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USA JOURNEYS
The Great American Road Trip Stops
PEOPLE DON’T WANT TO MISS
BY JOSEPHINE MATYAS
INSIDER TIPS
• Overnight at Malta’s Sleeping Buffalo Hot Springs & Resort, the only natural hot springs in northeast Montana.
Locals head to Frenchmen Street in New Orleans for authentic jazz at clubs like The Spotted Cat or Snug Harbor.
Hike the Shirley Canyon trail to the top of Pal- isades Tahoe ski resort.
Road trips on the Big Island of Hawaii embrace stunning sea cliff coastal drives to cool inland mountain journeys. Early morning sunlight at Waiãnuenue Falls lends the cascade the nickname Rainbow Falls. The Hawai‘i Plantation Museum shows how the plantation era changed the island. Along the Hamakua Coast, Laupahoehoe Point Beach Park is part of a peninsula of signature craggy lava rocks surrounded by lush vegetation. gohawaii.com
Puerto Rico’s La Ruta Panorámica Luis Muñoz Marín (“the Panoramic Route”) crosses east– west through the island’s scenic central mountain range. In the vast forest of Bosque Toro Negro, the observation tower boasts some of the best views Puerto Rico has to offer. In the coffee region around Adjuntas, hike in the Guilarte State Forest or kayak on Garzas Lake. discoverpuertorico.com
North Lake Tahoe—where Nevada and Cali- fornia meet—celebrates the largest alpine lake in North America. Stop for a swim in the crystal blue waters at Speedboat Beach along Crystal Bay, the deepest part of Lake Tahoe. Cruise onto Emerald Bay for a brunch, lunch, happy hour or sunset tour aboard the Tahoe Gal, a Mississippi paddlewheeler.GoTahoeNorth.com DS
With spring in the air, the call of the roadway is strong. Top up the tank, fire up the GPS and include some of these pit stops along the way.
Northeast Montana is full of the quaint and the quirky, from dinosaur digs to badlands landscapes and wildlife refuges. Come face-to- face with giant dinosaur specimens at museums along the Dinosaur Trail. Dig for dino fossils at Malta’s Great Plains Dinosaur Museum and take part in the Montana Dinosaur Festival. mtdinotrail.org
Goway’s self-drive road trip, Rhythms of the River Minneapolis to New Orleans, takes in America’s heartland, from the sweeping vistas around Minneapolis to the sultry streets of New Orleans. Hannibal, MO, the birthplace of Mark Twain, inspired his iconic tales of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. In Nashville, TN, his- toric RCA Studio B preserves the recording booth where greats like Elvis Presley and Dolly Parton laid down their tracks. Picturesque Natchez, MS, boasts more than 1,000 buildings on the National Register of Historic Places. Vibrant New Orleans is filled with live music and Southern cooking, from jambalaya to sugar-dusted beignets. goway.com/trip/us-and- canada/rhythms-river-minneapolis-new-orleans/
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