My roadtrip memories started in the 70s and 80s as a kid with my parents, and the 90s and beyond by myself. I know that minorities suffered in the States before then-only under God's Kingdom will this really change when "man will (no longer) dominate man to his harm" (Ecclesiastes 8:9)
Last September...I decided it was time for a "Great American road trip". Looked at a national map...thought twice and then .."Yeah, let's do it". Atlanta, Georgia. to Billings, Montana... 2400 miles.. Went from 'Atlanta traffic nightmare...to Montana...seeing no more than 5 cars on the road at any one time. (In Billings..the ice cream shop had hitching posts for your horses.) I loved it! My daughter and her family live near Billings...tempted to pack my bags and relocate!!
Yup, when I was a kid we took long road trip vacations every year. Some of my fondest memories! Learned how to build plastic models on one. Always included relatives and at least three states! As always God bless you and yours and thanks again for all you do!
Nice video. We would go to Wyoming every summer to see my grandmother, aunts, and uncles. Mom and dad would drive straight through. Usually took around 24 hrs. Mom would pack fried chicken, potato salad, etc for supper. We would find a side road and stop to eat. Good times. Awesome to see Wall Drug! Grandma lived not too far from there. We’d see signs all along the highway. 300 miles to Wall Drug. Every so often you’d see another telling you how close you were getting. My dad said during the Korean War someone put a sign that said Wall Drug 10,000 miles. Lol. Great memories. Thanks!
@@MemoryMountain north shore, the boundry waters is a veery cool place aswell. I live on the iron range which is a bunch of open iron ore pits being mined. Great place to live and visit 🤘😎🤘
@@MemoryMountain no i havent but ill check it out sometime. Havent been to the rainy river yet. I hope to take a boundry waters trip in the next year or 2 though. Stillwater MN is also a great place with alot of history. The birth place of MN 😎. I love your vids too btw 🍻
Those old canvas tents though... OMG what a pain. Weighed a ton and inevitably leaked. Parking up at the side of the road for an impromptu BBQ was a thing, I have some pictures of my parents doing it back in the late '50s~early '60s. We'd also head up to a cabin in Wisconsin, real Kaczynski style rough but always an adventure. Caught my first fish there... a 32" carp which just about pulled me in with it. I was about four and extremely displeased my Dad wouldn't cook it up. Good times, thanks
What you said about planners/free stylers is SO true! In 2005, I went on a roadtrip of 1500 miles (2500 km) each way with a friend and we were VERY opposite as far as planning (I like to wing it, and he likes to just get there as soon as possible with no stops) I told him that we should fly if that's what he wants, but no, he wanted to drive. We were at each other's throats! To the point that I went back by myself in 2007 to see the sights and really enjoy it. Alternatively, I went on a trip in another direction that was 2400 (3840km) each way in 1999 by myself. It was ok, but in 2000, I went there again with a friend. We were much more alike in our ways, and I had more of a blast with my good friend than I did by myself! The lesson here to me is to make sure of the people you go with. I'm not saying the 2005 friend was "wrong" in his way of doing things, but each person must agree in method, or even close friends will have a nightmare together instead of a fun vacation! For readers in Europe, North America is LARGE. I know that it would be hard to take roadtrips this extensive in certain parts of the world, but I've driven all over the States, and Canada, and really had a blast doing it. I know that gasoline is more expensive now than before, but I still have a chance to take a fun roadtrip vacation at least every other year, and also my work involves trips of several hundred miles (or several hundred km) several times a year. I try to schedule those so that I have extra time for an adventure or two as opposed to having to rush to the job and rush home. I know I am blessed in this, and not everyone can do this. As much as I want to get married, a highlight of being single is having this kind of freedom
We didn't go on a lot of trips but my mother liked... organization. The park? Let her smoke real quick. The store? Coupons. My stepmother is worst. I don't mind helping people but God you just know she'll find something to complain about. If my dad does go do something "without her" she never skips a beat in informing me if I call or rubbing in their "new house hunt". Honestly, once the car is paid off I'm jumping ship of my second job and only working 4 days a week. I've lived in Florida for 6 years and only been to the beach a handful of times.
That's basically what I do for my work trips. (I have to get to the job on the way there, but on the way back, as long as my crew don't have to be home immediately, I like to take my time and have an adventure or two)
Yeaah,outstanding recording, dude~
Lot of money with todays gas prices.
The Scotch cooler the lady was holding was made in my town of Hamilton, Oh. The Scotch Metal Products Co.
I saw some Canadian roads in this video as well. I view it as a North American road trip, and not exclusively part of the States
The green book was also part of traveling while being black in those days
My roadtrip memories started in the 70s and 80s as a kid with my parents, and the 90s and beyond by myself. I know that minorities suffered in the States before then-only under God's Kingdom will this really change when "man will (no longer) dominate man to his harm" (Ecclesiastes 8:9)
Last September...I decided it was time for a "Great American road trip".
Looked at a national map...thought twice and then .."Yeah, let's do it".
Atlanta, Georgia. to Billings, Montana... 2400 miles..
Went from 'Atlanta traffic nightmare...to Montana...seeing no more than 5 cars on the road at any one time. (In Billings..the ice cream shop had hitching posts for your horses.)
I loved it! My daughter and her family live near Billings...tempted to pack my bags and relocate!!
Yup, when I was a kid we took long road trip vacations every year. Some of my fondest memories! Learned how to build plastic models on one. Always included relatives and at least three states! As always God bless you and yours and thanks again for all you do!
I’m basically a half-and-half type of guy. I’d like to plan my road trips, but I also like to make a detour along the way.
Nice video. We would go to Wyoming every summer to see my grandmother, aunts, and uncles. Mom and dad would drive straight through. Usually took around 24 hrs. Mom would pack fried chicken, potato salad, etc for supper. We would find a side road and stop to eat. Good times.
Awesome to see Wall Drug! Grandma lived not too far from there. We’d see signs all along the highway. 300 miles to Wall Drug. Every so often you’d see another telling you how close you were getting. My dad said during the Korean War someone put a sign that said Wall Drug 10,000 miles. Lol.
Great memories. Thanks!
Always went to Cheyenne to see my dad's parents, Grandma and Grandpa. Our routine was just about the same. Thanks for the comment!
I went to Cody WY on a roadtrip in 2006. It was really a blast!
I love my northern MN 🤘😎🤘
What are the must see spots in Northern MN?
@@MemoryMountain north shore, the boundry waters is a veery cool place aswell. I live on the iron range which is a bunch of open iron ore pits being mined. Great place to live and visit 🤘😎🤘
@@danmang8712 Have you read The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien? It talks about some places up there. Have you been to the Rainy River?
@@MemoryMountain no i havent but ill check it out sometime. Havent been to the rainy river yet. I hope to take a boundry waters trip in the next year or 2 though. Stillwater MN is also a great place with alot of history. The birth place of MN 😎. I love your vids too btw 🍻
Those old canvas tents though... OMG what a pain. Weighed a ton and inevitably leaked.
Parking up at the side of the road for an impromptu BBQ was a thing, I have some pictures of my parents doing it back in the late '50s~early '60s.
We'd also head up to a cabin in Wisconsin, real Kaczynski style rough but always an adventure. Caught my first fish there... a 32" carp which just about pulled me in with it. I was about four and extremely displeased my Dad wouldn't cook it up.
Good times, thanks
My had many a picnic along the roads through Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Miss those days with my parents and brother.
What you said about planners/free stylers is SO true! In 2005, I went on a roadtrip of 1500 miles (2500 km) each way with a friend and we were VERY opposite as far as planning (I like to wing it, and he likes to just get there as soon as possible with no stops) I told him that we should fly if that's what he wants, but no, he wanted to drive. We were at each other's throats! To the point that I went back by myself in 2007 to see the sights and really enjoy it.
Alternatively, I went on a trip in another direction that was 2400 (3840km) each way in 1999 by myself. It was ok, but in 2000, I went there again with a friend. We were much more alike in our ways, and I had more of a blast with my good friend than I did by myself!
The lesson here to me is to make sure of the people you go with. I'm not saying the 2005 friend was "wrong" in his way of doing things, but each person must agree in method, or even close friends will have a nightmare together instead of a fun vacation!
For readers in Europe, North America is LARGE. I know that it would be hard to take roadtrips this extensive in certain parts of the world, but I've driven all over the States, and Canada, and really had a blast doing it. I know that gasoline is more expensive now than before, but I still have a chance to take a fun roadtrip vacation at least every other year, and also my work involves trips of several hundred miles (or several hundred km) several times a year. I try to schedule those so that I have extra time for an adventure or two as opposed to having to rush to the job and rush home. I know I am blessed in this, and not everyone can do this. As much as I want to get married, a highlight of being single is having this kind of freedom
Road trips are certainly an American thing. You have to be choosy though, due to the staggering price of gas nowadays. ⛽
We did plenty of roadtrips in Canada
We didn't go on a lot of trips but my mother liked... organization. The park? Let her smoke real quick. The store? Coupons.
My stepmother is worst. I don't mind helping people but God you just know she'll find something to complain about.
If my dad does go do something "without her" she never skips a beat in informing me if I call or rubbing in their "new house hunt".
Honestly, once the car is paid off I'm jumping ship of my second job and only working 4 days a week.
I've lived in Florida for 6 years and only been to the beach a handful of times.
How about planning the trip there,and freestyling on the way back?
That's basically what I do for my work trips. (I have to get to the job on the way there, but on the way back, as long as my crew don't have to be home immediately, I like to take my time and have an adventure or two)
We had better take them now while we still can before they make us buy electric cars without much range or climbing power,and restrict our travel