This is the second week for the Friendly Friday Challenge for posts inspired by ROAD TRIPS past, present or future.
We had some great conversations and posts on road tripping past and present, including:
- Manja’s merry tour of the Italian country-side
- Sheree awesome bike trip to watch the Tour de France
- Salsaworldtravelers trip to ‘Roof of the World’ from Lhasa to Mount Everest Base Camp in Tibet.
- Sofia’s first road trip with her family to Andalucia, Spain covering Seville, Granada and Córdoba.
- Elizabeth’s road tour through Dieppe, France and the Donegal Peninsula along Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way
- Lisa’s spectacular vistas while exploring the west coast of Pembrokeshire in Wales
- Graham’s day out to visit Hawaii Tropical Bioreserve & Garden
- Sarah’s first ever road trip in the US, taking in the epic sights of California
- Marsha’s visit to Las Vegas and the larger than life creatures in the Bellagio Gardens and her breathtaking (sometimes breathless) views on Thumb Butte Trail in Prescott, Arizona
- Drake’s hair-raising perspectives of railroad tracks going up a Swiss mountain
I also heard from several bloggers about past trips to beautiful Vancouver Island. To further jog your memory or maybe even encourage a future visit, here’s a video slideshow of my last road trip.
Now it’s your turn! Tell us about a road trip – Past, Present or Future – that you have taken or would like to take. Even if you’ve already posted once, tell us more! Alternatively, do you have any hints or tips, for those of us wanting to visit your part of the world? If IRL trips just aren’t possible, how about armchair travels? Who’s your favorite author or website for tripping around the world? Maybe I can join you in your armchair adventure.
I look forward to seeing your post on ROAD TRIPS. You have one more week to publish your response to this challenge, after which Amanda will pose a new one. Remember to include a pingback to this post, so that I can find you. Full instructions on Friendly Friday can be found here.
Toronto, Canada. May 2021
The Sandy Chronicles 
First time I took part and really enjoyed it. Looking forward to taking part in future Friendly Friday challenges. Here is the link to my response to ‘Road Trip’. https://cyclingforcancer.co.uk/friendly-friday-challenge-road-trip/
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Welcome to Friendly Friday! I so glad that you found us. I really enjoyed your post and I hope I can spread the word on your cause. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that you be able to start your trip as planned!
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sharing a 2019 Road trip …https://travtrails.com/2021/05/31/rockin-strawberries/
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Lots of interesting titbits in your post! Rocking Strawberries indeed 😉
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For this second week I’ve been inspired by you and Amanda to make a video! https://www.toonsarah-travels.blog/video-big-skies-and-red-rock-country/
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I am happy to have inspired a trend! It’s a lovely video Sarah with awesome shots. Thanks for making and sharing it.
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I would love to take a road trip on Vancouver Island and see some of the neat sights from your vlog.
Here is my “road trip” response to the challenge, a train trip from Beijing to Lhasa that took 40 hours.
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What an incredible trip! Thanks for sharing it 🙂
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I love that you list everybody – I had some great road trips by proxy. It did seem to me that everyone did the fun part of road trips whereas I was the only one that mentioned the problems, although I feel problems always make better stories. Anyway, the beginning leg of a problem-free loop drive in northern Wales… https://elizabatz.com/2021/05/29/a-trio-of-tiny-perfect-towns-in-northeast-wales/
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Did you only mention the problems? I only remember your anecdotes 😉 But you’re absolutely right, it’s the little hiccups that make these stories memorable!
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The trick is to realize what a great story it will be when you’re right in the middle of it.
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Ha Ha! It’s a good mantra to repeat … as you’re gritting your teeth and trying to keep cool 😃
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Coincidentally, I just this week published a road trip on a scenic byway that we “stumbled upon.” For a change it happened to be the shortest distance between two destinations so it was a pleasant discovery. https://photobyjohnbo.wordpress.com/2021/05/25/wind-river-country/
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Gorgeous photos John. That’s what road trips are made for!
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An enjoyable trip
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Glad you liked it!
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Thank you for mentioning my post, Sandy!
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👍👍👍
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Very enjoyable Sandy, love the way you’ve put this short video together. I might have ago as I’ve got two weeks in self quarantine after being in Melbourne recently.
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Alison I glad you enjoyed both Amanda’s & my videos. It is very easy to do.
I think I might pull together a few hints & tips on how to do. Do you think that’ll be useful?
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Yes very .. I would love to do one
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I’ve posted some Tips on making photo videos with Canva here. Maybe you can have a look & give it a try 🙂
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Thanks Sandy I will
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I did it, Sandy! Yay! I made the video via Canva, and hope it is up to the standard you expect! Thanks for adding to my knowledge on video presentations. I love learning new skills. Here is the link:
Fantastic theme! It makes me want to jump in the car and go!
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That’s fabulous Amanda! It looks great and it was easy too, wasn’t it? These road trip videos are fun to pull together and nice to view. And they do make me want to get on the road again 🙂
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Yes, I am keen for another, although I would have to pace the next road trip. These hips don’t take too kindly to sitting in a car driving for too long. How much is the Canva sub to allow this function? My daughter’s 21st is coming up and I would like to do it rather than via Powerpoint?
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The free Canva allows you to make videos too. The difference between the free & the subscription version, is that some of the templates, downloadble elements and most of the audio tracks are not included.
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