- it's not the destination, it's the journey
- make it up as you go along
- just play it by ear
...which is all well and good and has it's time and place, but there is something to be said about a little old-fashioned planning.
Planning whets the appetite. It's a way of living the adventure before it begins, a grown up version of day dreaming. It's a great way to find out about places or roads that you wouldn't want to miss along the way. I'm the type of person who hates to miss out on things and I find nothing worse than being on a fantastic roadtrip only to find out when I got home that I was mere miles from something spectacular and I didn't know about.
A little homework in the planning department also feeds you those interesting bites of history that become the condiments of the trip - to know something about where you are fills out the experience just that much more.
Some of the materials I'm currently using are:
Microsoft Streets and Trips
1,000 Places To See Before You Die - USA and Canada
State Park Brochures
National Park Brochures
Road Atlas - MapArt - Canada, USA, Mexico
RoadRunner Magazine
The Traveler's Atlas: North America
Ride Atlas of North America - Rand McNally - Harley Davidson Anniversary Addition
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