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Road Trip Archive
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Riding Through Volcano Country in Vintage Cars, Including A Fox Mustang With A 289
Posted on June 15, 2026 | 15 CommentsToday’s post covers a trip I took a few months ago, when my longtime friend Cesar invited me to ride along in his 1984 Mustang convertible as he joined members […] -
“High Clearance Vehicles Only”: Can A Stock Promaster Van Make It To Saline Valley Hot Springs (And Out Again)? – Death Valley Days
Posted on February 10, 2026 | 29 CommentsSaline Valley is adjacent to Death Valley and part of DV National Park, but it is exceptionally remote without any services or development and can be difficult to access. The […] -
CC Road Trip: 1962 Plymouth Valiant V-200 Station Wagon – An Adventure Weekend
Posted on December 7, 2025 | 25 CommentsIs an Exmer-era Plymouth Valiant Station Wagon the perfect vehicle for a multifaceted weekend getaway? Probably not, but it does it in style. I had taken out the 1962 Plymouth […] -
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 1970s 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 | 34 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. […]
![Riding Through Volcano Country in Vintage Cars, Including A Fox Mustang With A 289 Today’s post covers a trip I took a few months ago, when my longtime friend Cesar invited me to ride along in his 1984 Mustang convertible as he joined members […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG-20250327a-WA0002-115x115.jpg)
![“High Clearance Vehicles Only”: Can A Stock Promaster Van Make It To Saline Valley Hot Springs (And Out Again)? – Death Valley Days Saline Valley is adjacent to Death Valley and part of DV National Park, but it is exceptionally remote without any services or development and can be difficult to access. The […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/IMG_2302-1-crop-tile-2-115x115.jpg)
![CC Road Trip: 1962 Plymouth Valiant V-200 Station Wagon – An Adventure Weekend Is an Exmer-era Plymouth Valiant Station Wagon the perfect vehicle for a multifaceted weekend getaway? Probably not, but it does it in style. I had taken out the 1962 Plymouth […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/3-1-115x115.jpg)
![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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/IMG_2265.jpeg)
![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 1970s American vehicles seem to be a popular theme […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/6.jpg)
![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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-04-30-23.27.12.jpg)
![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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Chevrolet-Chevette-rear.jpg)
![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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_0618.jpeg)
![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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/20230904_062506_53180476611_o-e1732584822331.jpg)
![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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/DSC_0129.jpeg)
![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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/dodge-challenger-nevada-desert.jpg)
![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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/54083042443_5cba72c2dc_k.jpg)
![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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IMG_1491.jpg)
![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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/DSCN8721-e1723655282626.jpg)
![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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_0481.jpeg)


