Road Diary - Mike's Road Trip

Hiking around El Morro National Monument

Mike Shubic May 3rd, 2013 Comments Off

When I road trip, I try not to take the Interstates and often drive the road less traveled. En route to Santa Fe I stopped stopped by the El Morro National Monument, which I'd driven by once before, but never stopped. I'm so glad I took the time this go-round...

Epic east coast road trip coming up…

Mike Shubic April 27th, 2013 2 Comments

Over the past three years I've been road tripping from north to south, and east and west of the US and Canada. I've only done one trip to the east, so I'm long past due for another. During the month of May I will be road tripping from Arizona to...

About to take a bite out of the Big Apple

Mike Shubic April 14th, 2013 Comments Off

This week I will be taking flight to New York City to participate in the Canada Media Marketplace (CMM), an event where provincial and city tourism leaders meet with members of the media to entice them to visit and feature. This is the first time I've been invited to the...

Bitcoin now being accepted

Mike Shubic April 4th, 2013 Comments Off

As many of you know, I offer sponsorship opportunities as well as video production services on Mike's Road Trip. What you may not know is that the digital currency called, Bitcoin, is becoming a more widely accepted form of payment for goods and services rendered. Starting today, I will start...

Cowgirl Up! “Quick Draw” contest [Video]

Mike Shubic March 25th, 2013 8 Comments

Cowgirl Up is an annual art event hosted by the Desert Caballeros Western Museum in Wickenburg, Arizona. On the final day of the event there is a "Quick Draw" competition in which female artists have one hour to paint or sculpt an original piece of artwork. Shortly after the competition...

Biggest, Baddest, Bucket List!

Mike Shubic March 19th, 2013 Comments Off

I usually shy away from the deluge of travel blogger contests out there, but this one really grabbed my attention...The Biggest, Baddest, Bucket List! True to it's name, this is one heck of a great opportunity for the winner. Get this...a six month, all expenses paid trip around the world. ...

Featured in the Spring 2013 issue of “Wild Junket”

Mike Shubic March 9th, 2013 Comments Off

One of my photos (shown below) was featured in the spring 2013 issue of "Wild Junket" magazine on page 10.

I wanna ride the i-Road

Mike Shubic March 5th, 2013 2 Comments

Have you seen the new Toyota concept vehicle called, "i-Road?" Wow, do I wanna ride one! Dear Toyota, let it be known that I'd love to do some blogging about road tripping in an i-Road! What do you guys think...is this something you could see yourself sporting around in? Please...

Upper Hassayampa River

Mike Shubic March 3rd, 2013 Comments Off

Yesterday I went on an adventure just outside of Wickenburg, Arizona. I traveled north on Constellation Road (just east of the McDonald's off of US 60) for nearly 17 miles until its end at a trail-head that leads to the Upper Hassayampa River. The first eight miles is a smoothly...

Loews Ventana course closed…under the weather

Mike Shubic February 20th, 2013 Comments Off

What a rare and exciting event here in Tucson today...it snowed! Quite significantly I might add (for the desert that is). I had a blast walking around the property here at the Loews Ventana Canyon Resort taking snowy desert pictures. I even captured some video of folks swimming in the...

Road Trips of the Future

Mike Shubic January 27th, 2013 2 Comments

After reading an article and watching the videos below about "Google’s driverless car," it got me thinking about the future of road trips. If you're not familiar, Google is working on the car of the future, one that would not require a driver. This is not a new concept, but...

MRT named top-10 road trip blog in 2012

Mike Shubic January 4th, 2013 Comments Off

This is exciting news...I just learned that a travel site out of the UK named "Mike's Road Trip (MRT)" one of the top-10 road trip blogs of 2012. In addition, MRT was one of only two sites to receive a perfect 5 out of 5 in their scoring. Woo hoo!...

Grand View…where?

Mike Shubic November 14th, 2012 Comments Off

Ever since I was a kid I've been visiting the tiny town of Grand View, Idaho...which is located about 25 minutes from Mountain Home, or an hour from the more well known city of Boise. I have family who live in Grand View, a town with a population of 469...

Seattle sunrise sunset in sixty seconds

Mike Shubic November 4th, 2012 1 Comment

Here is a timelapes Seattle sunrise and sunset in less than sixty seconds... [yframe url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPcvxVk36VI']

To the “Pinball Wizard…”

Mike Shubic October 27th, 2012 Comments Off

This is a follow-up to the post I wrote on 10/19/2012 "...cancelled flight," if you did not read it, please click here so you understand this entry. I did in fact receive confirmation and an address to the party. So, on Friday evening I made may way to the home...