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“This wonderful and frequently laugh-out-loud-funny production will soon have you planning your next vacation, even if it's just to the Ponderosa—for which your mom has a coupon.”
—AudioFile
“Their memories, which run the gamut from fond to awkward, will bring smiles to listeners’ faces. Recommended.”
—Library Journal
Originally heard on All Things Considered and Morning Edition, the stories gathered here are entertaining, provocative and moving.
Like Laura Lorson’s “Hard-Earned Lessons from the Family Road Trip,” in which she recalls endless hours in a hot car, eating junk food and listening to AM radio. And “Setting Sail with Family, Imperfections in Tow,” Marion Winik’s account of a not-so-perfect family reunion at sea. And “Family Camping,” in which commentator Joel Achenbach points out that camping is a serious sport.
With generous splashes of popular culture and human interest, the NPR Road Trips series introduces you not only to far-off locations and unusual destinations, but to the people who inhabit them—and seek them out. Each story focuses on real locations, real people, and real history in the thought-provoking, imaginative and entertaining way you’ve come to expect from NPR.
—AudioFile
“Their memories, which run the gamut from fond to awkward, will bring smiles to listeners’ faces. Recommended.”
—Library Journal
Originally heard on All Things Considered and Morning Edition, the stories gathered here are entertaining, provocative and moving.
Like Laura Lorson’s “Hard-Earned Lessons from the Family Road Trip,” in which she recalls endless hours in a hot car, eating junk food and listening to AM radio. And “Setting Sail with Family, Imperfections in Tow,” Marion Winik’s account of a not-so-perfect family reunion at sea. And “Family Camping,” in which commentator Joel Achenbach points out that camping is a serious sport.
With generous splashes of popular culture and human interest, the NPR Road Trips series introduces you not only to far-off locations and unusual destinations, but to the people who inhabit them—and seek them out. Each story focuses on real locations, real people, and real history in the thought-provoking, imaginative and entertaining way you’ve come to expect from NPR.
Tracks
1. Introduction Noah Adams
2. Hard-Learned Lessons from the Family Road Trip
3. Family Camping
4. Educational Vacations
5. History of the Vacation
6. Low-Cost Glories of the Drive-In Movie
7. Pink Jeep Chronicles
8. Taking the Great American Road Trip, Google-Style
9. A Summer Outing to Chincoteague Island
10. Who Needs a Fancy Cruise If You've Got Inner Tubes
11. Pirates of the Caribbean
12. The Discomfort Zone
13. Setting Sail with Family, Imperfections in Tow
14. Memories of Going on Staycation
15. Lost and Found Sound: A Partridge Family Vacation
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1 Hour on 1 CD