The Scenic Route: Short But Sweet
Alan Rider
May 17, 2013
Traveling The Scenic Route over the past year has been, quite literally, a long road. As part of our twelve-month celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the National Scenic Byways program, we’ve brought you stories of some of the longest of these extraordinary routes, from the 584-mile... Read more »
The Scenic Route: Rock On!
Alan Rider
May 10, 2013
Over the months since my family and I set out to explore The Scenic Route, I’ve used both my full-length feature stories in the pages of Trailer Life and my weekly posts here to encourage and entice you to leave the soulless interstate highways behind and discover the many pleasures that come with... Read more »
The Scenic Route: Handy iPad Mini Add-Ons
Alan Rider
May 3, 2013
In our travels along The Scenic Route we’ve found a few items that have made our time on the road a good bit easier. Topping that list has been our Apple iPad Mini, which has helped us do everything from finding a campground for tonight and scoping out tomorrow’s driving route to checking... Read more »
The Scenic Route: Country Music Highway
Alan Rider
April 26, 2013
Whether it’s singing along to a favorite CD as we pull our Kodiak 300BHSL trailer down the road or strumming the guitar around a campfire, music is a big part of our travels along The Scenic Route. Which got me to thinking about the only one of the National Scenic Byways program’s 150... Read more »
Taking the Scenic Route
Alan Rider
August 17, 2012
In his classic 1962 book Travels With Charley, John Steinbeck lamented that with the coming of the interstate highway system “… it will be possible to drive from New York to California without seeing a single thing.” Alan Rider & Family on the Outer Banks Scenic Byway Fast forward... Read more »
