Road Trips
You sit by the window. We drive. Small-group trips from Texas cities and fly-and-drive trips across the West, the South and beyond.
The drive is part of the trip
The best stuff on a road trip happens between the places on the itinerary. It's the gas station in Ozona with the good kolaches, the pull-off where the bluebonnets are thickest, the diner where the pie is better than the sign suggests. You can't book those. You just have to be on the road, with someone driving who knows where to stop.
That's what our road trips are. We leave from Texas cities, in our own vans, with a driver-guide who's done the route before. For trips too far to drive (Utah, the California coast, the Smokies), we fly you to the start or home from the end, and the van takes care of the middle.
You never have to drive, navigate, find parking, or argue about where to eat. Somebody already scouted it.
11 seats, never 12
Our vans have 12 passenger seats and we sell 11. That empty seat is for your daypack, the snacks, and the person who wants to stretch out after lunch.
The cooler is always full
Water, sodas, sparkling water and a stash of road snacks get restocked every morning. It's included, and nobody's counting.
Stops every two hours
Leg-stretch and restroom breaks every 90 minutes to 2 hours, more often in empty country. If you need one sooner, just say so.
Upcoming road trips
Road Trip
Nov 12–17, 2026
Big Bend & Marfa: Desert Lights
Fort Davis, the Marfa lights, the River Road along the Rio Grande, Santa Elena Canyon and a rowboat across to Boquillas for lunch.
Road Trip
Feb 5–10, 2027
Mardi Gras: New Orleans & Cajun Country
Two days of Cajun food and dancehalls, then the big parade weekend in New Orleans: Endymion, Bacchus, Orpheus, and Fat Tuesday with Zulu and Rex.
Road Trip
Apr 1–4, 2027
Hill Country Bluebonnet Ramble
Wildflower fields on Lake Travis, the Willow City Loop, wineries along 290 (you sip, we drive), Luckenbach, and brisket in Llano on the way home.
Road Trip
May 8–17, 2027
Route 66 West: Amarillo to Santa Monica
Cadillac Ranch, a night in a wigwam, the Painted Desert, a detour to the Grand Canyon, the burros of Oatman and the end-of-the-trail sign on Santa Monica Pier.
Road Trip
Jul 10–17, 2027
Pacific Coast Highway: San Francisco to LA
Golden Gate, Monterey Bay, 17-Mile Drive, Bixby Bridge and McWay Falls in Big Sur, elephant seals, Hearst Castle, Solvang, Santa Barbara and Malibu.
Road Trip
Sep 11–19, 2027
Utah's Mighty Five National Parks
Zion's canyon, Bryce at sunrise, Highway 12, pie in Capitol Reef, Delicate Arch at golden hour, and sunrise through Mesa Arch in Canyonlands.
Road Trip
Oct 6–11, 2027
Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta & Santa Fe
Santa Fe's Plaza and Canyon Road, then the weekend at the Balloon Fiesta: the evening glow, the dawn patrol, and two mass ascensions, plus the Sandia Peak tram.
Road Trip
Oct 20–28, 2027
Smoky Mountains & the Blue Ridge in Fall
Ribs and the Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, a night at the Opry in Nashville, Cades Cove and Kuwohi in the Smokies, and the Blue Ridge Parkway into Asheville.
Past road trips
Road Trip
Traveled Aug 8–15, 2026
Colorado: The San Juan Skyway
The Durango & Silverton narrow-gauge railroad, the Million Dollar Highway, the hot springs in Ouray, the free gondola in Telluride, and the cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde.
Road Trip
Traveled Jul 19–27, 2025
Banff, Jasper & the Icefields Parkway
Moraine Lake at sunrise, a canoe on Lake Louise, the Icefields Parkway, a walk onto the Athabasca Glacier, and a town rebuilding after its wildfire.
Road Trip
Traveled Jun 7–14, 2025
Yellowstone & Grand Teton
Old Faithful and Grand Prismatic, wolves through a spotting scope in Lamar Valley, the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, and the Tetons reflected in Jenny Lake.
Road Trip
Traveled Apr 23–27, 2025
Texas Gulf Coast to South Padre
Victorian Galveston, the beach at Port Aransas, the wild Padre Island National Seashore, the King Ranch, a sea turtle rescue, and thousands of migrating birds.
Road Trip
Traveled Mar 8–15, 2025
Copper Canyon & the El Chepe Train
Mennonite cheese in Cuauhtémoc, two nights in Creel, a cable car over the canyon rim, and the best stretch of the El Chepe railway down to El Fuerte.
Road Trip
Traveled Oct 5–12, 2024
Grand Canyon, Sedona & the Arizona Back Roads
Sunrise at Mather Point, the red rocks of Sedona, a ghost town on a mountainside, and a creek that was much colder than anyone admitted.