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the only vacation where the destination is optional but the snacks are mandatory.
means a journey by car, undertaken partly for the travel itself, not just the arrival.
from the phrase caught on in america after ww2, when cheap gas, new interstates, and returning gis with cars turned driving nowhere in particular into a national pastime.
interstate systembuilt starting 1956, 48,000+ miles, made this possible
route 66decommissioned in 1985, still the most mythologized road
average us tripunder 300 miles, despite the cross country fantasy
gas station snacksbeef jerky sales spike specifically on holiday weekends
for instance
pacific coast highway — california's cliffside california highway 1, big sur stretch legendary
trans-canada highway — 7,821 km, longest national road trip route on earth
the great ocean road — australia, 243 km, built by returning wwi soldiers