Point, Yosemite National Park
The most amazing views in Yosemite National Park, and among the most spectacular viewpoints on Mother Earth, are found at Glacier Point. In the summer Glacier Point is easily accessed by the Glacier Point Road, but this road is closed in the...
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Shunpiking Through Northern Pennsylvania
Taking a road trip is one of Jonathan L's favorite things...and he loves to “shunpike,” taking the smaller highways instead of the interstates
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Shunpiking Through Northern Ohio
Continuing his off-the-Interstates trip to Minnesota, Jonathan L stops to see the sights of northern Ohio.
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December 25, 2016: Biking Down Death Road
GrandEscapades shares photos and memories of cruising down one of the world's most dangerous roads -- now a memorable bike lane -- in the beautiful mountains of Bolivia
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Spotted on the Road. 1966 Chevy Impala SS
A car from my childhood, a beautiful 1966 Chevy Impala convertible, with an impressive 427 horses under the hood.
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7 Simple Ways to Get Your Car Ready For a Summer Road Trip
Mark Hilton offers suggestions on how to get your car ready for that all important summer road-trip (sponsored content)
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July 24, 2019: Los Pollos Hermanos (Twisters) – Albuquerque, NM
While in Alberquerque New Mexico, Samantha and her husband did their own version of the Breaking Bad tour. Of course, one of the stops had to include Los Pollos Hermanos - aka Twisters.
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Sydney to Brisbane Road Trip
Few people would argue that Australia is one of the best possible destinations out there for any traveler: it has both interesting cityscapes and natural sceneries of a lifetime. And if you like the freedom of stopping whenever and wherever you wish to in order to marvel at the beautiful view, perhaps a road trip is right up your alley. One of the most popular roads for such a trip in Australia is the one taking you from Sydney to Brisbane: the Legendary Pacific Coast. This road stretching...
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Spotted on the Road in Sweden
Some of you with sharp eyes might have spotted this red beauty peeking out of its driveway in the Where in the World is Gumbo puzzle #6 . That's why I waited until after the puzzle was over; I didn't want to identify Ystad, Sweden, as the location of...
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Traveling in the USA in the 1930s and 1940s
A friend recently sent me a link to a great collection of color travel photos from the 1930s and the 1940s. Photos are derived from the private kodachrome collection of Charles W Cushman. It's a fascinating collection of photos!...
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, Feb. 27, 2014: The Dark Hedges, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Years ago, when I was in elementary school, I remember one of my teachers showing my class a photo of some really interesting and eerie looking trees. Being quite young at the time, I thought the picture was really cool, but unfortunately...
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Travel like a local: New website matches local hosts with travelers
Gibby Road, will connect local hosts to likeminded travelers to plan experiences like a night on the town or exclusive fashion week events.
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Grand Central Terminal, New York (Where Gumbo Was #164)
Gumbo was visiting New York City's Grand Central, one of the classics of the heyday of trains, and still a thriving center for local and commuter trains.
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Is Spain becoming a Drone Zone?
Spain's local governments are finding innovative uses for small drones, but Madrid's new city government cancelled its order.
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Spotted on the Road: Riley 1969 Saloon
At the Museum of Liverpool, an unusual car: a 1969 Riley, a small inexpensive car with fancy interior and dual carburetors.
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Road-Trip in Patagonia: El Chalten to Torres del Paine
Some snapshots and memories of a roadtrip across the empty Patagonian steppe.
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Georgia to build a port along China's historic Silk Road route
Georgia announced plans yesterday to build a new $2.5 billion deep-water Black Sea port along the historic Silk Road route.
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Cuba's Cars: Varied, surviving, fascinating
More of Cuba's unusual cars, and some further notes on them...
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Spotted on the Road: Lamborghini Huracán 610
PHeymont saw this car in a restaurant parking lot in London. For a quarter million, you get 0-60 in 2.3 sec acceleration...and a lot of attention!
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Planning Dangerous road trips | HOP IN
I am planning Death Road trips. I have decided on 4 roads to travel I am planning my last. Also, I have a plan to visit Africa and I heard that out therein morocco despite many things to do in Morocco. there is a dangerous yet beautiful road of atlas mountain. Anyone who lived in Morocco can guide me here. Thanks in advance. Planning Things to do in Morocco
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Re: Silk Road becomes the Silk Railway
As a huge fan of all sorts of surface travel, you had me going there for a moment. Until I realized I'd have to wear my chorizo disguise to get a ride on this train.
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Re: Silk Road becomes the Silk Railway
I’d have to agree there…visions in my head of having to stand out in the cold while the engines were changed (and sinister figures on the platform, with their collars turned up…thanks, Graham Greene, Eric Ambler, etc.). The author of the article may, at the end, have crossed a line, though with the words: “It is certainly an epic monument to the lengths we will go to meet our unfulfillable desire for things we don’t need.” I can’t see how those words apply to olive oil and chorizo…
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Re: Silk Road becomes the Silk Railway
Originally Posted by PortMoresby: As a huge fan of all sorts of surface travel, you had me going there for a moment. Until I realized I'd have to wear my chorizo disguise to get a ride on this train. You could always disguise yourself as a ham or a can of olive oil. As I recall, there was a famous character on the Popeye cartoon who liked to disguise herself as Olive Oyle.
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Re: Silk Road becomes the Silk Railway
Originally Posted by DrFumblefinger: You could always disguise yourself as a ham... That would definitely make the most sense, actually requiring no disguise.
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Re: May 13, 2018: Good-bye Winter!
Even in Northern Europe - Winter has held us in it's grasp for longer this year. I blame Global Warming.
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Re: Pagosa Springs Resort and Spa - My Embarrassing Story
Nudity is something you soon get used to in Europe. Anywhere there's changing rooms or at the seaside it's a common occurrence. After 2 days you don't notice anymore. I feel your pain on the fall you had. Always embarrassing. I swam out from the beach on an inflatable bed. I caught a wave and returned to the beach at speed - lying face down. I hit sharp rocks on the beach and my inflatable turned to shreds. I was laying face down in 3 inches of water - struggling to turn over and get my...
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Re: Cuba's Cars: Varied, surviving, fascinating
American cars with Russian Lada engines ! No wonder the Cuban's call them Frankencars.