Comments on: Matador’s Top 7 Summer Road Trips in the US / Canada

By: Ed

Ed — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 05:22:36 +0000

Cape Breton Island is not only incredible as Hal amen reports, it is actually the highlight of Nova Scotia. One could easily spend a week there alone though, so fitting it in with Lunenburg and Peggy’s Cove are a push for time, but certainly not impossible! When in Lunenburg, take a cruise on the Bluenose II – going to Lunenburg without cruising the BN II is tantamount to not going up the Eifel Tower in Paris, or skipping the Great Wall when in Peking.

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By: C. Russo

C. Russo — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:29:15 +0000

All of these road trips sound GREAT! I can’t wait to go on them. Hopefully one a year will work for me; being an undergrad student makes travel a bit of a hassle…argh.

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By: Devon

Devon — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 01:09:04 +0000

Just wanted to note that the Coquihalla (BC Hwy 5) is now free. Tolls were removed last year.

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By: Alaya

Alaya — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:45:50 +0000

Wow!!! now this is something i would love to do with my family. is there a way i can do this on a tight budget? I live in Philadelphia pa and i have my hubby and my three little kids ages 11,(boy) 8,(boy) and a bossing 3 year old(girl).

I would rent a van and do this with them. but i need to know the cheap way of taking a nice family road trip.

if anyone knows…send a message my way…thanks.

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By: Bil Coleman

Bil Coleman — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:45:27 +0000

One of my favorite road trips began with a family visit. We flew into Traverse City, MI and rented a car. We visited with family for a couple days and then traveled up into the UP, first visiting Mackinac Island. We drove through Wisconsin, stopping when we saw something interesting. We spent a few days in South Dakota. I never realized there was so much to see in that state. The Badlands, the Black Hills, Mt. Rushmore, the Crazy Horse Memorial, and Deadwood were some of the highlights. Devil’s Tower, Wyoming was a really nice stop. After Wyoming we took off for Fort Collins, Colorado to visit our daughter. From there we went up into Rocky Mountain National Park, one of our favorite places in the world. We flew home to Alabama out of Denver. … Nice memories.

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By: Katie, Tripbase

Katie, Tripbase — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 10:25:25 +0000

Nice, some great travel tips here.

Cool road trip planning tool here:

http://www.tripbase.com/road-trip-ideas

Enjoy and happy travels!

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By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:40:59 +0000

I’ve lived in British Columbia my whole life and think your Vancouver itinerary is pretty good. Like Carlo said above take the #3 and stop in Manning Park for a picnic. If you have more time you can also go to Banff, through the Kootaney’s and hit up Nelson (just look at a map, pretty easy to figure out a route). You can do one or all three of those.

You won’t be disappointed with BC

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By: David Miller

David Miller — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:07:01 +0000

that’s word, Anna. Some great points to hike out too / camp along Oregon coast as well that will totally leave crowd behind.

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By: Amanda, traveling wedding photographer

Amanda, traveling wedding photographer — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:54:10 +0000

Just like Nicole mentioned, I’d highly recommend putting Zion and Bryce on your list if you do make it to Utah. They are both amazing ( Bryce on a smaller more delicate scale and Zion of a grand scale ) . I knew the Southwest would make this list ……….
I did my first year of college in St. George UT in part to be close to the red rocks.

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By: Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:35:52 +0000

These are great…can’t wait to head back West and do some traveling closer to home!

All this talk about Montana (especially that photo essay not long ago) really has me wanting to visit.

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