Route write-ups, gear reviews, app how-tos, and the occasional ride report. New posts drop roughly every other week.
National parks, national forests, BLM, refuges, Corps lakes, state parks and tribal land: who runs it, where you can camp for free, whether the dog can come, and what the $80 pass actually covers. Tap the sign, get the rules.
Where you can lane split, filter, and ride two abreast, and where a helmet is required — every state and province, from the statutes, re-verified monthly. Pick the states on your route and see where the rules change.
Going-to-the-Sun, Beartooth, Trail Ridge, Tioga, the North Cascades Highway — when the gates go up, when they come down, and how to check the morning you leave.
When the leaves turn in every region of the country, the roads to be on, and how to time the trip so you hit peak — with the Epic Trips that already have it planned.
Four parks dropped reservations, fees jumped for non-U.S. residents, and Crater Lake did not close. Plus the flood that closed every Grand Canyon hotel through October at least, Rainier’s Sunrise road shut for the season, and the bridge that cuts Olympic in half one last time, October 8 to 13.
Short answer: yes, and the proclamations closed nothing. The 90% cut is real — acreage, not access. What actually changed on the land, the 72 mining claims filed since it opened, the court's non-answer on September 16, and the burn scar three storms have now tested.
Traveling with friends or another family is the best fun there is — done right. How to caravan without losing each other, and let one shared plan keep everybody on the same page.
The parks worth planning a whole road trip around — and how to do them without fighting the crowds.
The cables, adapters, and just-in-case kit that make an electric road trip smooth instead of stressful.
Coast roads, mountain passes, and the ones the locals don't put on the map. The drives every road tripper should do at least once.
The old-road tricks for staying alert on a long day — when to stop, what to eat, and knowing when to call it.
Crates, breaks, pet-friendly stays, and the three things that always go sideways. Everything I learned hauling a dog across the country.
Half of trip planning is pure escapism — and that's exactly why you show up knowing the good spots. Plus saving places, caching offline maps, and letting the app find the detours.
The right month for the right drive — where to point the car in every season so you catch a place at its best.
The gear that turns a marathon drive into an easy one — chargers, comfort, and a cooler that means you don't have to live on fast food.
Snacks, screens, and the little things that keep everybody happy from the driveway to the motel. Road-tested with kids in the back seat.
How to plan charge stops so an electric road trip is just a road trip — no math, no white knuckles.
Where the money really goes on a road trip, and how to stretch it so you can stay out on the road longer.
A first look at what we're building next: a dead-simple, ad-free app that sets up your whole drive the second you get in — Do Not Disturb, music, maps, screen orientation, automatically.
The short list. What earns a spot in the bags for a multi-day ride, what stays in the garage, and why.
My favorite way to travel — privately owned, great service, and most of them welcome cars and tents too, not just RVs. How to use them and what to ask when you call ahead.
It started with a thousand-mile day and a gas tank that wouldn't cooperate. The story behind TrippApps — why it's a suite of apps, the no-ads promise, and what's coming next.
No country does the open road like this one. A confident — and admittedly biased — case for America's highways, from a man who's run most of them.
