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Planning for a road trip can seem like a long and daunting task. Further, a poorly planned trip can be stressful and costly. After a recent 25-day road trip to the western United States, I put together a guide using some of the tips I use when planning a trip like this and some that I learned along the way. Here is a guide to how I plan and pull off a trip like this with a minimal amount of stress and within a reasonable budget. Give these ideas a try and you may find that planning will become an enjoyable part of the trip and you will be able to enjoy the trip without stress and worry. ….Read Article
When my niece, Haley, was sixteen years old, a discussion about a show that I had seen in Las Vegas and her desire to see it turned into a broader discussion of travel in the American southwest. I had a 21-day itinerary that I had developed from a previous trip to the area that I had labeled the perfect western road trip. I made the comment that maybe when she was 21, I would take her to Vegas to see the show and somewhere in the discussion of the 21-day itinerary the idea of a 21-day road trip for her 21st birthday was born. We began to call it “21 for 21” and the name stuck. …Read Article
Texas is a big state and it’s people are unique. But, what is real and what is a pre-conceived image of this state and its people? When “outsiders” think of Texas, they envision the stereotypical images of cowboys, ten-gallon hats, oil wells, Friday night lights, barbeque, The Alamo, and the old west. While there are elements of the above in Texas, these are far from what most of the state and its people are like….Read Article
With a huge variety of entertainment types for both young and old, Branson Missouri remains a destination for more than 9.1 million annual visitors as of 2019 according to the Branson Convention and Visitors Bureau. This was a record and continued a multi-year growth trend in the year before Covid-19. It is also a remarkable number for a town with a permanent resident population of under 12,000!…Read Article