The Great American Road Trip

Get your motor running, head out on the highway The road trip is as American as the amber waves of grain and purple moutains majesty—and that's precisely what you get to see when you head out the door and hit the road. With gas prices back down but the economy still tight, it's time once again to celebrate the good old-fashioned road trip. A few of my favorites are listed on the right, and below are all the resources you need to plan your next American adventure. » Road trip resources » America's Byways » National Parks pass	Delta Blues & Cajun Spice - The roots of American music still flourish in Delta cotton fields, Cajun swamp towns, and antebellum cities along the Mississippi River from Memphis to New Orleans.
	Maine's Lobster Trail - U.S. Route 1 may be the Main Street of Maine’s Mid-Coast, but the best of its Victorian B&Bs, fishing villages, and lobster pounds lie down back-road detours.
	Lost in Utah - A buddy trip through Southern Utah’s National Parks—five parks in four action-packed days of high desert adventure.
Also: The Olympic Peninsula • The Great Buffalo Round-up • Winter Wolves of Yellowstone • Hiking the Appalachian Trail • Sailing the Florida Keys • Rafting Montana • Ski Utah • Federal Sleeps

 Travel Planning

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Reid on TV!

Watch Reid wear his Cultural Anthropology cap as a talking head in the Cruises We Love! series on the Travel Channel this summer. Episodes premiere each Saturdays at 10:30pm:

• May 30: Regent Seven Seas Navigator
• June 6: Clipper Odyssey
• June 13: Crystal Symphony
• June 20: SeaDream Yacht Club
• June 27: Cunard’s Queen Mary 2
• July 4: Silver Seas Silver Shadow
• July 18: Super Ports
• July 25: All You Can Eat
• August 1: Super Ships