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Making a Good Road Trip a Great Road Trip: Re-Define Road Trip

May 12, 2009
By Bradly McGarr
Making a Good Road Trip a Great Road Trip: Re-Define Road Trip

Ask any avid travler, and you’ll get many definitions of what a road trip is. That is what is so special about road trips though, they require each individual person to define what exactly it is. For me, a Road Trip is any trip that is purely for my enjoyment. This maybe driving around...
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Making a Good Road Trip a Great Road Trip: Have No Fear

May 6, 2009
By Bradly McGarr

This the first part in a series on Making a Good Road Trip a Great Road Trip The car is all packed. The tires are checked, and the fluids are perfect. Everything is ready to go. You are set for a great road trip across the landscape. There is little standing between you and...
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In Search of the Swain Family

December 12, 2008
By Bob Schaller

Editors Note: Submitted by Correspondent Bob Schaller to Open Road International Magazine, posted by the Editor. In the spring of 1849, William Swain rode away from his family’s farm in Youngstown, New York and joined in one of the seminal adventures of American history. He caught a lake steamer to Chicago, another boat to...
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Help! My teen wants to ROAD TRIP!

August 17, 2008
By Bradly McGarr

By Bradly L. McGarr, Founder, IRTEA To parents, they are the words that strike fear deep in to the heart of the soul. “Mom, Dad, I want to take a road trip!” Of course they’re scary words. Your young driver has just expressed interest in leaving their general area. So, while you may be...
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