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A recent TripAdvisor survey of more than 1,800 Americans found that 34 percent of Americans are traveling for Memorial Day weekend (up 8 percent from last year), and of those traveling, 70 percent are getting there by car.

Imagine traveling around the world with your family, by car, for 11 years straight. That is exactly what Herman and Candelaria Zapp and their four children — all born on the road — are doing at this moment.

Eye-popping gas prices on a weekend trip to Yosemite National Park in California have Damaris Santos-Palmer rethinking a family road trip.

Want to be dazzled by Mother Nature’s fall foliage display? Just hop in the car. Crisp air, panoramic views, brilliantly colored ash and poplar trees: the exhilarating route to North Carolina’s Mount Mitchell State Park — the highest peak in the Eastern United States — is a destination in itself. The scenic 75-year-old Blue Ridge Parkway is just one of the country’s great autumn drives.

Dreading long car trips this summer? Here are five inexpensive things to can help keep the peace in the car and make the journey more interesting:

It's a scenic adventure that just begins to cover the high points.

Early on the first day of 2009, a gold Toyota Corolla exited Interstate 5 in southern San Diego County and headed west, dodging puddles and "SUBJECT TO FLOODING" signs until it reached Border Field State Park, the coastal reserve where California's coastline begins.