Road trippin' USA http://roadtrippinusa.com Adventure travel blog Sat, 14 May 2022 16:36:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.9 64309437 Road trip through Denali National Park http://roadtrippinusa.com/road-trip-denali-national-park/ http://roadtrippinusa.com/road-trip-denali-national-park/#comments Mon, 09 Feb 2015 10:00:31 +0000 http://roadtrippinusa.com/?p=875 Denali Park Road The Denali Park Road is the only road through Denali National Park and Preserve. It’s 92 miles long and runs parallel to the magnificent Alaska Range. Private vehicles are allowed in the park but can only drive as far as the 15th mile to a place called Savage River, where there is […]

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]]> http://roadtrippinusa.com/road-trip-denali-national-park/feed/ 6 875 Happy New Year road trippers! My top 5 blog posts of 2014 http://roadtrippinusa.com/happy-new-year-road-trippers-top-5-blog-posts-2014/ http://roadtrippinusa.com/happy-new-year-road-trippers-top-5-blog-posts-2014/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 2015 22:31:20 +0000 http://roadtrippinusa.com/?p=851 What you’ve been reading in 2014 Happy New Year road trippers! Thanks so much for joining me by reading this blog and following my adventures on social media. 2014 was an awesome year of travel for me, with my biggest adventure in August starting in Vancouver, followed by an epic road trip through Alaska, the […]

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]]> 802 Western USA: a road trip that inspired many more! http://roadtrippinusa.com/western-usa-road-trip-inspired-many-more/ Sat, 18 Oct 2014 15:27:20 +0000 http://roadtrippinusa.com/?p=787 Road trippin’ across the Western USA Exactly five years ago I was slap bang in the middle of a road trip through the Western USA with Trek America. My first Trek America tour. A two-week camping trek with eleven other solo travellers and one amazing tour leader! This wasn’t my first time travelling in the […]

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]]> 787 Carlsbad Caverns: entering the bat cave! http://roadtrippinusa.com/carlsbad-caverns-entering-bat-cave/ Thu, 16 Oct 2014 21:54:29 +0000 http://roadtrippinusa.com/?p=770 Carlsbad Caverns National Park Carlsbad Cavern is the most famous of over one hundred limestone caves found in Carlsbad Caverns National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Chihuahuan Desert, New Mexico. There is more to Carlsbad Caverns than just caves, although clearly the caves are no doubt the main reason for visiting. In […]

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]]> 770 A town called Chicken http://roadtrippinusa.com/town-called-chicken/ Mon, 06 Oct 2014 20:52:37 +0000 http://roadtrippinusa.com/?p=749 Have you heard of a town called Chicken? It’s one of those small places with a funny name in the middle of nowhere. When I say the middle of nowhere, I mean in a remote part of Alaska, off the Taylor Highway, approximately 80 miles NE of Tok, Alaska and 100 miles west of Dawson […]

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]]> 749 Tweet the Trexpert again! http://roadtrippinusa.com/tweet-the-trexpert-again/ Sat, 12 Jul 2014 21:37:28 +0000 http://roadtrippinusa.com/?p=707 ***Updated: see a link to the Twitter chat summary at the end*** Live Twitter Q&A – ask the #Trexpert The lovely team at Trek America have invited me to host a second Live Twitter Q&A all about travelling with Trek America! I’m really excited to be doing this again because I love talking about travel […]

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]]> 707 Travelling solo on a group tour http://roadtrippinusa.com/travelling-solo-on-a-group-tour/ Sun, 06 Jul 2014 20:41:48 +0000 http://roadtrippinusa.com/?p=688 Travelling solo: frequently asked questions Travelling solo on a group tour is a topic I get asked about a lot. It’s only natural to feel a little nervous about joining a group tour if you’ve never travelled solo before. This post draws upon frequently asked questions I’ve previously answered and hopefully it will answer some […]

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]]> 688 Trexpert: talking Trek with The Travel Hack! http://roadtrippinusa.com/trexpert-talking-trek-with-travel-hack/ Sun, 01 Jun 2014 10:28:06 +0000 http://roadtrippinusa.com/?p=670 The Trexpert meets The Travel Hack Earlier this year I was delighted to bump into Monica Stott, otherwise known as The Travel Hack, at Traverse, a conference about travel blogging in Newcastle. Monica told me she was planning to do the Westerner 2 camping tour with Trek America in April and I couldn’t wait to […]

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]]> 670 Find your Trek America buddies in 5 steps http://roadtrippinusa.com/find-your-trek-america-buddies-in-5-steps/ http://roadtrippinusa.com/find-your-trek-america-buddies-in-5-steps/#comments Tue, 01 Apr 2014 17:25:43 +0000 http://roadtrippinusa.com/?p=615 How to find your Trek America buddies In a previous post, Why find your Trek America buddies before your tour? I shared tips on some of the benefits to meeting your Trek buddies online before you travel. In this post, I’ll explain how to find your Trek America buddies in 5 easy steps. 1. Ask […]

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