Gribblenation Roadcast

Another weekend of travels around The Keystone State - a favorite northeastern U.S. interstate drive, a new bridge on the Susquehanna, and some Philly Meet scouting. The annual Extra Miler Club meeting was this past weekend, which got Dan to thinking...

Gribblenation's Doug talks about US 20 in Oregon.

In Dan's latest roadcast offering, he reviews his late spring 2022 trip to Colorado, Utah, and the Mountain West region. New states and new major cities are the highlights of this ten-day trip, in addition to some incredible mountain drives and a few other things!

Adam dives into two slightly controversial topics in the roadgeeking community - the use of Google Streetview for content materials and the Texas-based, Texas-sized convenience store, Buc-ee's.

Dan's weekend trip to Virginia and the city of Lynchburg is the subject of this episode, which also includes discussion of the Lynchburg Road Meet,  the Appomattox Court House National Historic Park, and a trio of Maryland bridges near the Chesapeake Bay worth your attention and interest!

Gribblenation's Doug talks about his travels to the Canadian Maritimes, mostly in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, but also on Prince Edward Island.

One of the more interesting and least talked-about major freeways across Appalachia, Interstate 26 features a scenic drive and some interesting historical happenings worth talking about. Dan is back to talk about his experiences driving this road over the years while also profiling the length of the interstate from the Coast to the Mountains.

Interstate 14 is one of America's newest mainline interstate corridors, but it doesn't look like much when you check it out on a map. Tune in to this episode and Dan will help you learn more about the existing I-14 corridor, its history as a high-priority corridor, and what path it's intended to follow in the future.

The segment of US Route 99 from Los Angeles north to Bakersfield was traditionally known in State Highway documents as the "Ridge Route."  Even as the Ridge Route was transitioning from curvy mountain grade to the facility now occupied by Interstate 5nthe name largely persisted in California Highways & Public Works documents.  During modern times the name "Ridge Route" has be usurped...

The Terminal Island Freeway is a 3.1-mile freeway extending from Seaside Boulevard on Terminal Island north to Willow Street in the city of Long Beach.  The Terminal Island Freeway was constructed by the California Division of Highways at the behest of United States Navy for access to the numerous Naval facilities once present on Terminal Island.  The Terminal Island Freeway is carried b...

On the latest episode of Fresh Drives on the Gribblenation Roadcast, Doug talks about some roads that you can experience Vermonting, but perhaps not the roads that first come to mind in the Green Mountain State.

The Presidents Day holiday weekend gave Dan another opportunity to do a bit of traveling and explore a new part of the country previously unfamiliar to him and his "roadwaywiz" YouTube audience. In this episode, he recaps his adventures, thoughts, and travels in the Texas cities of Austin, San Antonio, and Corpus Christi, including a recap of the road/bridge networks in each location and some non-...

Gribblenation's Doug talks about the road enthusiast hobby with the idea that there's an element of a scavenger hunt, whether we look for old signs, clinch counties or something completely different.

Gribblenation's Doug talks about the famed Mohawk Trail of Western Massachusetts. Today's MA Route 2, the road had its beginnings as a footpath for Native Americans, colonial settlers and literary masters before becoming the scenic auto touring route we know and love today.

The annual installment of America's biggest sporting event is upon us and in this episode Dan previews the matchup, the cities involved, and their respective road networks. All with the help of a couple "mystery guests"! It's a special Preview Show, geared toward road enthusiasts!

This is Part II of Dan's trip log, featuring the second half of his trip to Georgia and the southeast U.S. in January 2022. In this episode, Dan chronicles and summarizes his daily activities for Days 9-17, January 22-30 from metro Atlanta, to Appalachia, to Music City USA, and many places in between. While Part I is not exactly "prerequisite" material, it's encouraged that you listen to the...

Gribblenation's Doug talks about his favorite parkway in New York State, the historic and scenic Taconic State Parkway through the prestigious Hudson Valley region. Learn more about this scenic road and why it was FDR's "baby" as far as the world of roads is concerned.

Gribblenation's Doug waxes poetic about the New York Islanders of yore, and also talks a long bit about some interesting roads on Long Island.

Recently we updated an existing blog on the Arroyo Seco Parkway and the pre-1935 western terminus of US Route 66.  Said blog was updated due to there being substantial information about the early terminus history of US Route 66 around Los Angeles being uncovered in the AASHTO Database.  Did you know US Route 66 more or less was intended to end in San Fernando and not Los Angeles?  W...

This is Part I of Dan's trip log, featuring the first several days of his trip to Georgia and the southeast U.S. in January 2022. In this episode, Dan chronicles and summarizes his daily activities for Days 1-9, January 14-22 from metro Atlanta, to the Atlantic & Gulf Coasts, to Music City USA, and many places in between.

Gribblenation's Doug talks about some great driving roads and bridges to check out in the Catskills of Upstate New York, along with a bit of the history and mountain attractions of the area.

Gribblenation's Doug talks about the six remaining historic covered bridges in Maryland. With stories pertaining to fire, Civil War campaigns, devastating floods and more, these covered bridges really do have a story to tell.

Gribblenation's Doug discusses his recent trips during the Christmas and New Year's weekends to Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Maryland, with mentions of New York, New Jersey, Virginia and West Virginia as well. Some related links to check out: http://www.ctmq.org/ http://www.mdroads.com/ http://www.pabucketlist.com/

In his first Roadcast episode of 2022, Dan recaps the New Year's travel weekend, including the drive to/from New York & Maryland, some road meet-related scouting for a future gathering in August, and a summary of the New Year's Doubleheader of live programming that was the primary focus of the weekend as a whole (while also taking a swipe at the state of the road enthusiasts community as he se...

Episode 4 of the Junction focuses on two recent articles by Adam Prince, Interstate 79 in West Virginia and The Twin Rivers Scenic Road in Pennsylvania.  I also discuss how I piece together these puzzles, how they gain my interest, what I use as resources (and wish to improve on), and a preview of other features I am working on.