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Road Trip Archive
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CC Roadtrip Documentary: Fresh Harvests On Familiar Ground
Posted on August 29, 2025 | 27 Comments(Author’s note: This piece has topics ranging from road construction to tourist destinations to Dodge Monacos to shopping baskets. In turn, there are approximately 65 pictures. Please note some of […] -
Road Trip: 1964 Dodge Dart (Grüne Hölle) Goes Camping
Posted on July 20, 2025 | 9 CommentsImages of cars, camping, and people doing things away from the city with their vintage people movers and ordinary postwar to 1970ss American vehicles seem to be a popular theme […] -
My 2004 Mercury Grand Marquis GS – Olga’s Cars of a Lifetime, Part II
Posted on May 4, 2025 | 4 CommentsIn Part I, we read of how I met Olga and came to buy her 43 year old ’77 Monte Carlo. In 2004, Olga and her husband bought a Mercury […] -
Curbside Classics: Cars of Nova Scotia and the Cabot Trail
Posted on February 18, 2025 | 33 CommentsIn the summer of 2024 I was lucky enough to visit the east coast for the first time, including the city of Halifax as well as a road trip along […] -
Bikes, Boats and Automobiles: Cycling the Erie Canal 2024 (Part 3)
Posted on January 1, 2025 | 16 CommentsCycle the Erie Canal Day 6 was a Car SAG day for me. A driving day seems an appropriate way to start the third and final installment of this series, […] -
My 1979 Dodge Aspen SE Station Wagon – Part 5: Covid Era Adventures and Beyond
Posted on November 28, 2024 | 13 CommentsFor Part 5 (links to previous entries at the bottom), there is no epic family vacation, but rather a collection of smaller, shorter, possibly more memorable trips and activities in […] -
Curbside Musings: Bringing Color Back – There’s Actually A Lot Out There, Curbside and Otherwise
Posted on November 14, 2024 | 71 CommentsDoesn’t that lovely line of Volvo 140 butts make you want to say “Man, I remember when cars came in so many different colors!”? That’s been my comment on that […] -
Rental Car Review & Travelogue: 2018 Dodge Challenger R/T – In A Class Of Its Own
Posted on November 2, 2024 | 49 Comments(first posted 10/15/2018) What better way is there to explore some of the most iconic locations in the United States than from behind the wheel of […] -
CC Road Trip: 1962 Valiant V-200 Station Wagon – An October Drive With The Family
Posted on October 24, 2024 | 45 CommentsRecently, on a warm Saturday in October, I took the family for an afternoon jaunt in the ‘ol Valiant Wagon. We took a ~ 250-mile trip up into the mountains […] -
Rental Car Review: 2017 Toyota Corolla SE – When Frontier Airlines Completely Screws You Over, You Can Trust A Corolla To Save The Day
Posted on September 27, 2024 | 65 Comments(first posted 9/27/2018) Sunday 6:55 a.m.: I emerge bleary-eyed in the hotel’s palatial lobby and follow the scent to the sumptuous dining area for yet another breakfast […] -
My 1979 Dodge Aspen SE Station Wagon – Part 4: Vacation Time to VA and WV; Mountains Not Optional.
Posted on August 29, 2024 | 11 CommentsFor Part 4, I am again sharing a family trip in my 1979 Dodge Aspen Special Edition Station Wagon. The year was 2018, and for that summer’s vacation, we decided […] -
Bikes, Boats and Automobiles: Cycling the Erie Canal 2024 (Part 2)
Posted on August 2, 2024 | 18 CommentsDay 4 of the Cycle the Erie Canal trip started in Seneca Falls, NY, the central NY town that our rolling camping trip had wound up in the previous evening. […] -
Bikes, Boats and Automobiles: Cycling the Erie Canal 2024 (Part 1)
Posted on July 26, 2024 | 39 CommentsIt’s no secret that I am a fan of all things transportation. Of course this is one of the ties that bind me to this site, and it’s something that […] -
CC Road Trip: Across the USA in a 2016 Ford Focus; Part 2 of 2
Posted on June 11, 2024 | 22 CommentsWelcome back, in yesterday’s episode we were in Wyoming approaching Devils Tower. -
Roadside Classics: A September Trek To Northern Michigan
Posted on June 10, 2024 | 31 Comments(first posted 6/11/2018) I’ve always loved taking road trips, especially to places I’ve never been before. When I had originally sat down to write this piece, I […]
![CC Roadtrip Documentary: Fresh Harvests On Familiar Ground (Author’s note: This piece has topics ranging from road construction to tourist destinations to Dodge Monacos to shopping baskets. In turn, there are approximately 65 pictures. Please note some of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/IMG_2265.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Road Trip: 1964 Dodge Dart (Grüne Hölle) Goes Camping Images of cars, camping, and people doing things away from the city with their vintage people movers and ordinary postwar to 1970ss American vehicles seem to be a popular theme […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/6.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![My 2004 Mercury Grand Marquis GS – Olga’s Cars of a Lifetime, Part II In Part I, we read of how I met Olga and came to buy her 43 year old ’77 Monte Carlo. In 2004, Olga and her husband bought a Mercury […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-04-30-23.27.12.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classics: Cars of Nova Scotia and the Cabot Trail In the summer of 2024 I was lucky enough to visit the east coast for the first time, including the city of Halifax as well as a road trip along […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Chevrolet-Chevette-rear.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Bikes, Boats and Automobiles: Cycling the Erie Canal 2024 (Part 3) Cycle the Erie Canal Day 6 was a Car SAG day for me. A driving day seems an appropriate way to start the third and final installment of this series, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_0618.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![My 1979 Dodge Aspen SE Station Wagon – Part 5: Covid Era Adventures and Beyond For Part 5 (links to previous entries at the bottom), there is no epic family vacation, but rather a collection of smaller, shorter, possibly more memorable trips and activities in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/20230904_062506_53180476611_o-e1732584822331.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Musings: Bringing Color Back – There’s Actually A Lot Out There, Curbside and Otherwise Doesn’t that lovely line of Volvo 140 butts make you want to say “Man, I remember when cars came in so many different colors!”? That’s been my comment on that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/DSC_0129.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Rental Car Review & Travelogue: 2018 Dodge Challenger R/T – In A Class Of Its Own (first posted 10/15/2018) What better way is there to explore some of the most iconic locations in the United States than from behind the wheel of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/dodge-challenger-nevada-desert.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Road Trip: 1962 Valiant V-200 Station Wagon – An October Drive With The Family Recently, on a warm Saturday in October, I took the family for an afternoon jaunt in the ‘ol Valiant Wagon. We took a ~ 250-mile trip up into the mountains […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/54083042443_5cba72c2dc_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Rental Car Review: 2017 Toyota Corolla SE – When Frontier Airlines Completely Screws You Over, You Can Trust A Corolla To Save The Day (first posted 9/27/2018) Sunday 6:55 a.m.: I emerge bleary-eyed in the hotel’s palatial lobby and follow the scent to the sumptuous dining area for yet another breakfast […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IMG_1491.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![My 1979 Dodge Aspen SE Station Wagon – Part 4: Vacation Time to VA and WV; Mountains Not Optional. For Part 4, I am again sharing a family trip in my 1979 Dodge Aspen Special Edition Station Wagon. The year was 2018, and for that summer’s vacation, we decided […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/DSCN8721-e1723655282626.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Bikes, Boats and Automobiles: Cycling the Erie Canal 2024 (Part 2) Day 4 of the Cycle the Erie Canal trip started in Seneca Falls, NY, the central NY town that our rolling camping trip had wound up in the previous evening. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_0481.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Bikes, Boats and Automobiles: Cycling the Erie Canal 2024 (Part 1) It’s no secret that I am a fan of all things transportation. Of course this is one of the ties that bind me to this site, and it’s something that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_0524.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)

![Roadside Classics: A September Trek To Northern Michigan (first posted 6/11/2018) I’ve always loved taking road trips, especially to places I’ve never been before. When I had originally sat down to write this piece, I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/327-1956-Pontiac-Bob-In-Again-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)


