Very good post, keep up the good work.

]]> http://www.familytravellogue.com/driving-backroads-beats-the-tar-out-of-the-interstate.html/comment-page-1#comment-176280 Best of the Web – Roaming Tales: Travel links for 17 August | Roaming Tales Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:03:34 +0000 http://www.familytravellogue.com/driving-backroads-beats-the-tar-out-of-the-interstate.html#comment-176280 [...] trips. Sheila Scarborough shares her tips on planning a road trip with children and why she prefers backroads on Family Travel [...]

[...] trips. Sheila Scarborough shares her tips on planning a road trip with children and why she prefers backroads on Family Travel [...]

]]> http://www.familytravellogue.com/driving-backroads-beats-the-tar-out-of-the-interstate.html/comment-page-1#comment-176220 Sheila Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:11:47 +0000 http://www.familytravellogue.com/driving-backroads-beats-the-tar-out-of-the-interstate.html#comment-176220 Thanks, Alan. Sometimes those two rules are hard to follow when you have kids (especially Number Two) but it's worth the effort to try. :)

Thanks, Alan. Sometimes those two rules are hard to follow when you have kids (especially Number Two) but it’s worth the effort to try.

]]> http://www.familytravellogue.com/driving-backroads-beats-the-tar-out-of-the-interstate.html/comment-page-1#comment-176218 Alan Rider Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:32:46 +0000 http://www.familytravellogue.com/driving-backroads-beats-the-tar-out-of-the-interstate.html#comment-176218 GREAT post! When a couple of friends and I followed Route 66 from Chicago to L.A. a few years ago ( http://tinyurl.com/mlqbdw ) we had 2 simple rules that made all the difference: A) have no set itinerary/hotel reservations -- you're much more likely to stop to explore that funky roadside attraction if you're not worried about making another 300 miles by nightfall; and B) never eat any place (i.e/ chain restaurants/fast food joints) you could eat at home. Try it on your next roadtrip!

GREAT post! When a couple of friends and I followed Route 66 from Chicago to L.A. a few years ago ( http://tinyurl.com/mlqbdw ) we had 2 simple rules that made all the difference: A) have no set itinerary/hotel reservations — you’re much more likely to stop to explore that funky roadside attraction if you’re not worried about making another 300 miles by nightfall; and B) never eat any place (i.e/ chain restaurants/fast food joints) you could eat at home. Try it on your next roadtrip!

]]> http://www.familytravellogue.com/driving-backroads-beats-the-tar-out-of-the-interstate.html/comment-page-1#comment-176191 Aron@hotels in hawaii Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:47:03 +0000 http://www.familytravellogue.com/driving-backroads-beats-the-tar-out-of-the-interstate.html#comment-176191 very nice post dear i appreciate it.

very nice post dear i appreciate it.

]]> http://www.familytravellogue.com/driving-backroads-beats-the-tar-out-of-the-interstate.html/comment-page-1#comment-176183 Sheila Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:35:55 +0000 http://www.familytravellogue.com/driving-backroads-beats-the-tar-out-of-the-interstate.html#comment-176183 Hi Kami, It was Highway 90, which worked just fine to get to the Houston area. And yes, with little ones, it doesn't take long in the car before insanity sets in! I hear you there....

Hi Kami,

It was Highway 90, which worked just fine to get to the Houston area.

And yes, with little ones, it doesn’t take long in the car before insanity sets in! I hear you there….

]]> http://www.familytravellogue.com/driving-backroads-beats-the-tar-out-of-the-interstate.html/comment-page-1#comment-176182 Kami Huyse Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:35:13 +0000 http://www.familytravellogue.com/driving-backroads-beats-the-tar-out-of-the-interstate.html#comment-176182 Love your backroads trip idea. There is no need to take a long trip to take your advice. Before I had children my husband and I spent whole weekends just driving around back roads and checking out our near neighborhood. I loved those days. We bought a county map of San Antonio and used it to explore the rural SA area and the Hill Country. With infants and small children I have mostly stuck to the interstate, if for no other reason than short car trips always work out better for them (and me). But I suspect that as they get older we will go back to our wandering ways. BTW, my family all live in Beaumont, what road did you take from Beaumont?

Love your backroads trip idea. There is no need to take a long trip to take your advice. Before I had children my husband and I spent whole weekends just driving around back roads and checking out our near neighborhood. I loved those days. We bought a county map of San Antonio and used it to explore the rural SA area and the Hill Country.

With infants and small children I have mostly stuck to the interstate, if for no other reason than short car trips always work out better for them (and me). But I suspect that as they get older we will go back to our wandering ways.

BTW, my family all live in Beaumont, what road did you take from Beaumont?

]]> http://www.familytravellogue.com/driving-backroads-beats-the-tar-out-of-the-interstate.html/comment-page-1#comment-176180 Sheila Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:58:44 +0000 http://www.familytravellogue.com/driving-backroads-beats-the-tar-out-of-the-interstate.html#comment-176180 Thanks, Dominique. I ought to get those for Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma and New Mexico for those trips when we actually break the 4-5 hour mark and can get across the Texas border into another state!

Thanks, Dominique. I ought to get those for Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma and New Mexico for those trips when we actually break the 4-5 hour mark and can get across the Texas border into another state!

]]> http://www.familytravellogue.com/driving-backroads-beats-the-tar-out-of-the-interstate.html/comment-page-1#comment-176179 Sheila Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:56:56 +0000 http://www.familytravellogue.com/driving-backroads-beats-the-tar-out-of-the-interstate.html#comment-176179 I get the same thing, only it's "Oh, no, Mom, not another historical marker!"

I get the same thing, only it’s “Oh, no, Mom, not another historical marker!”

]]> http://www.familytravellogue.com/driving-backroads-beats-the-tar-out-of-the-interstate.html/comment-page-1#comment-176178 Linda Tue, 04 Aug 2009 05:33:23 +0000 http://www.familytravellogue.com/driving-backroads-beats-the-tar-out-of-the-interstate.html#comment-176178 Great post! I love finding the roads that preceded the Interstates. Driving through the small towns instead of around them is a great way to see America, and so much more interesting if you have the time. Amen on the historical markers. Even my three-year-old says, "Mom, there's a 'storical marker. You have to take a picture of it!"

Great post! I love finding the roads that preceded the Interstates. Driving through the small towns instead of around them is a great way to see America, and so much more interesting if you have the time.

Amen on the historical markers. Even my three-year-old says, “Mom, there’s a ‘storical marker. You have to take a picture of it!”

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