Road trips
Routes worth driving, stops worth making
Every itinerary below is built the way Trypsy narrates it in the car: in driving order, 4.0★+ stops only, with the local history that makes the miles fly. Read them here — then let Trypsy tell them to you on the road.
US-290 West — Austin to Fredericksburg
The US-290 Hill Country Wine Trail, Narrated
Wine Road 290 is the second-most-visited wine corridor in America, and it earns the title honestly: more than fifty wineries and tasting rooms line th…
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I-35 & FM 1431 — Round Rock / Cedar Park / Lago Vista into Austin
Surviving the I-35 Commute: A Field Guide
Nobody chooses the I-35 commute; it chooses you. Austin drivers lose the better part of a work-week to it every year, and the corridor's real gems — t…
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Austin → RM 3238/Hamilton Pool Rd → Marble Falls → US-281 → RM 1431 → Austin
The Scenic Hill Country Loop for Weekend Day-Trippers
The best of the Hill Country isn't on the interstate — it's on the ranch-to-market roads, where the limestone bluffs open up, the live oaks arch over …
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