‘The Great American Road Trip is Resurgent’

Travel Blog  •  Eva Holland  •  07.27.09 | 11:28 AM ET

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In the latest issue of Outside, Ian Frazier declares that the road trip is back. We’re glad to hear that he’s come around—last summer he was one of those who predicted that the road trip was dead—but we’re also pretty sure it never really went away in the first place. Frazier goes on to offer some thoughtful reflections on the irresistible urge to jump in the car and head west. His short piece is accompanied by more fine, compact road tripping essays from Walter Kirn, Matthew Power and Eric Hansen. (Via @AdventureLive)

Tags: Road Trips, Travel Writing, North America, United States, News and Briefs

Eva Holland is co-editor of World Hum. She is a former associate editor at Up Here and Up Here Business magazines, and a contributor to Vela. She's based in Canada's Yukon territory.


1 Comment for ‘The Great American Road Trip is Resurgent’

Ben Keene 07.28.09 | 6:34 PM ET

Further supporting Mr. Frazier’s change of heart about long automobile journeys is the first part of his Russian road trip that appears in the August 3rd issue of The New Yorker. Here’s a link to some sketches he made en route: http://www.newyorker.com/online/multimedia/2009/08/03/090803_audioslideshow_sketchesofsiberia

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