The van der Weegen family travels more than 20,000 miles through Russia, North America, and Europe, shipping the car between continents.
Category Archives: Road Trips
Road Trip: Roamed the Country Searching for a Cadillac
Loaded up the Volvo and headed east in search of my third Seville, winding through Indianapolis, Cleveland, Scranton, and Philadelphia with my dog.
Review and Road Trip: 1998 Lexus LS400 – The South and President Clinton’s Library
I came to admire a car I didn't like.
2011 Cadillac Owners Meet, Chicago
Every year, a couple dozen us Cadillac owners and enthusiasts get together in Chicago for the auto show and a metric ton of food. And every year, I seem to take anything but a Cadillac to a Cadillac meet.
Crossing the state with an $80 bicycle.
At 40 miles across, I wasn’t exactly “crossing the state” since Missouri is 240 miles wide. Still, for me, with a cheap Wal-Mart bike in the middle of a humid midwest summer, it felt like crossing an entire continent.
What does -26F feel like?
In a word: Shitty. I empathize with those of you in Oklahoma this week where temperatures are colder than the north pole. I can’t imagine -28F being a usual thing for Okies.
Road Trip Rules and Etiquette
I’ve covered over 50,000 miles crossing the country in all directions. Its time to lay down some rules and guidelines for drivers and passengers.
Priceline and Travelocity: How To Use Them For Road Trips
If Joseph and Mary had read this article, Jesus might have been born in a Hilton instead of a shed.
50 MPG, Spokane to Portland, 1992 Honda Civic Hatchback
In 2005 I took my dad's 1992 Civic hatchback through rural Washington to Portland and Multnomah Falls. Six years later, I regret not buying the car for myself.
